The Drug Runners Jig

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s+2s set, dance ½ RH across (1s face down); 2s+1s+3s dance ½ LSh reels of 3 on sides (3L can cast up to start reel, 2M and 3L loop into place at end) 3(1)(2)
9-16 1s+2s set, dance ½ RH across (2s face up); 3s+2s+1s dance ½ LSh reels of 3 on sides (3M can cast down to start reel) All finish in original places, 1M facing out
17-22 1M casts behind 2M and 3M, up the middle into 2nd place own side while 1L dances down middle, casts up round 3L into 2nd place (2s step up 19-20)
23-24 2s+1s+3s set
25-32 All advance and retire; 1s dance RH across (1L+2s and 1M+3s)

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

1-4 1+2Cs take hands on the sides and set, dance RHs across ½ way, 1C finishes facing down. (2C keep the flow and curve going as they dance on into…)
5-8 2+1+3Cs dance a ½ LS Reel of 3 on the side (3W can cast up to start the ½ reel and 2M+3W curl into new positions 3,1,2).
9-16 1+2Cs take hands again on the sides and set, dance RHs across ½ way, 2C this time finish facing up. Again, the top 3Cs dance a ½ LS reel of 3 on the side . (This time it's 1C who keep the flow going and curve to start the reel and 3M who casts down to start). All 3Cs finish back in original places (3M curving into place and 1M finishing facing out).
17-22 1M gently casts off behind 2+3M (2C step up on 19 and 20), he dances up the middle and curves the long way round into 2nd place own side (bar 22).
Meanwhile, 1W gently dances down the middle, parallel with her partner and casts up round 3W to 2nd place.
23-24 2+1+3Cs take hands on the side and set.
25-32 2+1+3Cs advance and retire, 1C dance RHs across (1W up and 1M down).

Repeat from second place.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Gaye Collin, 2023)

Dance Instruction Videos

Dance Information

The warm water along with the weightlessness allows my joints and muscles to relax and exercise without causing damage. I love this activity and especially meeting a brand-new group of people who are also endeavouring to improve their health conditions. We have a lot of laughs, and sharing our pain lifts our spirits.

One day I arrived at the pool only to realise I had forgotten to take my medication and so rang Damon to see if he could drop it in to me as I need to take it an hour before breakfast, and he was cycling down to meet me for coffee.

There are two interesting guys at the pool that often make stories up about the comings and goings at the pool (it helps pass the time and can be quite humorous). They saw Damon appear, with a small container and a bottle of water, and asked me what it was all about. From then on, he has been referred to as "The Drug Runner". I thought it a magic name for a dance.

Recommended Tune: Neil M Grant CD: RSCDS Bk 49 track 1 by Jim Lindsay and his band.

(Dance information by the deviser, Gaye Collin)

Back to the top of this Scottish Country Dancing Instructions 'The Drug Runners Jig' page