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Jill's Gentle Jig

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JILL'S GENTLE JIG (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Tim Wilson Measures of Pleasure

1- 8 1s+2s dance DoSiDo with partner; 1s+2s dance in and face up, join nearer hands with partner, 1s cast to 2nd place, 2s dance up and loop into 1st place
9-16 1s+1st corners advance and retire; 1s+2nd corners advance and retire
17-24 1s pass LSh, dance RSh round 1st corner, pass LSh and dance RSh round 2nd corner and 1s pass LSh to 2nd place own side facing out
25-32 Reels of 3 on sides, 1s pass 4th corner LSh to start (1M down, 1L up). End of reel 1s pull back RSh to dance into 2nd place. 213

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


Dance Notes

Bars 31-32: (Optional) 1s pass partner RSh, pull back RSh and into 2nd place own side

(Dance notes by MINICRIB)


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Dance Information

This dance, Jill's Gentle Jig, was devised by Tim Wilson in 2001 and published in the San Francisco Class's book "Measures Of Pleasure".

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