Willie Brewed A Peck O' Maut
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Willie Brewed A Peck O' Maut A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set., devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 4 First couple take a promenade hold facing down, first lady on her partner's left, and dance a half a reel of three on the side with second and third men, passing second man by the right to commence. Note that the reels in bars 1-16 are danced through the second and third positions only.
5- 8 First lady completes the reel of three with second and third men whilst first man dances a half reel of three with second and third ladies passing third lady by the right to commence.
9-12 First couple meet at the top and take a promenade hold, first lady on her partner's right and complete the reel of three with second and third ladies, passing third lady by the left to commence.
13-16 First couple separate to dance half reels of three on own side of the set with second and third couples, finishing in the order 1, 3, 2.
17-24 All three couples dance a Quern progression*:
17-19 turn partner with the right hand once round;
20-22 six hands across in a wheel half way;
23-24 cross back to own side giving right hand, third and first couples turn to finish facing the top in a promenade hold.
25-30 Third couple followed by first couple lead up to the top and cast off behind second man, cross over to the opposite side and cast up behind second lady, then lead down between second couple.
31-32 First and third couples cross back to own side, left hand, first couple finishing in a promenade hold facing down with the lady on the man's left. Repeat from second place. On the last two bars third couple cross left hand and cast up into second place whilst first couple cross between them to the foot of the set. Recommended tune: Willie Brewed a Peck o'Maut * A list of all new figures introduced in Whetherly books & sheets, together with a reference to the book where the figure first appeared and is best described, can be found in a separate file called "Whetherly Collection of New Figures" also available for download.
(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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