Edward Jay's Jaunt
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Edward Jay's Jaunt A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 4 First man dances a half reel of three across the set with second couple.
5- 8 First couple take a promenade hold and commence to dance a half reel of three across the set with second couple. On bars 7 & 8 first man casts off below third man whilst first lady completes the reel.
9-12 First man dances a half reel of three with third couple, across the set, meanwhile first lady on bars 9 & 10 crosses down between second couple to join her partner to take a promenade hold to complete the half reel.
13-16 First couple commence to dance a half reel of three with third couple, on bars 15 & 16 first man leaves his partner and casts up behind second man, whilst first lady completes the half reel. first couple finish facing up and down the dance, men between second couple and lady between third couple.
17-20 All three couples advance and retire, up and down the set.
21-24 First couple change places giving left hand in passing. First man casts round third lady into second place on the ladies' side whilst first lady casts round second man into second place on the man's side.
25-28 All three couples advance and retire, across the set.
29-32 First couple turn with the left hand one and a half times to own side of the set.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
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Edward Jay's Jaunt - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction VideoPublished in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 4, 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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