Dance The Sky Top Jig 16011

Jig · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: 21) · Usual number of repetitions: 6

Devised by

Robert Houghton (2000)

Intensity

44/88/88/88 = 60% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)

Steps

Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

The Mohonk Dances [5]

Recommended Music

Muirland Willie (Traditional)

Extra Info

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See <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2786/|issue 2786>> for some notes about this dance.

'StateBlock' object has no attribute 'is_code_block'

See <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2786/|issue 2786>> for some notes about this dance.

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (6). 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
Muirland Willie	Don Bartlett and the Scotians	Play Favourites	CD+	8	J32 8	4:22	32.8
Highland Fair	David South and his Scottish Dance Band	To the Laird	CD	1	J32 8	4:43	35.4
Highland Fair/Muirland Willie	The Music Makars	Catch the Wind	CD	2	J32 8	4:27	33.4
The Highland Fair	Rob Gordon and his Band	Music for 12 Trad. Dances from the Graded Book	LP+	3	J32 8	4:30	33.8
The Highland Fair	Rob Gordon and his Band	Music for Graded Scottish Country Dances	CD	3	J32 8	4:30	33.8
Muirland Willie	George B Stirrat	Favourite Scottish Dances	LP	3	J32 8	0:00	0.0
Muirland Willie	Ken Slaven and others	Ken and Friends	LP	18	J32 8	4:30	33.8
Muirland Willie	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead (2)	LP	8	J32 8	0:00	0.0
Muirland Willie	Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band	Take Your Partners For Vol 1	CD	2	J32 8	4:36	34.5
Muirland Willie	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Special Requests Volume 8	CD	5	J32 8	4:45	35.6
Muirland Willie	Ian Holmes and his Scottish Dance Band with Ian Powrie	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 4	CD	13	J32 8	4:28	33.5
Muirland Willie	Archie Duncan Quintet	Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 2	CD	2	J32 8	4:19	32.4
Muirland Willie	Archie Duncan Quintet	Scottish Country Dances	LP	4	J32 8	0:00	0.0
Muirland Willie	John Renton and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 21. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances	CD+	9	J32 8	4:36	34.5

The Sky Top Jig 2/3L · J32

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1–
: 1M+2W turn RH ; 1W+2M turn RH
9–
: RHA ; LHA
17–
: 1c followed by 2c lead down ; lead up, 2c leading (2,1)
25–
: Circle4 and back (2,1)

E-cribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
Scotia 2020-02-24	Unknown	2020-02-24	Wang _	Feb. 19, 2020, 4:34 a.m.
Scotia/NY Branch Party program 6-23	Unknown		vanapol	May 6, 2022, 11:58 p.m.
DanceScottish NYC 2022-05-12	Unknown	2022-05-08	Jack Cole	May 8, 2022, 11:10 p.m.
Dance Scottish NYC - 9 March 2023	Class	2023-03-09	Jack Cole	Aug. 4, 2023, 9:03 p.m.
New York Branch Basic Class 02/10/2022	Unknown	2022-02-10	Ellen Sears	Feb. 7, 2022, 11:46 p.m.
Dance Scottish NYC - 9 Feb 2023	Unknown	2023-02-09	Jack Cole	Feb. 6, 2023, 11:49 p.m.
Scotia 2020-03-02	Unknown	2020-03-02	Wang _	Feb. 19, 2020, 5:41 a.m.
NY Branch Basic - February 27, 2020	Unknown	2020-02-27	Ellen Sears	Feb. 26, 2020, 2:10 a.m.
NY Branch Basic Class - February20, 2020	Unknown	2020-02-20	Ellen Sears	Feb. 19, 2020, 5:20 p.m.
Scotia Dancers April 2	Unknown		vanapol	March 31, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
NY Branch experienced/social 2/27/20	Unknown	2020-02-27	Mary Gray	Feb. 26, 2020, 12:31 a.m.
Vivian Anapol	Unknown		vanapol	Feb. 18, 2020, 2:40 p.m.
Mystic Class Oct 13, 2023	Class	2023-10-13	Sue Trapp	Oct. 6, 2023, 5:28 a.m.
RSCDS New York Branch Class 9/21/2017	Unknown	2017-09-21	Ellen Sears	Sept. 21, 2017, 1:33 a.m.
New York Branch Basic Class 17-Mar-2022	Unknown	2022-03-17	Ellen Sears	March 14, 2022, 7:52 p.m.
New York Branch Basic Class 03/24/2022	Unknown	2022-03-24	Ellen Sears	March 22, 2022, 3:37 p.m.
NY Branch Basic - February 13, 2020	Unknown	2020-02-13	Ellen Sears	Feb. 12, 2020, 2:49 p.m.
Scotia Dancers January 16th	Unknown	2017-01-16	vanapol	Jan. 15, 2017, 1:37 a.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
2786	Extra info	May 7, 2022, 11:07 p.m.	Jack Cole	Murrough Landon	Normal	Fixed