Dance Hooper's Jig 2979

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

Devised by

Unknown

Intensity

804 840 706 880 = 55% (1 turn), 41% (whole dance)

Formations

Clap (CLAP)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)

Steps

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Published in

Miss Milligan's Miscellany of Scottish Country Dances [34]
Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [131]
A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [131]
99 More Scottish Country Dances [28]
Miss Milligan's Miscellany Volume II [12]
Thirty Popular Dances, Volume Two [10]
Fifty Scottish Dances [21]
Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [166]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [83] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [82] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [68] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [65] (diagram only)

Online Sources

http://www.highlandmistdancers.org/HM3goldenoldies.html#hooper

Recommended Music

Peter's Peerie Boat (Tom Anderson)

Extra Info: This cannot be attributed to a specific person.
Some sources suggest ‘hooper’ is merely an old form of ‘cooper’, a …

This cannot be attributed to a specific person.
Some sources suggest ‘hooper’ is merely an old form of ‘cooper’, a barrel maker, while others suggest that it was the specialist function of making and fitting the metal hoops on barrels as opposed to the making of the wooden staves.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Hooper's Jig	Jimmy Shand and his Band	The Legendary Jimmy Shand	CD	16	J32 8	4:22	32.8
Hooper's Jig	Jimmy Shand and his Band	A Scottish Fancy	CD+	7	J32 8	4:22	32.8
Hooper's Jig	Jimmy Shand and his Band	The Pride of Scotland	LP	6	J32 8	4:22	32.8
Hooper's Jig	Jimmy Shand and his Band	A Scottish Fancy	LP+	7	J32 8	4:22	32.8
Hooper's Jig	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Music for Scottish Dancing	CD+	1	J32 8	4:36	34.5
Hooper's Jig	Bill Hendry	The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Band	LP	3	J32 4	0:00	0.0
Hooper's Jig	Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen	Scottish Dance Time Vol 3	LP	6	J32 8	4:40	35.0
Hooper's Jig	Frank Reid and his Band	Dance with the London Highland Club	LP	14	J32 8	4:30	33.8
Hooper's Jig	Rob Gordon and his Band	The Kilt is my Delight	LP	7	J32 8	4:17	32.1
Hooper's Jig	Alasdair Fraser & Muriel Johnstone	Just As It Was 1	CD	3	J32 8	4:50	36.2
Hooper's Jig	The Thistle Band	On Stage With..., Volume 1	MC	5	J32 8	0:00	0.0
Hooper's Jig	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	Come More Scottish Country Dancing	CD+	1	J32 8	4:32	34.0
Hooper's Jig	Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith	Delaware Valley Spring Ball 2003	CD	6	J32 8	4:55	36.9
Hooper's Jig	West Telferton Caledonian Dance Band	Industrial Strength	CD	2	J32	0:00	0
Hooper's Jig	Ian Hutson & his Scottish Dance Band	Let's Celebrate	CD	4	J32 8	4:32	34.0
Hooper's Jig	Irvine Valley Scottish Dance Band	Favourite SCDs Vol 1	CD	3	J32 8	4:41	35.1
Hooper's Jig	George Rennie Scottish Dance Band	Old Tyme Favourites Vol 2	CD	8	J32 8	4:29	33.6
Hooper's Jig	Bill Hendry Dance Band	The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Dance Band	CD	15	J32 4	2:17	34.2
Hooper's Jig	Pinewoods 2010 Musicians	Live From C Sharp	CD	2	J32 8	4:48	36.0
Hooper's Jig	Marian Anderson and her Band	Saint Bernard's Waltz	CD	16	J32 8	4:23	32.9
Hooper's Jig	Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra	Vancouver - 20th Anniversary	CD	4	J32 8	4:46	35.8
Hooper's Jig	The Atholl Players	Dances of Scotland Volume 1	MC	6	J32 8	4:37	34.6
Hooper's Jig	The Atholl Players	Dances of Scotland Volume 1	LP+	6	J32 8	4:37	34.6
Hooper's Jig	Jim Johnstone and his Band	The Sound of Jim Johnstone and His Band	MP3+	13	J32 4	2:19	34.8
Hooper's Jig	Jim Lindsay and his Band	Book 49 - Music for 15 Scottish Country Dances	CD	15	J32 8	4:33	34.1
Hooper's Jig	Jim Lindsay and his Band	Thirty Popular Dances - Volume Two Part two	CD	12	J32 8	4:33	34.1
Hooper's Jig	Jim Johnstone and his Band	Dancing with Jim Johnstone	LP	1	J32 8	4:23	32.9
Hooper's Jig	Jim MacLeod and his Band	Scotland Swings With The Great Jim MacLeod Band	LP	7	J32	0:00	0
Hooper's Jig	Jim MacLeod and his Band	The Scottish Dance World Of Jim MacLeod And His Band	LP	7	J32	0:00	0

Hooper's Jig 3/4L · J32

1–: All clap, 1c cross Rsh and cast off one (2c up) ; 1c+3c RHA
9–: All clap, 1c cross back Rsh, cast up to own place (2c down) ; 1c+2c LHA
17–: 1M+3W change places RH | 1W+3M change RH, while{2} 1M+3W dance a Rsh loop ; 1M+3W cross back RH while{2} 1W+3M loop | 1W+3M cross back LH, 1W to 2pl while{2} 1M casts to 2pl (2c up)
25–: 2c+1c R&L

E-cribs

Hooper's Jig 3/4L · J32

1-8: All clap & 1s cross passing RSh, cast to 2nd place & dance RH across with 3s
9-16: All clap & 1s cross passing RSh, cast to 1st place & dance LH across with 2s
17-24: 1M+3L change places RH & 1L+3M change places RH (as 1M+3L loop round), 1M+3L change places RH (as 1L+3M loop round) & 1L+3M cross LH 1L ending in 2nd place (as 1M casts to 2nd pl), 2s step up on bars 23 - 24
25-32: 2s+1s dance R&L. 2 1 3

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