Dance: Postie's Jig
32-bar Jig
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
Progression: 2413
- Devised by:
- Roy Clowes
- Formations:
-
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Arches (ARCHES)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
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.
- Featured in:
-
Dance 1
- Published in:
-
Ormskirk Scottish Dances Book 5
[1]
*
Ormskirk Scottish Dances - Memorial Edition
[14]
Scottish Reels are Fun
[48]
Collins Pocket Reference
[232]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[130]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[120]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[154]
- Recommended Music:
-
Lassie Come and Dance with Me (Neil Grant)
- Recordings (21):
Show tunes
-
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 2 (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 35.2]
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In Strict Tempo (Lothian Scottish Dance Band),
track 13
[pace 35.2]
Invitation to a Scottish Dance (John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band),
track 5
[pace 34.0]
Westering Home (Andrew Rankine and his Band),
track 11
Scottish Jigs and Reels for Children (Robin Ellis and his Band),
track 6
Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 1 (Rob Gordon and his Band),
track 3
Dance with the London Highland Club (Frank Reid and his Band),
track 11
[pace 33.8]
Note 'N' Away (Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band),
track 12
Bow and Curtsy (Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 33.5]
Step in Time (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 8
[pace 36.2]
Step in Time (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 9
[pace 35.5]
Across the Tay (Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 8
[pace 33.5]
Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 2 (Frank Reid),
track 7
[pace 33.2]
Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 2 (Frank Reid),
track 8
[pace 33.0]
Music for Collins Pocket Reference. Vol 2 (The Colin Dewar Quartet),
track 13
[pace 35.5]
Happy We've Been A' Thegither (Reel Tradition),
track 11
[pace 33.8]
A Dozen Dances (Jim Berry and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 33.8]
Live in Moffat (Willie McRoberts),
track 12
Dance, Sing and Rejoice (The Music Makars),
track 3
Let's Celebrate (Ian Hutson & his Scottish Dance Band),
track 15
[pace 35.5]
Favourite SCDs Vol 2 (Irvine Valley SCD Band),
track 5
[pace 35.0]
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Postie's Jig
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C+4C set, cast inwards one place (2C+3C step to end) ; 1C&4C ½ Fig8 round end C (2,1x,4x,3) |
| 9-16 | 1M+4M and 1W+4W cross NHJ, (W under men’s arch), turn cnr ¾ with ‘free’ hand ; 1C facing 4C change places NHJ (arch going up), turn cnr as before |
| 17-24 | Repeat (Men’s arch ; arch going up) |
| 25-32 | 1C+4C ½ R&L ; turn P RH |
| Note: The Memorial Edition of the Ormskirk Books says explicitly: “the couple moving UP makes the arch”. The alternative rule (4M makes the arch) should NEVER be taught or used; it has led to dangerous collisions (including loss of consciousness and hospital for concussion) on the 4th arch [21-22]. |
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