HAND IN HAND
Medley: 16 bars Strathspey. 16 bars Reel
Four Couple Longways Set
Tunes: The Wife She Brewed It (Kerr's Collection), Pringle's Quickstep
Strathspey
Music Description
1 - 4 First and second couples set to and turn partners with two hands.
Finish ready for:-
5 - 8 half poussette to change places. Second couple finishing at top on own side and first couple finishing facing first corners
9 -12 First couple and first corners dance back to back. Start by passing right shoulders. First couple pass each other dancing backwards, left shoulders on bar 12 and turn to their left
13-16 First couple and second corners dance back to back. First couple finish in second place.
Reel
1 - 2 First couple giving right hands to third couple on sides change places. Give left hand to fourth couple
3 - 4 Third, first and fourth couples, holding hands, balance in line
5 - 6 Dropping right hands, first and fourth couples change places, turning with left hands
7 - 8 Third, fourth and first couples, holding hands balance in line
9 -16 Third, fourth and first couples reel of three on the side. Third and fourth couples give right shoulders to start (diag.1)
Repeat from new places
Ormskirk Scottish Dances Book 3 - Roy Clowes.