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Juneteenth Jig

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JUNETEENTH JIG (J3x32) 3C set Becky Birtha, 2024

1- 8 Snowball chain - 2 bars per hand
1s cross RH and change places LH on sides with 2s
1s change places RH on sides with 3s while 2s cross over RH
1s cross LH while 2s and 3s change places LH on the sides. 3(2)1
9-16 2s+1s set, 2s cross down (no hands) while 1s cast up to 2nd place; 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 down round 2s. 3(1)2
17-24 1s dance 6 bar mirror reels of 3 on the sides, 1s dancing in and up to start, 1s cross RH. 312
25-32 All circle 6H round and back. 312

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


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