Dance: Johnnie's Welcome Hame

40-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:
Neil M Grant (1982)
Formations:
Rights and Lefts for 3 couples (R&L;3C;)
Spoke (SPOKE)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
Steps:
Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Published in:
Book 32 [1] *
Pocket: Books 32,Leaflets [1]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [74]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [71]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [91]
Recommended Music:
John Mortimer (Drummond Cook)
Recordings (5): Show tunes
Tae Gar Ye Loup (Drummond Cook and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 34.5]
Book 31/32 (Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 35.0]
Book 32. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances (Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 35.0]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 2 (Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band), track 15 [pace 35.0]
A Birl Roond Forfar (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 12 [pace 35.3]

Crib

1-81C+2C+3C set and cross RH ; repeat
9-20R&L for 3 couples (All cross RH | Change pl. LH between 1Mpl & 2Mpl, between 2Wpl & 3Wpl, and diagonally between 1Wpl and 3Mpl ; repeat twice from new places) (2,1,3)
21-241C cast off (2C up) to finish on diagonal, LH joined with P and RH with 1cnr
25-32THE SPOKE: 1C keeping LHJ BiL with 1cnrs {1} move on {1}, repeat with 2cnr ; with 3cnr, with 4cnr (all set for 8 bars)
33-401C dance ½ Fig8 across, starting LSh to 1cnr ; 1C turn LH 1½ to (2,1,3).
Crib was checked by its author · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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