Jack's Delight (Mitchell)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Jack's Delight A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 8 First and second couples dance rights and lefts, third and fourth couples do the same.
9-16 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
17-18 All join hands on the side and set advancing.
19-24 First and second couples dance the first six bars of poussette, third and fourth couples do the same.
25-32 On bars 25 & 26 second couple fall back into first place and third couple into fourth place. First and fourth couples dance a reversed poussette. The men start with the left foot as usual: 25 first couple out to the ladies' side and fourth couple to the men's side; 26 both couples make a quarter turn to the right; 27 first couple down the ladies' side and fourth couple up the men's side; 28 both couples make a quarter turn to the right; 29 into the centre; 30 turn half way;
31-32 fall back to own side of the set.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Jack's Delight
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 12, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell. Instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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