Willie Cook
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Willie Cook A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 4 All cross giving right hand in passing and set.
5- 8 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts, third and fourth couples do the same. First couple finish in third place, first lady facing out, and fourth couple finish in second place, fourth man facing out.
9-16 Reels of four on the sides of the set.
17-24 Grand chain, to start second and fourth couples give right hands on the side as do third and first couples.
25-32 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Willie Cook
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 13, 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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