Dance A Jig for Mary Jane 19866
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Holly Boyd (2018)
- Intensity
- 804/848/888/666 = 58% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - across - half (REEL;ACROSS;HALF;R3;)
- Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Serpentine (SERP)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Extra Info
- I was teaching a dance class on the day that marijuana was legalized across Canada. I felt that deserved a …
I was teaching a dance class on the day that marijuana was legalized across Canada. I felt that deserved a dance. I had just come back from the Ottawa weekend workshop and was inspired by Whig Maleeries, by Derek Ivory in the Imperial Society Book, a dance that Geoffrey Selling taught at that workshop. The serpentine is from Queen City Salute by Dale Birdsall in Book 37.
A Jig for Mary Jane 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c cast to 3pl (2c+3c up) | set advancing into promhold facing 3W ; ½ Reel3 across, RSh to 3W. 3c loop to 3pl as 1c NHJ in 2pl face up (2,1,3x)
- 9–
- ½ Mirror Reels3 on sides, 1c out and up, 2c in and down. 1c in promhold, 1W on 1M’s L, face 3W ; ½ Reel3 across, RSh to 3W. 1c NHJ in 2pl face down (3,1,2)
- 17–
- Mirror Reels3 on sides, 1c out and down, 2c in and up. 1c NHJ in 2pl face down (3,1,2)
- 25–
- “The Serpentine” [: (middle C always starts inwards} 1c+2c change places EH | 3c+2c (other hand) repeat ; 3c (other hand) +1c repeat, 2c+1c+3c set]
A Jig for Mary Jane 3/4L · J32
- 1-4
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1s cast to 3rd place (2s+3s step up), 1s set advancing & take prom hold facing 3L
- 5-8
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1s in prom hold +3s dance 1/2 reel of 3 across (1s RSh to 3L). 3s end looping into 3rd place, 1s in middle 2nd place NHJ facing up. 2 1 (3)
- 9-12
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1s dance 1/2 mirror reels of 3 on own sides (1s out/up, 2s in/down). 1s end in prom hold (1L on 1M’s left) facing 3L (in 1M’s place)
- 13-16
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1s in prom hold +3s dance 1/2 reel of 3 across (1s RSh to 3L). 1s in middle 2nd place NHJ facing down.
- 17-24
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Mirror reels of three on sides (1s down/out, 2s in up). 1s end in middle, 2nd place NHJ facing down. 3 1 2
- 25-32
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25-28 1M+2M change places RH as 1L+2L change LH, 3M+2M change places LH as 3L+2L change places RH
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29-32 3M+1M change places RH as 3L+1L change LH, 2s+1s+3s set
