Instructions received from Duncan Keppie by email:
TIGHT LITTLE ISLAND 32 bar Strathspey, Couple facing couple around the room. Keppie unpublished.
1-8 REEL OF 4: each person dances a reel of four around the room & back (staying on the inner or
outer circle) starting by passing opposite by the right shoulder (Bar 1), the next person around
the room by the left shoulder (Bar 2), & the next person around the room by the right shoulder
(Bar 3), pull right shoulder to come back (Bar 4), & continue the reel back to original place;
9-16 WHEELS: right hands across & back with left hands across (end facing partner)
17-24 LADIES CHAIN ending with both hands joined & angled slightly so men can pass each other on Bar 25;
25-32 ANCIENT POUSSETTE: 1st & 2nd couples dance anticlockwise 1 1/2 times around each
other on a diamond pattern finishing with 1/2 turn to end facing next couple around the circle;
i.e. dance out to side with 1/4 turn clockwise at end (Bar 25), dance to opposite place with 1/4
turn clockwise at end (Bar 26), dance out to side with 1/4 turn clockwise at end (Bar 27), dance
to original place with a 1/4 turn clockwise at end (Bar 28), repeat Bars 25-26 & turn 1/2
clockwise to end facing next couple around the circle (N.B. the strathspey setting step is used
throughout).
REPEAT AS REQUIRED