Dance The Ghost and Mary Jo 18772

Jig · 32 bars · 5 persons · Other (Progression: Other)

Devised by

Sue McKinnell (2014)

Intensity

800/880/844/620 = 57% (whole dance)

Formations

Reel of three - tandem - half (no lead change) (REEL;HALF;R3;TANDEM;)
Reel of three - lead change - half (REEL;HALF;R3;LEADCHANGE;)
Reel of three - tandem (no lead change) (REEL;R3;TANDEM; )

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Online Sources

https://suedan.com/dances/instructions/ghostandmaryjo.html

Extra info: Mary Jo asked for a ...

Mary Jo asked for a dance with a permanent ghost for when there are only 5 people for dancing and this is what I came up with.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip	Tunes
6 x 32 Jigs	Green Ginger	Miss Ogilvie's Fancy	CD	14	J32 6	3:39	36.5		The Grey Buck/The Heights of the Alma/Duntulm

The Ghost and Mary Jo 5p · J32

1--: 1c set | cast off (2c up) ; set | turn P LH into 1M with 1W just behind facing 2W
9--: 1M+1W following Rsh Reel3 across with 2c, in last loop change lead into 1W with 1M just behind facing 3M
17--: 1W+1M following Rsh Reel3 on side with 2M+3M, at end 1c dance into 2pl own side (1,2,3M)
25--: 1c turn P LH ; All set | 1M casts off (3M up) (2c, 3M+1W, 1M)

E-cribs

The Ghost and Mary Jo 5p · J32

Start

: ········3M
: 2L·····2M
: 1L·····1M
: ····Top
1-8: 1s set, cast (2s step up); 1s set & turn LH to 1M facing 2L with 1L following
9-16: 1s in tandem dance RSh reel of 3 across with 2s (RSh to 2L to start). At end of reel 1L takes lead & faces 3M
17-24: 1s in tandem dance RSh reel of 3 with 2M+3M (RSh to 3M to start). 1s end in 2nd place own side
25-32: 1s turn RH; All set, 1M cast to 3rd place while 3M steps up

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
2021-09-06 Nürnberg Dance in the Parc	2021-09-06	Annette Lotz	Sept. 15, 2021, 7:25 p.m.
2021-11-22 Nürnberg Kulturladen Röthenbach	2021-11-22	Annette Lotz	Nov. 23, 2021, 8:52 p.m.
2021-09-20 Nürnberg Dance in the parc	2021-09-20	Annette Lotz	Sept. 26, 2021, 5:03 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2019-12-16	2019-12-16	Cord Walter	Dec. 16, 2019, 10:54 p.m.
2022-05-30 Gartenstadt Nürnberg	2022-05-30	Annette Lotz	June 26, 2022, 12:13 p.m.
2021-07-19 Nürnberg Dance in the parc	2021-07-19	Annette Lotz	Aug. 9, 2021, 12:05 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2019-06-24	2019-06-24	Cord Walter	June 24, 2019, 11:09 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2020-03-02	2020-03-02	Cord Walter	March 6, 2020, midnight
2022-04-11 Nürnberg Gartenstadt	2022-04-11	Annette Lotz	April 26, 2022, 8:56 p.m.
2021-07-12 Nürnberg Dance in the parc	2021-07-12	Annette Lotz	Aug. 9, 2021, 12:01 p.m.
2021-09-27 Nürnberg Dance in the Parc	2021-09-27	Annette Lotz	Sept. 29, 2021, 8:46 p.m.
Chiswick - 20 September 2020 (orig)	2020-09-20	James Wilson	Sept. 20, 2020, 8:58 p.m.
Chiswick - 6 September 2020 (orig)	2020-09-06	James Wilson	Sept. 7, 2020, 11:38 a.m.
Chiswick - 27 September 2020 (orig)	2020-09-27	James Wilson	Oct. 6, 2020, 4:25 p.m.
Chiswick - 13 September 2020 (orig)	2020-09-13	James Wilson	Sept. 15, 2020, 7:42 p.m.
SF Hildesheim 2-6-7 etc. Paare		Cord Walter	Nov. 9, 2019, 11:01 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2020	2020-01-01	Cord Walter	Jan. 6, 2020, 10:47 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2019	2019-01-01	Cord Walter	April 8, 2019, 12:01 a.m.

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Fun for Five

Angelika Schmidkonz · Sept. 9, 2020, 1:53 p.m.

A fun dance for two and a half couples which also works very well without giving hands during the turns. While our dancers enjoyed this dance very much, they thought changing bars 29+30 with bars 31+32 would give it a better flow.