Dance Postie's Jig 5330

Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by

Roy Clowes

Intensity

8008/8448/8448/8008 = 62% (1 turn), 62% (whole dance)

Formations

Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Arches (ARCHES)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

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

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/_files/ugd/580b0a_e3a7741d79a44b1db11cba91d2e934f3.pdf

Recommended Music

Lassie Come and Dance with Me (Neil Grant)

Extra Info

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The second edition of the Ormskirk Memorial Edition says (on page 21, under »Some …

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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.]

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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
Postie's Jig	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 2	CD	2	J32 4	2:21	35.2
Postie's Jig	Lothian Scottish Dance Band	In Strict Tempo	LP+	13	J32 4	2:21	35.2
Postie's Jig	Robin Ellis and his Band	Scottish Jigs and Reels for Children	MC	6	J32 4	0:00	0.0
Postie's Jig	Frank Reid and his Band	Dance with the London Highland Club	LP	11	J32 4	2:15	33.8
Postie's Jig	Jim Berry and his Scottish Dance Band	A Dozen Dances	MC	4	J32 4	2:15	33.8
Postie's Jig	Roy Hendrie & his Scottish Dance Band	Let's Dance ...	CD	2	J32 4	2:19	34.8
Postie's Jig	Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band	Step in Time	MC	8	J32 4	2:25	36.2
Postie's Jig	Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band	Across the Tay	MC	8	J32 4	2:14	33.5
Postie's Jig	The Colin Dewar Quartet	Music for Collins Pocket Reference. Vol 2	CD	13	J32 4	2:22	35.5
Postie's Jig	Da Fustra	Over the Waves to Shetland	CD	16	J32 4	2:10	32.5
Postie's Jig	Willie McRobert's SCDB	Live in Moffat	CD	12	J32 4	2:22	35.5
Postie's Jig	The Music Makars	Dance, Sing and Rejoice	CD	2	J32 4	2:17	34.2
Postie's Jig	Ian Hutson & his Scottish Dance Band	Let's Celebrate	CD	15	J32 4	2:22	35.5
Postie's Jig	Irvine Valley Scottish Dance Band	Favourite SCDs Vol 2	CD	5	J32 4	2:20	35.0
Postie's Jig	The Lochside Ceilidh Band	All Set Volume One	CD	5	J32 2	1:14	37.0
Postie's Jig	The Lochside Ceilidh Band	All Set Volume One	CD	15	J32 4	2:16	34.0
Postie's Jig	Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band	Note 'N' Away	CD	12	J32 4	0:00	0.0
Postie's Jig	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Thirty Popular Dances - Volume Two Part two	CD	10	J32 4	2:22	35.5
Postie's Jig	John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band	Invitation to a Scottish Dance	LP	5	J32 4	2:16	34.0
Postie's Jig	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Westering Home	LP	11	J32 4	0:00	0.0
Postie's Jig	Rob Gordon and his Band	Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 1	LP	3	J32 4	0:00	0.0
Postie's Jig	Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band	Bow and Curtsy	LP+	4	J32 4	2:14	33.5
Postie's Jig	Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band	Step in Time	MC	9	J32 4	2:22	35.5
Postie's Jig	Frank Reid	Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 2	CD	7	J32 4	2:13	33.2
Postie's Jig	Frank Reid	Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 2	CD	8	J32 4	2:12	33.0
Postie's Jig	Reel Tradition	Happy We've Been A' Thegither	LP+	11	J32 4	2:15	33.8
Postie's Jig	The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band	Are ye askin'? - The Reel Party	CD	14	J32 4	2:18	34.5
Postie's Jig	Graham Geddes and his Scottish Dance Band	Live at the Beach Ballroom	CD	1	J32 4	2:19	34.8
Postie's Jig	Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band	Music for the Commonwealth Ceilidh	CD	7	J32 4	2:19	34.8
Lassie Come and Dance Wi' Me	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	Lassie Come and Dance Wi' Me	CD	1	J32 8	4:30	33.8

Postie's Jig 4/4L · J32

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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

{{explanation}}
Note that both times the couple moving UP makes the arch.

E-cribs

Postie's Jig 4/4L · J32

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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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Dance Postie's Jig 5330

Postie's Jig 4/4L · J32

Postie's Jig 4/4L · J32

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