Dance Captain John Hunter 1015

Also known as “The Port Jackson Jig”.

Jig · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Olivia Roberts

Intensity

804/840/822/633/633 = 38% (whole dance)

Formations

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Bicentennial Book [5]

Recommended Music

Twa Roguish Een (Unknown)
The Fyket (Traditional)

Extra Info

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Captain John Hunter commanded HMS Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet, which entered Port …

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Captain John Hunter commanded HMS Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet, which entered Port Jackson to found the colony of New South Wales, after rejecting Botany Bay as unsuitable.

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 Fyket	Craig McCallum's Scottish Dance Band	RSCDS 75th Anniversary Dances	CD+	13	J40 8	5:40	34.0
The Fyket	Bert Shorthouse & the Glenlomond Band	Come Dance Wi' Me	LP	8	J40 8	0:00	0.0
The Fyket	McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band	Let's All Go Scottish Country Dancing	LP	5	J40 8	5:30	33.0
The Fykit	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Hielan' Laddie	LP	11	J40 8	0:00	0.0

Captain John Hunter 3/4L · J40

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1–
: 1W followed by 1M cast off 2 and cross to 3plx (2c+3c up) ; 3c+1c RHA, 1 W faces out (2,3,1x)
9–
: 1W followed by 1M cast up and cross to 2pl (3c down) ; 2c+1c LHA (2,1,3)
17–
: 1c set to 2c and turn RH on sidelines ; 1c turn P LH 1¼ to face 1cnrs
25–
: 1c+1cnrs Corner Chain, face 2cnrs
33–
: 1c+2cnrs Corner Chain, 1W face out

*Deviser's note:  
 At the end of the second turn of the dance, the original lst couple stay facing out, to cast off to fourth place on first two bars as the new dancing couple begin.*

E-cribs (Roland Telle)

Captain John Hunter 3/4L · J40

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1-8
: 1L followed by 1M casts 2 places & crosses to 3M's place (2s+3s step up
  3-4); 3s+1s dance RH across. 1L faces out
9-16
: 1L followed by 1M casts up 1 place & crosses to 2L's place (3s step down
  11-12); 2s+1s dance LH across. 2 1 3
17-24
: 1L sets to 2L & turns RH on sides **while** 1M sets to 3M & turns RH; 1s
  turn 1.1/4 LH to face 1st corners
25-32
: 1s+1st corners dance Corner Chain, 1s face 2nd corners
33-40
: 1s+2nd corners dance Corner Chain, 1L ends facing out. 2 1 3

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Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
Budapest Local Club 27.10.2020	Unknown	2020-10-27	Zoltán Gräff	Oct. 27, 2020, 9:21 a.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
1350	Captain John Hunter	Jan. 21, 2018, 3:33 p.m.	Kate Bould	Eric Ferguson	Normal	Ignored