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Dance The Drunken Parson 1770

Jig · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 21) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by
John W Mitchell
Intensity
88/88/88/88 = 69% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
Published in
Recommended Music
Extra Info
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This dance was originally labeled as “Reel”. As the recommended tune is a jig, …

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This dance was originally labeled as “Reel”. As the recommended tune is a jig, and hence all recordings are also in Jig time, the editors of "The Whetherly Books" felt it appropriate to change the dance type to “Jig” as well (2023-05-08).  
The “Border style” poussette in this dance seems to refer to "A Complete Guide to Scottish Country Dancing” by Allie Anderson and John Duthie (McDougall’s Educational Co. Ltd), where it is called “Poussette Second Form” (pages 30-31). In contrast to the standard form, in this poussette the men begin with the right foot. Apparently, at the time of writing (circa 1960), this method of dancing the poussette was danced in the South-East Borders Counties.

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.

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
Set of Jigs McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band Authentic Scottish Dancing Music LP 6 J32 84:22 32.8
Set of Jigs McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band Scottish Country Dances ? 7 J32 84:22 32.8
Set of Jigs McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band Scottish Country Dancing LP 6 J32 84:22 32.8
The Drunken Parson 2/4L · J32
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1–
: 1c set advancing | 6 bars of *Modified Poussette* : same as Poussette except on [8] where couples turn P BH ¼ to midline
9–
: Reel4
17–
: All set | Petronella turn ; set | cross RH (2,1)
25–
: RHA ; LHA
The Drunken Parson 2/4L · J32
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1–2
: 1s+2s set advancing to meet.
3–8
: 1s+2s dance three quarters of a “Border” style poussette, (i.e. on bar 8 they make - quarter turn only).
9–16
: 1s+2s dance a reel of four up and down the set.
17–18
: 1s+2s face partner and set.
19–22
: 1s+2s dance a quarter petronella, to turn out to the opposite side and set.
23–24
: 1s+2s cross over giving right hand.
25–32
: 1s+2s dance right hands across in a wheel for four steps and back with the left hand.

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NameTypeDateOwnerLast changed
Budapest Local Club 14.12.2021 Unknown 2021-12-14 Zoltán Gräff Dec. 12, 2021, 5:02 p.m.
Budapest Local Club - 27.10.2022 Unknown 2022-10-27 lldikó Szakolczai Oct. 27, 2022, 9:49 p.m.
20191119 - Bo'ness Class Unknown 2019-11-19 Zsofia Jozsef Nov. 20, 2019, 10:40 a.m.
MSA Halloween Tanz Unknown 2022-10-29 Alex Figl-Brick Oct. 11, 2022, 1:28 p.m.
Geburtstagsball Steff, Viktor & Steffi 2018-07-14 Unknown 2018-07-14 SchloBDancers Heidelberg April 29, 2018, 9:52 p.m.
4th Friendship Weekend - class dances Class Ilana Steiner May 16, 2023, 9:56 p.m.
Darmstadt_2022_07_11 Unknown 2022-07-11 OnYourToes Darmstadt July 6, 2022, 9:47 p.m.
Chemnitz_regular Class 2021-07-16 SCD Chemnitz May 30, 2023, 2 p.m.

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IdSubjectDateSubmitterAssigned toPriorityDisposition
2448 The Drunken Parson May 4, 2021, 6:17 a.m. Frances Wallace Murrough Landon Normal Fixed
3115 Dance type change May 8, 2023, 1:32 p.m. Viktor Lehmann Viktor Lehmann Normal Fixed