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Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4

Devised by:

Barry Skelton (1993)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Reel of three - diagonal - half - lead change (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R3;LeadChange;)
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:

Minuet Pas de Basque, Skip-Change

Published in:

Dolphin Book [8] *
Book 41, The Millennium Dances [1]
Pocket: Books 39,40,41 [20]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [150]

Recommended Music:

Christian Catto (Alan Kindness)

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The dance title refers to a Risso’s dolphin, named after Pelorus Sound in Marlborough, New Zealand. From 1888 until 1912, the dolphin would pilot ships through French Pass, a particularly dangerous stretch of the Cook Strait. Although protected by an Act of Parliament of 1904, the dolphin disappeared after four Norwegian whaling ships passed through the Strait. Wikipedia, however, offers: ‘research suggests that Pelorus Jack was an old animal; his head was white and his body pale, both indications of age, so it is likely that he died of natural causes’.

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Name	Artist	Album	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
Pelorus Jack	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 41. The Millennium Dances	1	J32 8	4:36	34.5
Pelorous Jack	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Special Requests Volume 5	13	J32 8	4:37	34.6
Pelorus Jack	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	The Road to Forfar	1	J32 8	4:39	34.9
Pelorus Jack	Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band	Quick Here's Anither Yin	5	J32 8	4:35	34.4
Pelorus Jack	Terpsichore	Caledonian Muse	9	J32 8	4:47	35.9
Pelorus Jack	Peter Elmes and his Band	Live at Opotiki, Music for a Whale of a Time	13	J32 8	4:40	35.0