Blin' Jamie
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
BLIN' JAMIE (S4x32) 4C set John W Mitchell Whetherly Book 31- 8 1s and 4s cross RH, cast in 1 place and dance ½ R&L
9-16 All dance RSh reels of 4 on sides
17-24 2s+4s also 1s+3s dance RH across, 4s+1s dance LH across and end facing corners
25-32 Turn corners RH, ½ LH across in centre, turn opposite corner RH and ½ LH across in centre. 2413
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Blin' Jamie A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a four couple longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell. Published in Whetherly Book 3.
1- 2 First and fourth couple cross over giving right hands in passing.
3- 4 First couple cast off one place whilst second couple step up and fourth couple cast up one place whilst third couple step down.
5- 8 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts, omitting the polite turn on bar 8 to finish with fourth couple in second place facing up and first couple in third, place facing down.
9-16 Reels of four on the sides, passing right shoulders to start.
17-20 Second and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel; first and third couples do the same.
21-24 Fourth and first couples dance left hands across in a wheel to finish facing their corners.
25-28 First and fourth couples turn corners with the right hand, then dance left hands across half way in a wheel.
29-32 Repeat bars 25-28 with new corners to finish on own side with fourth couple in second place and first couple in third place.
Repeat with new leading couples.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Blin' Jamie.
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 3, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell; instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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