Wood's Hornpipe
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Wood's Hornpipe A thirty-two bar Hornpipe for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 4 First and second couple dance half rights and lefts.
5- 8 First couple, followed by second couple, lead down the middle.
9-12 Second couple followed by first couple lead up the middle, second couple cross to first place on own side on bars 11 & 12.
13-14 Second couple cast into second place as first couple cross to first place on own side facing out.
15-16 First and second men turn half way with left hand to change places, whilst first and second ladies turn half way with right hand to change places.
17-24 First couple dance reels of three on opposite side with second and third couples, crossing below third couple to start, second couple casting to start.
25-32 First couple again cross below third couple to dance reels of three on own side of the set.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Wood's Hornpipe
(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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