Dance Oyster Girl 5142
See also: The Oyster Girl (J32, 3/4L, Beattie: Charities 14), The Oyster Girl (J48, 4/4L, Mitchell: Whetherly Sheets)
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Wesley Clindinning
- Intensity
- 8008/8888/4444/8444 = 66% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Lead/Dance down and cast up (DWN;CBL)
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Canada's Irish Rover [20]
- Scottish Dance Archives [181]
- Recommended Music
Oyster Girl 4/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s dance down the middle & cast round 3s to original place while 4s cast up to top & dance down middle to original place. 1s & 4s set.
- 9-16
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance double Fig of 8 (1s & 3s cross down, 2s & 4s cast up)
- 17-20
- 1s & 3s giving RH cross down thru couple below & cast up to partner’s place.
- 21-24
- 2s & 4s giving LH cross up thru couple above & cast to partner’s place. (1) (2) (3) (4)
- 25-32
- 1s+2s dance 1/2 LH across, 1s+3s dance 1/2 RH across, 1s+4s dance 1/2 LH across, all set 2 3 4 1
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