Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Willichan Whirlpools

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

WILLICHAN WHIRLPOOLS (S3x32) 3C Set Martin Campbell-Colquhoun

1- 8 1L+2M set and change places (no hands) while 1M+2L change places (no hands) and set; repeat back to places
9-16 All dance RSh reels of 3 on sides
17-24 1L followed by 1M casts 1 place and cross to 2nd place opposite side (2 step up); 2s+1s chase clockwise once round and 1L faces out. 2(1)3
25-32 1L followed by 1M casts 1 place and cross to 3rd place own side (3 step up); 3s+1s chase anticlockwise once round. 231

Note: No hands are given throughout the dance

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)


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