Dance The Drunken Parson 1770
Jig · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- John W Mitchell
- Intensity
- 88/88/88/88 = 69% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Petronella - quarter (4 bars) (PET;QUART;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Whetherly Book 2 [5]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- This dance was originally labeled as “Reel”. As the recommended tune is a jig, and hence all recordings are also …
This dance was originally labeled as “Reel”. As the recommended tune is a jig, and hence all recordings are also in Jig time, the editors of “The Whetherly Books” felt it appropriate to change the dance type to “Jig” as well (2023–05–08).
The “Border style” poussette in this dance seems to refer to "A Complete Guide to Scottish Country Dancing” by Allie Anderson and John Duthie (McDougall’s Educational Co. Ltd), where it is called “Poussette Second Form” (pages 30–31). In contrast to the standard form, in this poussette the men begin with the right foot. Apparently, at the time of writing (circa 1960), this method of dancing the poussette was danced in the South-East Borders Counties.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set of Jigs | McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band | Authentic Scottish Dancing Music | LP | 6 | J32 8 | 4:22 | 32.8 | |
| Set of Jigs | McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band | Scottish Country Dances | ? | 7 | J32 8 | 4:22 | 32.8 | |
| Set of Jigs | McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band | Scottish Country Dancing | LP | 6 | J32 8 | 4:22 | 32.8 |
The Drunken Parson 2/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c set advancing | 6 bars of Modified Poussette : same as Poussette except on [8] where couples turn P BH ¼ to midline
- 9–
- Reel4
- 17–
- All set | Petronella turn ; set | cross RH (2,1)
- 25–
- RHA ; LHA
The Drunken Parson 2/4L · J32
- 1–2
- 1s+2s set advancing to meet.
- 3–8
- 1s+2s dance three quarters of a “Border” style poussette, (i.e. on bar 8 they make - quarter turn only).
- 9–16
- 1s+2s dance a reel of four up and down the set.
- 17–18
- 1s+2s face partner and set.
- 19–22
- 1s+2s dance a quarter petronella, to turn out to the opposite side and set.
- 23–24
- 1s+2s cross over giving right hand.
- 25–32
- 1s+2s dance right hands across in a wheel for four steps and back with the left hand.
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest Local Club 14.12.2021 | 2021-12-14 | Zoltán Gräff | Dec. 12, 2021, 5:02 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club - 27.10.2022 | 2022-10-27 | lldikó Szakolczai | Oct. 27, 2022, 9:49 p.m. |
| 20191119 - Bo'ness Class | 2019-11-19 | Zsofia Jozsef | Nov. 20, 2019, 10:40 a.m. |
| MSA Halloween Tanz | 2022-10-29 | Alex Figl-Brick | Oct. 11, 2022, 1:28 p.m. |
| Geburtstagsball Steff, Viktor & Steffi 2018-07-14 | 2018-07-14 | SchloBDancers Heidelberg | April 29, 2018, 9:52 p.m. |
| 4th Friendship Weekend - class dances | Ilana Steiner | May 16, 2023, 9:56 p.m. | |
| Darmstadt_2022_07_11 | 2022-07-11 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | July 6, 2022, 9:47 p.m. |
| Chemnitz_regular | 2021-07-16 | SCD Chemnitz | May 30, 2023, 2 p.m. |
