Jim Kennedy's Jig
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Jim Kennedy's Jig A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 8 First and second couples dance a double figure of eight, to commence first couple cross down. First couple finish by dancing in between second couple to form a straight line across the set, all facing down.
9-10 First and second couples set.
11-12 First and second couples dance down to third place, where the ladies turn to their left to face up and the men turn to their right to face up. Meanwhile third couple cast up into second place.
13-16 The ladies dance three hands round to the right whilst the men dance three hands round to the left. After dancing once round, the second couple opens up the circle, dancing up on own side to finish in top place, first couple in second place.
17-24 First couple cross above second couple to dance reels of three on the opposite side.
25-32 First couple cross back above second couple to dance reels of three on own side of the set.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Jim Kennedy's Jig
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 14, 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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