ins_gossip_joan
Gossip Joan
Dance was devised by Marjorie Heffer and William Porter in 1932
Published in “Maggot Pie”.
Proper three couple circle dance with no progression.
Tune: Gossip Joan
Part I. Al 1—2 The men set and honour their partners. 3—4 The women do the same. 5-6 On the two beats of bar 5 and the first beat of bar 6, the men rise three times (as in Parson's Farewell), nodding to their partners as they do so. 7—8 In the same way the women rise and nod to their partners. 9-12 Partners turn once round (r.s.). A2 1—2 Each man, taking his partner by the right hand, sets her outside the circle facing him. 3-4 The men set to the right and left, moving slightly backwards as they do so. 5—8 The men go hands-three once round clock- wise, facing outward (sls.). 9—I2 Partners turn once and three-quarters clockwise, ending in places (sk.s.). A3 1—2 Each woman, taking her partner by the left hand, sets him outside the circle facing her. 3—4 The women set to the right and the left, moving slightly backwards as they do so. 5—8 The women go hands-three once round counter clockwise, facing outward (sl.s.). 9-12 Partners turn once ang a quarter roung clockwise to places (sk.s.). Part II. Al 1-12 As in Part I, except that in bars 5—6 the men turn single, and jn bars 7—8 the women do the same. A2 1-4 Each man passes in front of his partner and behind the next woman, so that he finishes on the latter woman’s right, facing her (sk.s.). (N.B.—She does not face him.) 5-6 The men set and honour the women whom they are facing. 7—8 The women, passing in front of the men who have just honoured them, cross over to their partners’ right hands (sk.s.). 9-12 Partners, with crossed hands, cast round to heir left and skip counter-clockwise to places. A3 1—4 Each woman passes in front of her partner and behind the next man, so that she finishes on the latter man’s left, facing him (sk.s.)- (N.B.—He does not face her.) 5—6 The women set and honour the men whom they are facing. 7-8 The men, passing in front of the women who have just honoured them, cross over to their partners’ left hands (sk.s.). 9—12 Partners, with crossed hands and without casting round, skip counter-clockwise to places. Part III. Al 1—12 As in Part I, except that in bars 5—6 the men, facing their partners, clap three times (on the two beats of bar 5 and the first beat of bar 6), and in bars 7—8 the women do the same. A2 1-4 Partners gypsy clockwise, facing inward. 5—8 Hands-six once round clockwise (sl.s.). 9-10 All turn single. 11-12 Partners set and honour. A3 1—4 Partners gypsy counter-clockwise, facing inward. 5-8 Handssix once round counterclockwise (sls.) 9—10 All turn single. 11—12 Partners set and honour.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm7LnN3xnpg
Not many dances were devised in the 1920s and 30s
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