Dance The Pika 10009

Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Jeff Davis

Formations

Cast behind own lines and dance up the middle (CBL&DanceUp)
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Rights and Lefts - diagonal - half (R&L;DIAG;HALF;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Skip-Change

Published in

Four Corners Dance Book [11]

Extra Info

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The dance was devised by Jeff Davis to be performed on the top of …

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The dance was devised by Jeff Davis to be performed on the top of Pikes peak where the SDC
of Colorado set a high altitude record for Scottish Country Dancing. The author hoped there
might be enough other total idiots who would want to dance a jig as well as the planned
strathspey at that elevation. Small and rabbit-like, the Pika can be found scurrying through
the rocks at high altitude, gathering and storing the tundra grasses in little haystacks for the
coming winter.

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). A yellow background means a recording with one of the recommended tunes but a non-standard number of repetitions. Recordings with a red background use a different tune and possibly a non-standard number of repetitions.

Recordings whose titles are in italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Merry Dancers	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	A Scottish Celebration	CD	13	J32 8	4:37	34.6
The Merry Dancers	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 4. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances	LP+	1	J32 8	4:37	34.6
The Merry Dancers	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 4. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances	CD	2	J32 8	4:37	34.6

The Pika 3/4L · J32

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1-8
: 1s cast & dance down outside of set to below 3s, dance in & up to top,
  cast to 2nd place own sides
9-12
: 1s cross RH as 1st crnrs dance to 2nd pl, 1s turn 1st crnrs 1/2 LH;
13-16
: 1s dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round partner's 2nd crnr as 1st crnrs dance to 2nd
  pl & cross RH to opp crnr
17-20
: 1s cross LH as 2nd crnrs dance to 2nd pl, 1s turn 2nd crnrs 1/2 RH
21-24
: 1s dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round partners 1st crnr pstn as 2nd crnrs dance to
  2nd pl, cross LH to opp crnr. End (3) 1 (2)
25-28
: 1s dance 1/2 diag R&L with 1st corners (1M down, 1L up)
29-32
: 1s dance 1/2 diag R&L with 2nd corners (1M down, 1L up). 2 1 3

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Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
N_Chelny - 04.03.23	Unknown		Ussurey Dancer	March 2, 2023, 12:21 p.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
1995	The Pika	Jan. 31, 2020, 7:12 p.m.	Jeff Davis	Murrough Landon	Normal	Fixed