Dance Johnny McGill 3342
Jig · 40 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- William Boag (18C) (1797)
- Intensity
- 80 80 88 88 88 = 80% (1 turn), 55% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 11 [3]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 7 to 12 (Combined A5 edition) [51]
- Pocket: Books 10,11,12 [15]
- 101 Scottish Country Dances [54]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [337] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [305] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [295] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
Johnny McGill
Johnny McGill was a fiddler in Girvan in Ayrshire who was born about 1707. He was a prolific composer and one of his best known tunes was the jig called “Johnny McGill”. It was to this tune that Robert Burns wrote “Sweet Tibbie Dunbar” and Hector MacNeill (1746–1818) set “Come Under My Plaidy”. Both songs are included in James Johnson's *The Scots Musical Museum*.
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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny McGill | Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band | Book 11. | LP+ | 3 | J40 8 | 5:40 | 34.0 | ||
| Johnny McGill | The Scotsmen | Two More Couples Please | LP | 4 | J40 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Johnny McGill | John Renton and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 11. Music for 12 Scottish Country Dances | CD | 3 | J40 8 | 6:07 | 36.7 | ||
| Johnny McGill | John Renton and his Scottish Dance Band | – | – | - | J40 8 | 6:07 | 36.7 | ||
| Johnny McGill | Ian Powrie and his Band | Scottish Dance Band Greats Vol 1 | CD | 18 | J40 4 | 2:42 | 32.4 |
Johnny McGill 2/4L · J40
1–
: 1W (longish) cast off, 1M following (2c up), 1W crosses (swivel R) to finish 1c in 2plx {6} | 1c set
9–
: 1c repeat (1M casting up, & swivel L on [14] to original places
17–
: 1c+2c RHA, LHA
25–
: 1c+2c set and cross RH ; repeat
33–
: 1c+2c Poussette
Johnny McGill 2/4L · J40
1-8 : 1L followed by partner casts to 2nd place opposite side & set 9-16 : 1M followed by partner casts up to original pstns & set 17-24 : 1s+2s dance RH across & LH back to places 25-32 : 1s+2s set, cross RH, set & cross back RH 33-40 : 1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1
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Added on: 2021-02-04 (Roland Telle)
Quality: Demonstration quality
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSCDS Book 11 | Unknown | Ward Fleri | Sept. 17, 2021, 2:57 a.m. | |
| Chemnitz_Friday | Unknown | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m. |
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