Uscita
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Uscita An eighty bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 8 All four couples dance reels of four on own side of the set.
9-16 First and third couples face down, second and fourth couples face up, all dance a grand chain one step to each hand.
17-24 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand, third and fourth couples do the same.
25-28 First couple set and turn half way with two hands to face down.
29-32 First couple promenade down the middle of the set and off the floor.
33-40 Second couple cross between third couple to dance reels of three on the opposite side of the set with third and fourth couples.
41-48 Second couple cross back to dance reels of three on own side of the set.
49-52 Second couple set and turn half way with two hands.
53-56 Second couple promenade down the middle and off.
57-64 Third and fourth couples dance rights and lefts.
65-68 Third couple set and turn half way with both hands.
69-72 Third couple promenade down the middle and off.
73-76 Fourth couple set and turn half way with both hands.
77-80 Fourth couple promenade off.
Recommended tune: The Highland Brigade at Tel-EI-Kebir Note To finish a demonstration the music should continue until all dancers have left the floor. At a Ball the dancers may Polka down the middle and continue with a Polka, until all the dancers are exhausted.
(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 9, 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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