Jean 8x32 J
JEAN
32-bar Jig for three couples in a 4-couple longwise set.
| 1-8 | First couple set to one another, cross over giving right hands; cast off one place, and set again, pulling back right shoulders on bar 8 to face out in second place improper. (Second couple step up on bars 5-6). |
| 9-16 | Right shoulder reels of three on the sides. To begin - corners dance in, first lady dances out and up and first man dances out and down. On bars 15-16 first couple cross from the ends of their reel into second place own sides facing out. |
| 17-24 | Left shoulder reels of three on the sides . To begin - corners dance in, first lady dances out and up and first man dances out and down. On bars 23-24 first couple cross from the ends of their reels to end back to back in the middle of the set facing partner's side of the dance. |
| 26-32 | Inverting Double Triangles: 25-26 All set in double triangles position. 27-28 All set advancing and pull right shoulders back. End - first couple in second place improper facing one another across the dance and corners in the center of the set, back to back with partner, facing own sides. 29-30 All set in inverted double triangles positions. 31-32 First couple, giving right hands, cross back to own sides while corners set advancing and pull back right shoulders to end in place facing partner. |
| Repeat from second place. |
Tune: Short Apron (Traditional) (ABC notation below)
Dance devised 1/4/08 by Peter M. Price (peter.price1672 [at] gmail.com) in honor of Jean Attwood, author of 'The Falls of Rogie' and many other good dances. This dance is drawn, shamelessly, from her dance 'Glen Falloch' in Alexander Dances #2.
© 2008 by Peter M. Price. All rights reserved. Permission is granted for verbatim reproduction and non-profit distribution of this leaflet provided that this notice remains intact.
ABC Notation for "Short Apron":
X: 1
T: Short Apron
C: Traditional
L: 1/8
M: 6/8
R: Jig
Q: 1/4 = 168
K: F
f | cAA fAA | aAA cGG |1 cAA aAA | aAc ~d2 :|2 AGF fga | ge^c d2 ||
c |Acd cAF | (A/B/c)A (G2 B) |1 Acd cAF | f2 e d2 :|2 AGF f>ga | ge^c d2 ||