Gerry's Jig
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Gerry's Jig 48-bar jig for four couples in a four-couple longwise set, Devised By Holger Schuckelt, Published In Riverside Dances, 2012Two chords: on the second chord 3rd and 4th couples cross over to change sides
1- 8 1st couple lead down the middle and up to finish in original places while 4th couple cast up, dance up behind own lines, turn outwards and dance back to places
9-16 2nd and 3rd couples dance figures of eight round end couples to finish in second/third places in the middle of the set facing up or down;
1st and 4th couples step in on bar 16 (all finish in promenade hold)
17-24 1st and 2nd couples and 3rd and 4th couples dance an interlocking allemande (1st and 2nd couples dance a normal allemande but end in third/first places, while 3rd and 4th couples dance an allemande down, up to fourth/second places); inner couples, giving right hands, turn halfway round on bars 23-24 to finish 2 4 (1) (3)
25-32 2nd and 4th couples and 1st and 3rd couples dance left hands across and right hands across back to places
33-40 4th and 1st couples dance ladies' chain
41-48 All four couples dance eight hands round and back
Repeat with a new top couple.
(Dance crib compiled by Geraldine and Holger Schuckelt, under the CCA NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, 2017)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Devised to celebrate Geraldine's 49th birthday in June 2012.It was her idea to found the Dresden Scottish Country Dancers.
The music recommended for this dance is a combination of various English children's songs, evoking many memories of Geraldine's childhood in Sale, Cheshire.
Recommended music: "Nellie the Elephant" (traditional) recorded (with only one chord) as: "Elephant's Stampede" on "Fisherman's Reel" by Marian Anderson's Scottish Dance Band.
(Dance information by Geraldine and Holger Schuckelt, under the CCA NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, 2017)
Published in Riverside Dances, reproduced here under this Creative Commons Attribution - NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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