Dance: It's Just for Fun
32-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Roy Fidler
(1984)
- Formations:
-
Reel of four - diagonal (REEL;DIAG;R4;)
Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
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
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 33 Eight Modern Scottish Country Dances
[6]
*
Pocket: Books 33,34,35
[6]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[71]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[68]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[86]
- Recommended Music:
-
Quickstep
(Nathaniel Gow)
- Recordings (4):
Show tunes
-
Book 33. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances
(Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band),
track 6
[pace 33.0]
It's Just for Fun
(Ian Anderson's Scottish Country Dance Band),
track 7
Cairngorms
(Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith),
track 9
[pace 36.5]
Play the St. Andrew's Ball
(Ron Kerr and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 5
[pace 32.9]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C cross RH | cast off (2C up); ½Fig8 round 3cnr, pass LSh to face 1cnr |
| 9-16 | ½Reel4 with 1cnrs, pass LSh ; “teapots” (1M+2W+3W (at top) & 1W+2M+3M RHA) finish facing 2cnrs |
| 17-24 | ½Reel4 with 2cnrs, pass LSh ; “teapots” (1M+2W+3W (M side) & 1W+2M+3M (W side) RHA |
| 25-32 | 1C turn LH ½ (1M faces up, 1W down) while all cnrs change places RH on sides | 1C dances out the end and left to 2pl while 2C+3C set to P & cross LH | All set (2,1,3). |
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