Dance: The Cooper's Wife

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

Devised by:

John W Mitchell

Formations:

Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
Corners' Chain (CCHAIN)
Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
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

Notes:

10 bar phrases

Published in:

Whetherly Book 16 [3] *
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [38]

Recommended Music:

The Wee Cooper o' Fife ((traditional))

Recordings (9): Show tunes

Come More Scottish Country Dancing (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 11 [pace 34.0]
Something Else (Frank Reid and his Band), track 2
Caller Herrin' and seven other SCD/Foss (Peter White and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5  
Kardinia Capers (David South and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 35.7]  
An Evening of Scottish Country Dancing (Charlie Jemmett and His Band), track 6
Special Requests Volume 4 (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 10 [pace 34.4]  
All Set (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 10 [pace 34.7]
In Strict Tempo (Lothian Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 35.8]
A True Reflection (Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 33.0]

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