Lady McIntosh's Rant
Lady McIntosh's Rant is an English Country Dance. It was published by David Rutherford in 1756 in Rutherford's compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated Country Dances both Old and New, Vol. 1, London. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2024. Originally a Triple Minor this version is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 12 bars.
Rutherford writes:
Cast off one Couple Cast up Again Lead down two Couples up again, foot it foot it & cast off Right Hand and Left
Rutherford's music consists of a two bar strain and a four bar strain, I presume it is meant to be played a 4 counts per bar.
The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
| A1 | 1-2 | 1s cast below 2s |
| A2 | 1-2 | 1s cast back to top |
| B1 | 1-2 | 1s lead down, turn, lead back |
| 3-3 | 1s set | |
| 4-4 | 1s cast down as 2s lead up | |
| B2 | 1-4 | Face partner, four changes of rights and lefts |
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