the 8-hand jig
explain advance and retire.
(couples 1 and 2) using promenade step, partners take inside hands and advance to the center for two bars, then retire back to place for two bars. repeate until the end of the 8 bars. end with swing around; partners take crossed hands and dance around the other couple, rotating clockwise and revolving anticlockwise. side couples repeate.
how many bars is advance and retire?
16
how many bars is set all around?
16
how many bars is skip across?
16
how many bars is swing into line?
16
how many bars is the lead around?
16
how many bars is the finish?
40
what kind of finish is it?
40 bar finish
how many bars is sides?
8
what is the name of the first figure?
advance and retire
What is the first move?
lead around
explain the lead around in your own words.
partners catch inside hands and, using promenade step, move in a counterclockwise direction for 8 bars and return to their original position. drop hand, turn around, and repeat in the opposite direction.
explain sides in your own words.
partners exchange positions using sidestep and the rising step for 8 bars.
what is the name of the second figure?
right and left chain and right hand to opposite lady
what is the 5th move?
set all around
what is the second move?
sides
what moves make up the body?
sides, skip across, swing into line, set all around
what is the 3rd move?
skip across
what is the 4th move?
swing into line
in your own words, explain swing into line.
using promenade step and retaining hands from previous movement, top couple turns in place and other couples swing into line behind them in the order 3, 4, then 2. couples cast off, dance around, then catch inside hands. drop hands and face each other. perform rise and grind (rising step×2). catch hands with partner and turn into place.
explain set all around in your own words.
using promenade step and retaining inside hands from previous move, gents cross in front of their partner and catch hands with the lady on the right of their original position. everyone dances the rising step, then drops hands with their partner, spin around their new lady, then catch right hands with their partner and turn into place. partners take crossed hands and leading and opposite tops swing around with the couple on the left in an anti-clockwise direction, revolving clockwise for 8 bars.
describe the finish.
using promenade step, all dancers advance and retire for 8 bars, then, using sidestep and 23s, dance to the right for 4 bars and back to the left for 4 bars. advance and retire again, then, using sidestep, dance to the left for 4 bars and back to the right for 4 bars. partners take both hands crossed and swing for 8 bars.
explain skip across in their own words
using promenade step, gents advance to center and pass to opposite lady dancing behind the gent on the left of their original position, give a left hand to the opposite lady, do a full turn, give a right hand to the lady on the right of their original position and turn into place. repeate back to original position.
explain right and left chain and right hand to opposite lady.
using promenade step, take the right hand of the person opposite and follow through. catch the left hand of your partner and continue chaining back to place. Gents pass right shoulder to right shoulder and catch right hands with the opposite lady. do a half turn, then pass left shoulder to left shoulder and catch left hands with their partner. do another half turn, catch other gent in a right hook, full turn, than continue to give a left hand to the opposite lady. half turn, then pass right shoulder to right shoulder and catch right hands and do a half turn. partners take both hands crossed and swing around the other couple rotating clockwise and revolving anti clockwise back to place. sides repeate.
