T.B. Laing Esq.
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
T.B. Laing Esq. A thirty-two bar Jig for two couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 4 First man and second lady set and turn with the right hand.
5- 8 First man crosses over and casts off behind his partner to finish in the centre of the set facing up, whilst second lady crosses over and casts up behind her partner to finish in the centre of the set facing down. Meanwhile first lady and second man set and turn with the left hand to finish back to back, first lady facing second lady and second man facing first man; all in a straight line up and down the set.
9-16 First and second couples dance a reel of four. Finish on the sidelines, first couple on the men's side and second couple on the ladies' side, the ladies in first place.
17-20 First lady and second man set and turn with the right hand.
21-24 First lady crosses to own side and casts into second place, whilst second man crosses to own side and casts into first place. Second lady and first man set and turn with the left hand.
25-32 Second and first couples dance rights and lefts.
Repeat from second place.
Recommended tune: T.B. Laing Esq.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 7, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell; instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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