Dance: Mid Lothian

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

Devised by:
William (18C) Campbell (1795)
Formations:
Cast behind own lines and back (CBL&B)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Poussette - special (POUSS;SPEC;)
Turn Corners and Partner (CPCP)
Hands round - 4 - half (HR;4P;HALF;)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
Steps:
Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Slip-Step
Published in:
Book 7 [11] *
Pocket: Books 7,8,9 [11]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [103]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [98]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [122]
Recommended Music:
Mid Lothian (William (18C) Campbell)
Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk (Daniel(Donald) Dow)
Struy Lodge (P/M William J Ross)
Recordings (1): Show tunes
Book 7. (Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 36.6]

Crib

1-81C cast off behind own lines and back
9-161C lead down the middle and up, 2C stepping in for
17-241C+2C Poussette, 1C finish facing 1cnr for
25-32Turn CPCP
33-402C+1C half circle4 left ; 1C+2C ½R&L
(The half circle on 33-36 is very slow ; for fun good dancers can circle 1½ times round)
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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