Dance: The Chequered Court

32-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:
Duncan Brown
Formations:
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
Steps:
Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Published in:
Book 42, to celebrate the 70th Summer School [3] *
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [35]
Recommended Music:
Lady Charlotte Murray's Favourite Jig (Niel Gow)
Recordings (4): Show tunes
Book 42. (Marian Anderson and her Band), track 3 [pace 34.9]
Quick Here's Anither Yin (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 33.9]
Special Requests Volume 6 (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 34.4]
Piano Dance (W James A Gray), track 11

Crib

1-81C cross RH | cast off (2C up) ; ½ Fig8 across to the R (1M up, 1W down) to face 1cnr
9-161C+1cnrs pass and turn, at end 1C swivels R to be BtoB facing 4cnr; 1C+2cnrs pass and turn, 1C swivels R to finish BtoB own side for
17-24DTr, but 1C finish between end couple facing 4cnr
25-32Reels3{6} across (RSh to 4cnr) | 1C cross RH (2,1,3)
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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