The Dundee City Police Jig

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s turn out and join hands with 2s on sides and set, 1s ½ turn 2s on sides and dance ½ Figs of 8 round 2s
9-16 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides with 2s+3s dancing in between 3s to start and ending by ½ turning 3s
 2s (at top) now start repeating the dance from bar 1 while original 1s continue as follows:
17-24 (New Couple starts as at bar 1) as 1s face out nearer hands joined with 4s and set, 1s ½ turn 4s on sides, cross RH to own side and cast down to 5th place
25-32 5s+1s dance R&L

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

First couple turn and face out on the chord and join nearer hand with second couple.

A new couple commences every 16 bars, to complete the whole dance in 96 bars.

1- 4 First and second couples set, the ladies turn right hand to change places and the men turn left hand, second couple remain facing out.
5- 8 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing up between them to start.
9-14 Second, first and third couples dance reels of three on the sides. First couple dancing down between third to commence. Second couple and third couples finish facing out.
15-16 First man and third lady turn left hand to change, places whilst their partners turn right hands to change places. Second and third couples join nearer hands as also do first and fourth couples.
17-18 Second, third, first and fourth couples balance in line.
19-20 Second and third couples turn to change places, first and fourth do the same; right hand on the ladies' side and left hand on the men's side.
21-24 Second couple have now started dancing their turn as leading couple and continue as in bars 5- 8 above.
 Meanwhile the original first couple cross over giving right hand and cast off into fifth place on own side.
25-32 Original first couple and original fifth couple dance rights and lefts, whilst the other three couples are reeling and turning as described in bars 9-16 above.
Original third couple commences on bar 33, by balancing in line as at bars 17-18 above.
Original fourth couple commencing on bar 49 similarly and original fifth couple on bar 65.

When reaching the top, original first and second couples stop and do not join in the balance in line with the others on bars 81-82. This allows the original fifth couple to dance the last 16 bars and all finish in original places on bar 96.

(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)

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Recommended tune: Dundee City Police.

Dundee (fully named as Dundee City) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and lies on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea.

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