Henry Ogilvie's Jig
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Henry Ogilvie's Jig (J8x40) 3C (4C set) Lewis N Derrick 19911-8 Crossing down to begin the 1st couple dance reels of three on opposite sides; the 2nd couple dance up and out, the 3rd couple up and in; the 1st couple end back to back in second place facing opposite sides
9-16 The 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples set in double triangles formation then set advancing and turning by the right to invert the formation, all set again in inverted triangles formation with the 1st couple on the outside facing in then repeat set advancing to end in same positions as on bar 9
17-24 The 1st couple turn first corner right hands, partner left hands, second corner right hands, partner left hands to end 1st man facing down, 1st woman facing up
25-32 Giving left shoulders to first corners to begin the 1st couple dance reels of three across, 1st woman with the 2nd couple, 1st man with the 3rd couple, ending in second place on own sides
33-40 The 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands round and back
Repeat having passed a couple
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Lewis N Derrick 2024)
Dance Information
This was devised by Lewis Derrick to commemorate Henry Ogilvie, a Master of Arts of the University of Paris and a priest of the diocese of St Andrews, who, in 1413, in the name of King James I, delivered a request to Pope Benedict XIII in Aragon asking for formal confirmation of the founding of a national university in Scotland.His return journey with the papal bulls took more than five months, and he finally arrived in St Andrews on 3 February 1414 to scenes of general rejoicing.
Suggested tune: Miss Dalrymple (Daniel Dow).
Devised 1991, first published electronically 2024.
Copyright © 1991, 2024 Lewis N. Derrick.
(Dance information from The McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets #64, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick)
Published in The McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets, Collection 7, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick.
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