Joe Foster's Jig (Mitchell)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Joe Foster'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- 4 First lady casts off two places to finish between third couple facing up; first man dances down below second man and casts up to finish between second couple facing down, whilst second couple step up on bars 1 & 2. All three couples face up and down.
5- 8 Second and third ladies dance back to back; second and third men do the same, as do first couple.
9-14 First couple pass the person on their right by the right shoulder to dance reels of three across the set, first man with second couple and first lady with third couple.
15-16 First couple turn with the left hand to finish in second place on the opposite side facing out.
17-24 First couple pass first corners by the right shoulder to dance a reel of three on the sides; second and third couples dance in at the end of the reel to finish facing up and down the centre of the set.
25-28 Second and third couples dance half rights and lefts.
29-32 Six hands round to the left half way.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Dance Information
On bars 15-16 whilst first couple are turning, second and third couples should continue to dance round so that the reels of three across flow naturally into the reels of three on the sides.Recommended tune: Joe Foster's Jig.
(Dance information 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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