Beginning Of The Year
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Anne Dejean The Walnut book 21- 8 1s long cast to 2nd place (2s step up bars 3-4), turn RH. 213
9-16 1s dance Fig of 8 to left (1M up round 2s, 1L down round 3s)
17-20 1s dance RH across to the right (1L with 2s, 1M with 3s)
21-24 2s+1s+3s turn partner with RH. 213
25-28 1s dance LH across to left (1M with 2s, 1L with 3s)
29-32 2s+1s+3s turn partner LH
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Beginning Of The Year J8x32 Anne Dejean
32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set
1 - 8 1st couple dance a long cast into second place, and giving right hands, turn once round, 2nd couple move up on bars 3-4.
9 - 16 1st couple dance a figure of eight to the left, 1st man up around 2nd couple, 1s woman down around 3rd couple.
17 - 20 1st couple dance right hands across to the right, 1st woman up with 2nd couple, 1st man down with 3rd couple.
21 - 24 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples turn partner with the right hand once round.
25 - 28 1st couple dance left hands across to the left, 1st man up with 2nd couple, 1st woman down with 3rd couple.
29 - 32 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples turn partner with the left hand once round.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Anne Dejean, September 2019)
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This jig, Beginning Of The Year, was written by Anne Dejean for the first dance of the year 2020.(Dance information with the kind permission of the deviser, Anne Dejean)
Published in The Walnut Book 2, reproduced here with the kind permission of Anne Dejean.
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