Jim Anderson's Delight
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Jim Anderson's Delight A forty-eight bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord third and fourth couples cross to the opposite side. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 2 First and fourth couples set.
3- 4 First couple cast off into second place, second couple step up, whilst fourth couple cast up into third place and third couple step down.
5- 8 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple and fourth couple dance a half figure of eight round third couple.
9-16 Grand chain, one step to each hand, second and third couples cross to start.
17-24 First and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand to finish facing corners.
25-32 Double diagonal reels of four: second man, first lady, fourth lady and third man on one diagonal and the others on the other diagonal, giving left hands across in the middle in passing.
33-34 Turn corners once round with the right hand.
35-36 First and fourth couples dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
37-40 First and fourth couples set and cross giving right hand in passing.
41-48 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat with new top couple.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
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Dance Information
Recommended tune: Jim Anderson's Delight.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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