Sage

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Sage 32 bar Jig for 7 couples in a longwise set Rod Downey The Piwakawaka Collection

1-4 1C and 2C and 6C and 7C set and link on the sidelines. 3C, 4C, and 5C set (1-2) and 5C and 3C link (i.e. 5C to 3rd place) while 4C set (3-4)
5-8 1C and 2C, 7C and 6C dance 4 hands across finishing with 1L behind 1M facing 2M, and 7M behind 7L facing 6L.
While 5C with 4L dance 3 hands across finishing with 5M behind 5L facing 4L, and 3C with 4M dance 3 hands across finishing with 3L behind 3M facing 4M.
9-16 1C, 5C, and similarly 3C and 7C dance "corners pass and turn in (lead change ) tandem". To wit (described for 1C and 5C, 3C and 7C similarly):
9-12 While 2M and 4L turn right hand and return to places, 1C dance out to first man's place, with lead change, so that 1M is in front of 1L on bars 11 and 12. Similarly for 5C so that now the 5L is leading.
1C and 5C will pass collective right shoulder to dance into bars 13-16, finishing 1L (with 1M behind) facing 4M, and similarly 5M in front of 5L facing 2L.
13-16 Repeat this with 2L and 4M, again lead changing.
1C and 5C this time pass LEFT shoulder (1M and 5L leading), finishing with 5C facing men's side in second place and 1C facing the ladies' side in second place (on own sides), 3C and 7C similarly finishing with 3C in 6th place and 7C in 5th place. The should finishes ready to flow into...
17-20 5C, 1C and 4C dance half a reel of 3 on the sides, 1C giving RS to 4C to begin; similarly 7C, 3C and 6C with 3C giving RS to 6C to begin. At the end 5C in 4th place finish facing towards the men's side.
21-22 5L dances down the middle of the set to 7th place, 5M casts behind the men's lines to 7th place; 6C, 3C, 7C dance up one place on the sidelines.
23-24 All take hands on the sidelines and set.
25-32 14 hands round and back.
Finishing order: 2, 4, 1, 6, 3, 7, 5.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Rod Downey, Johnsonville SCD Club Tutor)

Dance Notes

Dancers will need their wits about them and be able to move for this one.

(Dance notes by the deviser, Rod Downey)

Dance Information

This Jig was first devised 21/12/2023.

Sage is the name of my new granddaughter.

Recommended tune is "I'll mak' ye fain to follow me" (Traditional). Failing that, a slow 6/8. There is quite a nice recoding by the Berkeley Players.

The corners pass and turn in tandem movement if from my dance "My Golden Bear" in the Golden Bear Collection.

(Dance information from The Piwakawaka Collection Of Scottish Country Dances, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Rod Downey)

Published in The Piwakawaka Collection, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Rod Downey.

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