Woodhaven Pier
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Woodhaven Pier A thirty-two bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 2 Second and third couples dance right hands across half way in a wheel to finish facing out.
3- 4 Third couple cast up to finish between first couple all facing down whilst second couple cast down to finish between fourth couple all facing up.
5- 8 All dance back to back, up and down the set.
9-12 All change places up and down the set, and set.
13-16 All dance a half reel of four across the set.
17-20 All change places right hand up and down the set, and set.
21-24 All dance a half reel of four across the set.
25-28 All join hands facing up and down and advance and retire.
29-32 Third couple cross back to second place on own side and cast up to the top, first couple step down on bars 31 & 32; whilst second couple cross back to third place on own side and cast to the foot, fourth couple step up on bars 31 & 32. Finish in the order 3, 1, 4, 2.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Woodhaven Pier
(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 9, 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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