Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

A Jig For Rose

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

A JIG FOR ROSE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Neville Miller Inlet Road Dances

1- 8 1s set, cast (2s step up); 1s turn 1¼ LH, retain LH and join RH with 1st corner
9-16 1s dance the 'Spoke';
 9-10 Balance-in-Line with 1st corners, drop RH and dancing couple move anticlockwise to next corner
 11-16 Repeat with next 3 corners (all dance 8 setting steps)
17-24 1s dance reels of 3 on sides passing 1st corner LSh to start. 1s end in 2nd place opposite side
25-32 1L dances ½ Fig of 8 up between 2s, 1M dances ½ Fig of 8 down between 3s; 2s+1s+3s turn partner RH. 213

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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