Dance The Round Arran Jig 9889
Also known as “Jean McKelvie's Arran Jig”, “Jean McKelvie's Jig”.
Jig · 80 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: Nonprogressive)
- Devised by
- Cliff Quinnell
- Formations
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- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Grand Chain for 8 (GCHAIN;8P;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Promenade 4 couples (PROM;4C;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- This dance was originally named Jean McKelvie’s (Arran) Jig.
The original copy of the dance description, held by the Ayrshire …
This dance was originally named Jean McKelvie’s (Arran) Jig.
The original copy of the dance description, held by the Ayrshire Branch, has the following annotation written by hand at the end by the late Alistair Aitkenhead, Branch founder member and highly respected dance teacher. These amendments (ratified as correct by Alastair MacFadyen, President RSCDS, verbally, in 2019) are:
- Change of name to THE ROUND ARRAN JIG effective May 1988.
- Bars 65–68 All four ladies RIGHT (NOT left) hands across
- Bars 69–72 All four men LEFT (NOT right) hands across ……………ladies on the outside facing in ANTI clockwise (NOT clockwise) direction………
- At the end “Second time round dance off”
The Round Arran Jig 4S · J80
- 1-8
- All Ladies dance in to face out between Man on right & Opposite Man, all set (circle), Ladies cast round Man on left to face in & all set
- 9-16
- Ladies repeat back to original places
- 17-24
- All circle 8H round & back
- 25-40
- All dance Grand Chain (2 bars per hand)
- 41-48
- All Men dance in to face out between Lady on left & opposite Lady, all set (circle), Men cast round Lady on right to face in & all set
- 49-56
- Men repeat, casting RSh round partner back to original places in a cicle all facing in & all set
- 57-64
- All circle 8H round & back
- 65-68
- Ladies dance RH across
- 69-72
- Men dance LH across
- 73-80
- All Promenade round anticlockwise
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSCDS Sydney Beginners' course 2019 | 2019-02-04 | Diana Hastie | Feb. 18, 2019, 11:13 a.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Jean McKelvie's Jig | Sept. 16, 2012, 7:22 p.m. | Gary | Eric Ferguson | Normal | Fixed |