Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

New Brudenell Jig

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

NEW BRUDENELL JIG (J4x32) 4C set Brenda Burnell Silver Thistle Collection

1- 8 1M+2L also 3M+4L set, change places LH and dance round partners back to places
9-16 1L+2M also 3L+4M set, change places RH and dance round partners back to places
17-24 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RH across, 2s+3s dance LH across
25-32 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RH across, 1s dance down the middle to 4th place

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


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Also see the dance The Brudenell Jig also by Brenda Burnell.

This dance, The New Brudenell Jig is named after the Brudenell Evening Institute, Leeds, UK.

The deviser's husband taught Scottish Country Dancing at the Brudenell Evening Institute, and eventually became head of the Brudenell Evening Centre.

The deviser, Brenda Burnell, has done much to encourage children to take up Scottish country dancing.

Rosedale School Children Dancing
Rosedale School Children Dancing
Dance Class At The School Located At 4575 Rosedale, Mariette Avenue In Montreal c. 1943


Image from Conrad Poirier, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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