Dance The Weaver 6978

Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

James B Cosh (1973)

Formations

Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
Reel of three - across - half (REEL;ACROSS;HALF;R3;)
Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)

Steps

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Published in

Twenty Two SCD [13]
Dances of an Island Clan [31]
Twenty Two SCD and Two Others [13]
Twenty Two SCD and One Other [13]
Fifteen Scottish Country Dances [13]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [560] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [728] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [663] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [632] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Mrs Grace Bowie (Adam Rennie)
The Little Burnt Potato (Colin J. Boyd) [As “The Burnt Potato”]
The Weaver and His Wife (Andrew Rankine)

“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Weaver	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Highland Party	LP	1	J32 8	4:20	32.5
Jig (The Weaver and his Wife)	The Macadians	The Dance Goes On	CD	1	J32 4	2:28	37.0
Luckenbooth Brooch	Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band	Reels and Wheels	CD	13	J32 8	4:44	35.5
Luckenbooth Brooch	Iain MacPhail and Friends	Reflecting on Rankine	CD	1	J32 4	2:20	35.0
Luckenbooth Brooch	L Ramshaw / S W Bentley / M Bentley	The Breakdown	CD	9	J32 8	4:33	34.1
Luckenbooth Brooch	Terpsichore	Caledonian Muse	CD	1	J32 8	4:48	36.0
Luckenbooth Brooch	Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band	Bow and Curtsy	LP+	8	J32 8	4:33	34.1
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Come Scottish Country Dancing with Andrew Rankine	LP+	10	J32 8	0:00	0.0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Andrew Rankine and his Band	A Taste of Andrew Rankine	LP+	8	J32 8	0:00	0.0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band	Across the Tay	MC	9	J32 8	4:23	32.9
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	The Kirrie Lads	CD+	9	J32	4:22	0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band	The Luckenbooth Brooch	CD	1	J32 8	4:24	33.0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band	On the Rocks	CD	4	J32 8	4:14	31.8
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Nicol McLaren and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 53 for 2023 Volume 2	CD	3	J32 8	4:48	36.0
The Luckenbooth Brooch	The Colin Dewar Quartet	Special Requests Volume 3	CD+	11	J32 8	4:42	35.2
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 5	CD	4	J32 8	4:11	31.4
The Luckenbooth Brooch	The Craigellachie Band	After the Chord	CD+	8	J32 8	4:33	34.1
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Alasdair Fraser & Muriel Johnstone	Just As It Was 3	CD	4	J32 8	4:52	36.5
The Luckenbooth Brooch	Bobby Frew Four with Ian Powrie	Edinburgh Castle Reel, The and other SCD	CD+	7	J32 8	4:26	33.2
Modern Scottish Jigs	Bobby Harvey	Scottish Band Showcase	LP	12	J32 7	0:00	0.0
Tam O' Shanter	The Macadians	Burns' Night in the Annapolis Valley	MC	1	J32 4	0:00	0.0

The Weaver 3/4L · J32

1-8: 1s+2s dance 1/2 RH across, 1s+3s dance 1/2 LH across, 1s lead up 1 place & 1L casts up to top as 1M casts down
9-16: 1s dance 1/2 RSh reels of across (1L with 2s & 1M with 3s), 1s dance 1/2 reels of 3 on opposite sides ending in centre facing partner
17-24: 1s turn RH & change places LH with 3s (in 1st place) on own sides, 3s turn RH & change places LH with 2s on sides
25-32: 2s turn RH & change places LH with 1s on sides, 1s lead up & cast to 2nd places

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
318	General Note, and correction madeAmendment and Question	Oct. 21, 2013, 6:05 a.m.	Charles Liu	Eric Ferguson	Normal	Fixed