Dick Squires' Jig
Introduction
Choreography
Notes
Music
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Author:
Michael Barraclough (1982)
Formation:
Longways duple improper
Music:
24-bar jigs or reels
Published:
Country Bumpkin (Michael Barraclough)
A1
1-4
Neighbor back-to-back
A2
1-4
Partner back-to-back
B1
1-4
Circle left
B2
1-4
Circle right
C1
1-4
Dip and dive 3 times (staying in the minor set, 1s dip first)
C2
1-4
Partner swing (end facing next neighbor)
© Michael Barraclough, 2016
Notes
1
Many traditional dances collected in the UK were donew to 24-bar tunes. Morris dance tunes are a fertile source for these. If you can't find a 24-bar tune then use a 48-bar tune played ABC.
2
It is quite possible to call this dance withoput refering to 'ones' and 'twos' - just have the couple facing the band make the 1st arch.
3
Written in 1982 while attending a Folk Camp at Laines Barn, a m,agnificent historic barn in a beautiful rural setting near Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK. Dick Squires instigated the purchase, renovation and conversion of the barn to its present state. All of the early work carried out on the barn was by his own hand and much of the funding for this work came from his nown resources.
4
Originally published as a 'proper' dance which required the 1s to end their swing with the lady on the left (not a problem in the UK). I have now changed it to an 'improper' dance.
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