Dance Postie's Jig 5330
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Roy Clowes
- Intensity
- 8008/8448/8448/8008 = 62% (1 turn), 62% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Arches (ARCHES)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Thirty Popular Dances, Volume Two [8]
- Ormskirk Scottish Dances - Memorial Edition [21]
- Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [28]
- Scottish Dance Archives - The Donald Collection (Online List) [193]
- A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [74]
- Ormskirk Scottish Dances Book 5 [1]
- Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [74]
- Commonwealth Ceilidh Dances [7]
- Scottish Reels are Fun [28]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [434] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [580] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [532] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [506] (diagram only)
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
The second edition of the Ormskirk Memorial Edition says (on page 21, under “Some Notes for Teachers”):
Bars 9–24 : …
The second edition of the Ormskirk Memorial Edition says (on page 21, under “Some Notes for Teachers”):
Bars 9–24 : > In this sequence of couples crossing the dance and changing places up and down tha [sic] dance, there is some ambiguity as to who should make the arches, and who should dance under them. Again there is a simple rule, which is;
When going across the dance, the MEN make the arch always and when changing places up and down, THE COUPLE COMING UP THE DANCE PUT THEIR HANDS UP AND THE COUPLE COMING DOWN THE DANCE KEEP THEIR HANDS DOWN. [Emphasis in the original.]
Postie's Jig 4/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c+4c set, cast to middle positions (2c+3c step to end) ; 1c&4c ½ Fig8 round end C (2,1x,4x,3)
- 9–
- 1M+4M and 1W+4W cross NHJ, (W under men’s arch), turn cnr ¾ with ‘free’ hand ; 1c facing 4c change places NHJ (arch going up), turn cnr as before
- 17–
- Repeat (Men’s arch ; arch going up)
- 25–
- 1c+4c ½ R&L ; turn P RH
Note that both times the couple moving UP makes the arch.
Postie's Jig 4/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s & 4s set & cast in 1 place, 1s & 4s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 round new end couples
- 9-12
- 1M+4M & 1L+4L cross (men making an arch) & turn corners with free hand to face up/down
- 13-16
- 1s+4s dance down/up (couple dancing up make the arch) & turn corners
- 17-24
- Repeat bars 9-16 from new positions
- 25-32
- 1s+4s dance 1/2 R&L, turn partner RH
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