Dance Bill Jacob's Jig 12747
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Ruary Laidlaw (2001)
- Intensity
- 8080/8080/8888/8444 = 66% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Cast behind own lines and back (CBL&B)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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This dance was devised in 2001. When making a video of it in 2023 …
This dance was devised in 2001. When making a video of it in 2023 the deviser changed bars 9-16. The original Lochiel Collection version had 1st and 3rd couples setting, crossing down and chasing back to place. The revised version has 1st & 2nd also 3rd & 4th couple setting, right hands across and setting again.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Jacob's Jig | Peter Elmes' Scottish Country Dance Band | The Lochiel Collection | CD | 1 | J32 4 | 2:30 | 37.5 | ||
| Jigtime Medley | Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band | Scottish Dances | CD+ | 1 | J32 5 | 2:43 | 32.6 |
Bill Jacob's Jig 4/4L · J32
1-8 : 1s+3s cast behind lines (4 bars) & cast back to places 9-16 : 1s+2s & 3s+4s set to partners, dance RH across back to places (4 bars) & set to partners again. Finish 1s facing 2s, 3s facing 4s on sides 17-24 : All dance RSh reels of 4 on sides. 1L finish facing out 25-28 : 1L followed by 1M casts below 4s, crosses into 4M place pulling back RSh to face 1M in 4L place (2s+3s+4s join hands & step up 27-28) 29-32 : 1s turn 1.1/2 RH. 2 3 4 1
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Lochiel Club, Hamilton, NZ, 2023
Added on: 2023-09-20 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
