Wha Widna Fecht
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Wha Widna Fecht A thirty-two bar Jig for two trios each comprising a man between two ladies, in a circle round the room., devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 2 The two men turn with their right hand once round.
3- 4 The men turn the lady who was originally on their right once round with the left hand.
5- 6 The men turn with their right hand.
7- 8 The men turn the lady who was originally on their left once round with the left hand.
9-10 The men turn with the right hand.
11-12 The men turn the opposite man's right hand lady (i.e. the lady who was originally diagonally on their left) with the left hand.
13-14 The men turn with the right hand.
15-16 The men turn the opposite man's left hand lady (i.e. the lady who was originally diagonally on their right) with the left hand to finish facing the opposite man's right hand lady.
17-24 The men dance a reel of three with the opposite man's ladies, passing the right hand lady by the right shoulder to commence, on the last two bars the men dance across to face their original left hand partner.
25-30 The men dance a reel of three with their left hand partner and the opposite man's right hand partner, passing their left hand partner by the left shoulder to commence.
31-32 The men turn with the left hand to finish between each other's partners. The ladies turn to face in the opposite direction: the men finish back to back facing a new trio. Repeat with new partners. The men continue to progress round the room dancing with all the ladies in turn. Recommended tune: Wha Widna Fecht
(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 8, 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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