3 couple Jig for a 3-couple set
Lots of action for the dancing couple and good phrasing on figures of eight required
| Bars | |
| 1 - 8 | 2nd couple dances 2 1/2-figures of eight. Man dances out through 3rd couple and round 3rd lady while lady dances out through 1st couple and round 1st man. They continue to dance the 2nd 1/2 fig-8 on the sides, man dancing right shoulder round 1st lady, while lady dances similarly round 3rd man. |
| 9 - 16 | 1st and 2nd couples dance rights-and lefts. 1st lady and 2nd man do not complete the polite turn but remain facing down/up the dance. |
| 17 - 20 | All dance 1/2 reel-of-three on the sidelines. 2nd couple give left shoulders to 1st couple to begin. |
| 21 - 24 | 2nd couple set to 1st couple up and down, then change places - by the left on ladies' side (2M&1L), by the right on mens' side (2L&1M), 2nd couple remaining facing out. |
| 25 - 28 | 2nd couple dances a 1/2 figure of eight round 1s, casting up to start. Finish facing across. Note: be back in the sidelines in plenty of time. |
| 29 - 32 | All 3 couples turn partner once by the left hand. |
Recommended tune - Alan's Jig (jpg)(abc) by Pat Clark.
This dance was devised on 19 November 1999 to fill the need of teaching phrasing of figures-of-eight.
Cambusnethan is the village in the Lanarkshire parish of the same name where large numbers of my paternal ancestors were born, lived, and died. (I would have called the dance The Auld Hoose, since that is where they lived, however, since John Drewry already has a dance of that name...)
