Tarholm To Glasgow
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Tarholm To Glasgow A sixty-four bar medley for four couples in a longwise set. Strathspey Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 4 First couple cross giving right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 Second, first and third couples join hands on the side and set, then cross giving left hand.
9-12 First and third couples dance half a ladies' chain.
13-16 All set to partner and turn with the right hand to finish in a square set with the ladies facing out. Reel
17-32 Schiehallion reel, the men cross as the ladies cast to follow their partners. Strathspey
33-40 All four couples dance a grand chain.
41-48 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right, opening out to finish back in a longwise formation. Reel
49-52 First and third couples dance half a ladies' chain.
53-56 First and third couples dance half rights and lefts.
57-60 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts.
61-64 Second and fourth couples dance a half figure of eight round the couple below them crossing down to start.
Repeat with new top couple.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Recommended tunes: Strathspey: Tarholm Brig; Reel: Craighall; Strathspey: Stirling Castle; Reel: Lochiel's Welcome to Glasgow.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 11, 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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