
The Inverness Country Dance
(Speed the Plough)
The Reel
Standard sets with Ms on the left and Fs on the right.​ Like the 51st, we traditionally do this in the Aberdonian style, with every other couple starting and the lines being divided into approximately three equal parts. This means a couple need only wait one repeat without dancing before they themselves become a dancing couple.
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First couple teapot with the second couple, clockwise then anticlockwise.
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First and second couples take hold right hands and move down the set.
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First couple raise their arms to make an arch which the second couple moves through and back up the set
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Ms introduce their partners to their top corners (M2), and turn to face their own corners (F3).
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Set and turn corners.
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Set and turn remaining corners, with the F1s ending up facing down the set and the M1s facing up the set.
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Dancing couples set twice.
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Dancing couples spin partners with their right hands until one place down from where they started.
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Repeat.
Video Tutorial
Thanks to John Carver and London Reels for allowing us to use their video tutorials.