Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

My Only Jo And Dearie, O

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

MY ONLY JO AND DEARIE, O (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Thomas Wilson RSCDS Book 21

1- 8 1L followed by 2L+3L dance across, cast down behind Men and dance up own side to places
9-16 Men repeat above Fig (Bars 1- 8)
17-24 1s+2s Promenade
25-32 1s+3s dance Diamond Poussette 1s ending in 2nd place (2s step up 25-26)

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


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My Only Jo and Dearie O is a Scottish Country Dance devised by Wilson in 1816 and interpreted in RSCDS Book 21 in 1961.

Wilson called the dance "My Only Joe and Deary O".

(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)


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