Dance Pelorus Jack 5209

Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Barry Skelton (1993)

Intensity

804 844 844 862 = 62% (1 turn), 47% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Reel of three - diagonal - half - lead change (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R3;LEADCHANGE;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Book 41, The Millennium Dances [1]
Scottish Country Dances Books 39 to 44 (Combined A5 edition) [32]
Pocket: Books 39,40,41 [20]
Thirty Popular Dances, Volume Two [16]
The Dolphin Book [8]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [140] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [150] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Christian Catto (Allan Kindness)

Extra Info: The dance title refers to a Risso’s dolphin, named after Pelorus Sound in Marlborough, New Zealand. From 1888 until 1912, …

The dance title refers to a Risso’s dolphin, named after Pelorus Sound in Marlborough, New Zealand. From 1888 until 1912, the dolphin would pilot ships through French Pass, a particularly dangerous stretch of the Cook Strait. Although protected by an Act of Parliament of 1904, the dolphin disappeared after four Norwegian whaling ships passed through the Strait. Wikipedia, however, offers: ‘research suggests that Pelorus Jack was an old animal; his head was white and his body pale, both indications of age, so it is likely that he died of natural causes’.

There is archive footage of Pelorus Jack himself and also of Barry Skelton recounting the story.

Note that Risso’s dolphins are not the iconic animals everyone (or at any rate everyone who watched kids’ TV in the 1970s) knows from “Flipper”. They are bigger and have no “beak”.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Jig Set (suitable for Pelorus Jack)	L Ramshaw / S W Bentley / M Bentley	The Breakdown	CD	6	J32 8	4:40	35.0
Pelorus Jack	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 41. The Millennium Dances	CD	1	J32 8	4:36	34.5
Pelorus Jack	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	Thirty Popular Dances - Volume Two Part two	CD	1	J32 8	4:36	34.5
Pelorous Jack	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Special Requests Volume 5	CD	13	J32 8	4:37	34.6
Pelorus Jack	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	The Road to Forfar	CD	1	J32 8	4:39	34.9
Pelorus Jack	Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band	Quick Here's Anither Yin	CD	5	J32 8	4:35	34.4
Pelorus Jack	Terpsichore	Caledonian Muse	CD	9	J32 8	4:47	35.9
Pelorus Jack	Peter Elmes' Scottish Country Dance Band	Live at Opotiki, Music for a Whale of a Time	CD	13	J32 8	4:40	35.0
Pelorus Jack	The Black Bear Duo	The Dancing Bear	CD	8	J32 8	4:38	34.8

Pelorus Jack 3/4L · J32

1–: 1c cross RH, cast (2c up) ; 1c+3c RHA, finish 1M facing 1cnr, 1W behind him
9–: 1c in tandem +1cnrs ½ diagonal Reel3, Rsh to 3W (1M & 1W loop R singly for lead change, so 1W now leads P) ; ½ diagonal Reel3, Rsh to 2W (+ lead change)
17–: Continue pattern twice
25–: 2c+1c LHA ; 1c turn LH ½ | all set (2,1,3)

E-cribs

Pelorus Jack 3/4L · J32

1-8: 1s cross RH & cast 1 place (2s step up 3-4), 1s dance RH across with 3s. 1s end with Man facing his 1st corner with his partner behind him
9-16: 1s dance Alternating Tandem 1/2 reel of 3 with 1st corners to face Man’s 2nd corner, 1s dance Alternating Tandem 1/2 reel of 3 with 2nd corners
17-24: 1s dance Alternating Tandem 1/2 reels of 3 with Ladies’ 1st corner (pstn),1s dance Alternating Tandem 1/2 reel with Ladies’ 2nd corner (pstn)
25-32: 1M followed by partner dance into LH across with 2s, 1s retain LH & 1/2 turn to own sides & 2s+1s+3s set

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