Dance The Jovial Gentleman 9947
Jig · 48 bars · 5 couples · Longwise - 5 (Progression: 23451) · Usual number of repetitions: 5
- Devised by
- Doris Buchanan
- Intensity
- 08080/88888/44444/88888/80808/88888 = 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - tandem (no lead change) (REEL;R3;TANDEM;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Hands Round - 10 - and back (HR; 10P; BACK;)
- Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (5). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jovial Gentleman | David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band | Leicester Branch 1977-2002 The Silver Collection | CD | 12 | J48 5 | 4:42 | 37.6 |
The Jovial Gentleman 5/5L · J48
1-8 : 2s & 4s set then turn 1/2 way RH & 2s end facing up & 4s face down, 2s lead between 1s & cast to 2nd place opposite sides **while** 4s lead down through 5s & cast to 4th place opposite side 9-16 : All dance Double Tandem reels of 3 on sides: 1L+2M, 1M+2L, 4M+5L & 4L+5M dance in Tandem : 3L passes 1L+2M LSh as 3M passes 4L+5L LSh to start & all end back where they started at bar 8 17-20 : 1L+2L+3L+4L+5L advance towards middle, join hands briefly & retire 21-24 : Men repeat bars 17-20 25-32 : All circle 10 hands left & back to place 33-40 : 1s+3s+5s Petronella to opposite side [All now on opposite sides (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)] 41-48 : 1s cast off to 5th place **while** 2s+3s+4s+5s set on sides joining hands & cross up 1 place, all turn RH as 1s turn RH 1.1/2 times
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)RSCDS Leicester, 2004 ASCDS festival
Added on: 2022-02-21 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
