Walking The Floor
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Walking The Floor A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First couple cross giving right hand and cast into second place, slightly behind the sidelines, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 The three men change places with a petronella turn, moving one place anticlockwise and set. The three ladies set, and then change places with a petronella turn also moving one place anticlockwise.
9-12 Repeat bars 5-8.
13-16 Repeat bars 5-8.
17-24 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right, finishing in a longwise formation on bar 24.
25-32 First couple pass half round the set in a clockwise direction: first man casts down behind third lady and dances in to face up the set between third couple. Meanwhile first lady casts up behind second man and dances in to face down between second couple; immediately the dancing couple turn right about and cast into second place on own sides (man behind third man and lady behind second lady).
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Walking the Floor
(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 12, 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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