The Wonder Hornpipe
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Wonder Hornpipe A thirty-two bar Hornpipe for three couples in a four couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 3.1- 4 First couple cross over giving right hand in passing and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple to finish facing their first corners.
9-12 First couple turn their first corner with the right hand to finish back to back in the middle, they join left hand with their second corners in triangle formation.
13-14 All set.
15-16 First couple make a quarter turn to their right and second and third couples turn to face up and down; they all join hands in triangle formation facing up and down, and set.
17-22 First couple dance a reel of three with their corners, passing first corner by the left shoulder to start. First couple finish in second place (still on the opposite side).
23-24 First couple turn with the right hand to face their second corner.
25-28 First couple turn their second corner with the left hand to finish back to back in the middle, they join right hand with their first corners in triangle formation.
29-30 All set.
31-32 First couple turn right about to finish in second place on own side with two pas de basque whilst their corners continue to set.
Repeat from second place.
(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 3, 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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