The Ton
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Ton A forty-eight bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 8 First man, followed by second, third and fourth men crosses below first lady and casts off behind second lady, dances down in front of third lady, casts off behind fourth lady, crosses to own side and dances up to place.
9-16 First lady, followed by second, third and fourth ladies, crosses below first man, casts off behind second man, dances in front of third man and casts off behind fourth man, then crosses to own side and dances up to place.
17-20 First couple cross over giving right hand and cast off.
21-24 First man dances right hands across with second couple, whilst first lady dances right hands across with third couple.
25-28 First couple cross over giving left hands and cast off.
29-32 First man dances left hands across with third couple and first lady dances left hands across with fourth couple.
33-36 First couple cross giving right hands and cast off.
37-40 First couple cross up between fourth couple and cast off into fourth place.
41-48 Eight hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
Repeat with new top couple.
Recommended tune: The Ton
(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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