MacBeth MacFinley's Jig
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
MacBeth MacFinley's Jig 32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set. Robert Findley1-4 1st couple, giving right hands, cross over and cast off one place. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4.
5-8 1st couple dance a half figure of eight down through the 3rd couple.
9-12 1st couple dance a half figure of eight up through the 2nd couple.
13-16 1st couple turn with the right hand to finish facing first corners.
17-20 1st couple set to first corners and second corners, finish by pulling right shoulder back, to end with 1st man between the second couple facing down and 1st woman between the third couple facing up.
21-24 1st couple, giving right hands, turn one and a quarter times to finish in second place on opposite sides, facing out.
25-32 1st couple dance a reel of three on opposite sides, giving right shoulder to first corner to start. On bars 31-32, 1st couple cross diagonally passing left shoulders, 1st man from first place and 1st woman from third place, to end in second place on own sides.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Robert Findley)
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This dance was devised by Robert Findley.Macbeth is today best known as the main character of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth, and the many works that it has inspired. However, Shakespeare's Macbeth is based on Holinshed's Chronicles (published in 1577) but differs in numerous ways.
Macbeth established himself on the throne in 1040 and was killed in a battle in 1057. He was buried on Iona, the traditional resting place of Scottish kings.
I am a descendant of Macbeth and I named the dance to commemorate him in Scottish history.
(Dance information by the deviser, Robert Findley)
Published in Hunter Valley Dances Book 2, reproduced here with the kind permission of Allyn Douglass, Secretary RSCDS Hunter Valley Branch.
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