Four Double Six Six Four Jig

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s+2s circle 4H round and back
9-16 1s cross down to 2nd place to dance reflection reels of 3 with 2s+3s and 1s end 1st place opposite sides
17-24 1s cross down to 2nd place own sides to dance reflection reels of 3 with 2s+3s and 1s end 1st place own sides
25-32 1s set and cast down to 4th place and 2s+3s+4s step up on bars 27-28, 1s cross up and face up between 2nd and 3rd places
33-40 1L dances RH across with 4L+3L while 1M dances LH across with 4M+3M, 1s set twice
41-48 1s cross up to 3rd place opposite sides to dance reflection reels of 3 with 3s+4s and 1s end 4th place opposite sides
49-56 1s cross up to 3rd place own sides to dance reflection reels of 3 with 3s+4s and 1s end 1st place own sides
57-64 4s+1s circle 4H round and back

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

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Dance Information

Following his five-year term as President of South Africa, he used Four Double Six Six Four as the name for a series of charity concerts intended to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the country.

The dance was devised in July 2008 in honour of the world icon on the occasion of his 90th birthday. It was first performed on Saturday, 18 July 2009, the inaugural Mandela Day. The dance echoes his prison number in both the number of bars and the number of dancers; the cross-over reels represent the pattern of an AIDS ribbon.

Nelson Mandela

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