Dance The Nurseryman 5006

Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Stephen Brown (1988)

Intensity

800 888 888 844 = 75% (1 turn), 56% (whole dance)

Formations

Double Triangles - inverting (DBLTRI;INV)
Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Book 37 (Frae A' The Airts, Vol 2) [7]
Scottish Country Dances Books 31 to 38 (Combined A5 edition) [55]
Pocket: Books 36,37,38 [15]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [408] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [554] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [506] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Miss McPherson Grant's Jig, of Ballindalloch (William Marshall)

Extra Info

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In memory of Roy Clowes of Ormskirk.

Bars 9 - 16 of this dance …

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In memory of Roy Clowes of Ormskirk.

Bars 9 - 16 of this dance are taken from the dance, “Angus MacKinnon’s Hornpipe”, by John Bowie Dickson, published in 1978  (statement made by the deviser)

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 Nurseryman	Fiddlers Three Plus Two	Book 37. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 2	LP+	7	J32 8	4:36	34.5
The Nurseryman	Fiddlers Three Plus Two	Scottish Reflections	CD+	2	J32 8	4:36	34.5
The Nurseryman	David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band	Sound of Feolin	CD	5	J32 8	4:40	35.0
The Nurseryman	Alasdair Fraser & Muriel Johnstone	Just As It Was 2	CD	3	J32 8	5:01	37.6
The Nurseryman	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 37. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 2	CD	7	J32 8	4:40	35.0
The Nurseryman	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	A Birl Roond Forfar	CD	2	J32 8	4:42	35.2
The Nurseryman	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Special Requests Volume 7	CD	2	J32 8	4:45	35.6
The Nurseryman	Chris Duncan & Catherine Strutt	Carriages at Midnight	CD	2	J32 8	4:54	36.8
The Nurseryman	James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band	The Joy of Sets	CD+	5	J32 8	4:32	34.0
Jigs	Alasdair Fraser	Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler	CD	6	J32 4	0:00	0.0
Miss McPherson Grant's Jig	Peter White and his Scottish Dance Band	Garple Burn and 7 other SCD by Hugh Foss	LP	5	J32 8	4:35	34.4
Myrtle and Joy	The White Cockade Scottish Country Dance Band	Tartan Stew	MC	4	J32 6	0:00	0.0

The Nurseryman 3/4L · J32

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1–
: 1c set | cross down RH (2c up) ; cast behind 3c, dance up NHJ to 2pl BtoB facing opp. side
9–
: 2c+1c+3c set as in DTr | All set advancing and swivel R to form “inverted” DTr (2c+3c are BtoB in centre) ; All set | All set advancing (1c into the middle) into
17–
: 2W+1M+3W & 2M+1W+3M RHA, 1c pass Rsh ; 1W+2W+3W & 1M+2M+3M LHA, finish in lines 1W between 2c facing 1M between 3c
25–
: Lines A&R ; 1c turn RH 1¼ to (2,1,3)

E-cribs

The Nurseryman 3/4L · J32

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1-8
: 1s set, cross down RH between 2s & cast down behind 3s & dance up centre
  to 2nd place to face out on opposite sides
9-12
: 2s+1s+3s set (as in Double Triangles) 1s PdB out & turn right about to
  face in **while** 2s & 3s PdB in & turn right about to face out
13-16
: 2s+1s+3s set (Inverted Double Triangle formation), 1s PdB in **while**
  2s & 3s PdB out all turning R about for RH across
17-24
: 2s+1s+3s dance RH across on sides, 1s pass RSh & dance LH across on own
  side ending in lines across 1L between 2s & 1M between 3s
25-32
: Lines Adv+Ret, 1s turn RH 1.1/4 times to end in 2nd place on own sides

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