Jeannie Blue E'En
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Jeannie Blue E'En A thirty-two bar Jig for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First couple cross giving right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First and second couples dance back to back with own partner.
9-16 First and second couples dance rights and lefts.
17-24 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain.
25-28 First and second couples advance and retire.
29-32 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple to own side.
Repeat from second position. Recommended tune: Jeannie Blue E'en
(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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