Calls for The Royal Scotch Quadrilles
Original figures by Thomas Wilson, 1824
Dance reconstruction by Susan de Guardiola, copyright 2007


Couples one and two are opposite each other and are the head couples. Couples three and four are the side couples; couples three is to the right of couple one. Your opposite is the person of the opposite sex directly across the set from you. Your corner is the person on the other side of you from your partner.






Figure 1
Music: 8b + 32bx4
8b intro (honor opposites, then partners)
4b first couple pass right shoulders, half figure from outside through side couples
4b head couples right hands across quite round
4b first couple pass right shoulders, half figure from inside back to places
4b first couple turn two hands
4b both head couples swing right hands into reel formation (gents inside)
4b all four set to partners
8b reel of four to places (gents will need all the music; ladies make large loop at end to finish with music)
On repeats, this figure is led in turn by the second (other head) couple, then by the third and fourth couples.


Figure 2
Music: 8b + 24bx2
8b intro
4b head couples meet (2b) & set (2b)
4b head couples split & meet neighbors (2b) & set (2b)
8b chaine anglaise [rights & lefts] with neighbors
4b swing neighbor R hands back to original places
4b all eight turn partner two hands
Second time through, led by side couples


Figure 3
Music: 8b + 40bx4
8b intro
4b first lady and opposite gent forward (2b) and set (2b)
4b and pass around partners back to places
8b first gent and second lady same
8b heads meet (2b), split to neighbors (2b) and all set (4b)
8b mirror reels for four; leading pair passes inside, other pair outside to start
4b head couples pass through side couples to places
4b all eight turn partner two hands
On repeats, this figure is led by each lady and her opposite in turn (second, third, fourth)


Figure 4
Music: 8b + 40bx4
8b intro
4b first couple set to corners, moving forward into set
4b hands three round on sides
4b first lady and opposite gent forward and back
4b first lady and opposite gent dance right and left
8b first gent and opposite lady same
8b hands eight half round (4b) and set in circle (4b)
8b continuing in same direction, hands eight half round to places (4b) and set in circle (4b), dropping hands after first two sets to fall into places
On repeats, this figure is led by each couple and each lady within the couple in turn


Figure 5
Music: 8b + 56bx4
8b intro
8b first couple split and hey with side couples
16b the star*
8b ladies right hands across in center while gents chassez round outside; end taking left hands with partners
8b set in cross formation (4b) and turn left hands to places (4b)
8b all chassez-croise
8b all promenade
On repeats, this figure is led in turn by the second (other head) couple, then by the third and fourth couples.


*A detailed discussion and instructions for performing the star figure may be found on my dance history blog, Capering & Kickery.