William B. Cunningham
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
William B. Cunningham A thirty-two bar Strathspey 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- 8 Reels of three, the men pass the lady on their right by the right shoulder to commence.
9-12 Each man dances right hands across in a wheel with his right hand partner and the lady facing her.
13-16 Each man dances left hands across in a wheel with his left hand partner and the lady facing her.
17-24 Reels of three, the men dance reels with their right hand partner and the lady opposite her, commencing by passing the lady opposite by the left shoulder.
25-28 All join hands and advance and retire.
29-32 All turn opposite person one and a half times with two hands, opening out on the last bar to finish back to back with original opposites facing a new trio. Repeat with new partners. Recommended tune: William B. Cunningham
(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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