Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Ely's Jig

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

ELY'S JIG (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Niall Bootland Oxford Collection

1- 8 1s set, cross down RH (2s step up), cast below 3s and dance up to 2nd place on opposite sides. 2(1)3
9-16 2s+1s+3s dance mirror reels of 3, 1s going out and up to start. 1s finish back-to-back in the middle facing opposite sides
17-24 1s dance Double Triangles with 2s+3s. 1s finish back-to-back in the middle facing opposite sides
25-32 1s dance pass and turn with 1st corners, pass RSh in the middle to dance pass and turn with 2nd corners and pass RSh back to own sides

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


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