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Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4

Devised by:

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Formations:

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

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Published in:

Miss Milligan's Miscellany of Scottish Country Dances [34]
Miss Milligan's Miscellany Volume II [12]
A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing [131]
99 More Scottish Country Dances [28]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [82]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [68]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [65]

Online Sources:

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

Recommended Music:

Peter's Peerie Boat (Tom Anderson)

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From Lara Friedman-Shedlov (Aug. 30, 2012, 6:45 p.m.)

I would probably rate this dance higher if the crossings during the loop figure were R, L, R, L instead of R, R, R, L (someone told me once that they "used to be" that way but got changed somewhere along the line). This dance is often considered easy, but the transition from the loops to the rights and lefts (i.e. the progression) is rather tricky.

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.

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Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
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	The Atholl Players	Dances of Scotland Volume 1	MC	6	J32 8	5:16	39.5
Hooper's Jig	The Atholl Players	Dances of Scotland Volume 1	LP	6	J32 8	5:16	39.5
Hooper's Jig	Jim Johnstone and his Band	Dancing with Jim Johnstone	LP	1	J32 8	0:00	0.0
Hooper's Jig	Bill Hendry	The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Band	LP	3	J32 4	0:00	0.0
Hooper's Jig	Jim Johnstone and his Band	The Sound of Jim Johnstone and His Band	?	13	J32 5	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 SCD 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

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Name	Owner	Last changed
Banff Workshop Ball 2012-10-07	Anselm Lingnau	14 October 2012, 15:51
Heidelberg Ball 2013-05-11	Anselm Lingnau	7 May 2013, 16:33
Fleet 2012-03-03 Annual Dance	David McQuillan	20 April 2012, 15:32
Addlestone 2012-11-17 Annual Dance	David McQuillan	19 October 2012, 12:36
Bedford SDG 2012-09-23 Social	Keith Rose	7 November 2012, 23:29
FSCDC 28 August 2012	Anselm Lingnau	28 August 2012, 17:06
RSCDS Core Repertoire (Introductory)	Anselm Lingnau	25 January 2012, 10:24
FSCDC 21 August 2012	Anselm Lingnau	21 August 2012, 13:31
Summer school 2013 weeks 3 and 4	T. de Ceuster	3 May 2013, 17:41
Ottawa Branch Extra Social	Craig Williams	7 January 2013, 15:53
Camberley 2012-03-24 Spring Ball	David McQuillan	11 May 2012, 04:04
Leeds Branch Dance May 18th 2013	Christine Parker-Jones	3 May 2013, 14:27
Queen's Birthday Weekend Ball	Amy Martin	30 May 2012, 12:08
Queen's Birthday Weekend Ball	Amy Martin	30 May 2012, 12:08
Bedford SDG 2013-05-18 Annual Ball	Keith Rose	31 December 2012, 14:33
Summer school 2012 week 4	T. de Ceuster	12 September 2012, 22:43
Summer school 2013 weeks 3 and 4	T. de Ceuster	3 May 2013, 17:41

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