Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Golden Apple Jig

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE GOLDEN APPLE JIG (J8x40) 3C (4C set) Chris Ronald 12 SCDs

1- 8 1s dance down below 3s, cast up to 2nd place own side and turn LH 1ΒΌ times to face 1st corners
9-16 1s dance Hello-Goodbye setting and end in centre facing 3rd corners
17-24 1s dance diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners and pass partner LSh to face own 2nd corners
25-32 1s dance diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners and end in 2nd place own side
33-40 All circle 6H round and back.

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

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The Golden Apple Jig was written for the 50th Anniversary of the New York Branch RSCDS.

"Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City.

Golden Apple
Staten Island Ferry terminal, Lower Manhattan, New York City, 2008
Image copyright Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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