The Weird Sisters
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Weird Sisters 3x32 Reel for 3C (Triangular Set) by Sue McKinnellPartners end facing after the bow and curtsey.
1- 4 All turn petronella to end with the women back-to-back in the center facing partners. All set.
5- 8 Women dance RH across once round to end facing CW taking nearer hands with partners. (Couples form spokes of a wheel, but women have dropped right hands in the center.)
9-12 All set and link with partners to end with the men with RH joined in the center. (Women remain in position as if they were still forming spokes in a wheel, ready for...)
13-16 Men dance RH across once round to end facing CW taking nearer hands with partners. (Couples form spokes of a wheel, but men have dropped right hands in the center.)
17-20 All set and link with partners to end with women taking RH in the center and nearer hands with partners.
21-24 All advance two positions around the set, dancing in a wheel, and end women back-to-back in the center facing partners. Order is 2, 3, 1.
25-28 All turn petronella to the sides, ending facing partners and in partners' places. All set.
29-32 All turn partners 1½ to place. Order is 2, 3, 1.
Repeat 3 times.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Sue McKinnell, Oct 2006)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Hallowe'en fell on our regular dance night in 2006 and we planned a party that night. Also, I am a great fan of Shakespeare and enjoy "The Scottish Play" a great deal.The title of this dance, The Weird Sisters, comes from a reference to the three witches in that play ("Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble.")
Suggested music: Fire in the Rye from Jig for Joy by The Music Makars.
(Dance information by the deviser, Sue McKinnell)
"Witches From Macbeth", John Downman (1749-1824), c. 1824
Image from John Downman, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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