Dance: Jack's Delight

128-bar Medley (S64+R64)
4 couples
Set shape: Square

Devised by:
Anselm Lingnau (1995)
Formations:
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Turn Corners and Partner (CPCP)
Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
Reel of eight (REEL;R8;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Steps:
Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Slip-Step
Strathspey travel
Strathspey setting
Highland
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Published in:
Merry Dancers Leaflets [1] *
Full description:
http://www.anselms.net/SCD/mdl/jack.html
Recommended Music:
General Campbell (Robert Macintosh)
Jack's Delight ((traditional))
Jack Campbell (Anselm Lingnau)

Crib

Strathspey
1-8All circle8 and back.
9-161C+3C LHA {3}, swivel L and cast out to own place | all C set NHJ
17-242C+4C repeat, with RHA and swivel R | all C set NHJ
25-32All turn cnr RH | P LH ; cnr RH | P ¾ LH to finish all M BtoB in the middle facing P on the outside
33-40All set to P with a suitable Strathspey setting step (e.g., Rocking Step). ; All ½Reels4 across, W giving brief LHA in the middle, the M end BtoB in the middle facing one position cclw from own place (ie facing their corner)
41-48Repeat 33-40 to finish all W in own place and M facing opposite W.
49-56All C turn RH ½ | all W ½ LHA while all M set ; All C 1 ¼ turn RH to finish M facing in, W out for
57-128Half Schiehallion reel, to original places.
Reel
1-64Repeat bars 1-64 of Strathspey, substituting a suitable Reel setting step (e.g., two pas de basque and four spring points) in bars 33-36 and 41-44.
dance writtten for the Dec. 1995 birthday of Jack Campbell, the Frankfurt club’s teacher. bars 9-24 are based on ‘Glayva’.
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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