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 ====== Sir Watkin'​s Jig ====== ====== Sir Watkin'​s Jig ======
-(Triple minor longways) +Universal Magazine 1749. \\ 
 +Adapted by Charles Bolton in 1985.\\ 
 +(Triple minor longways)\\
 Recording: {{ ::​music:​sir_watkins_jig-bnah5-18.mp3.zip |}}\\ Recording: {{ ::​music:​sir_watkins_jig-bnah5-18.mp3.zip |}}\\
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 (Reconstruction from video instruction by Orly Krasner\\ (Reconstruction from video instruction by Orly Krasner\\
 (http://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=UWESTSJOvZA)\\ (http://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=UWESTSJOvZA)\\
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 <​code> ​ <​code> ​
-C1 cast down 1 place, C2 up.  +   C1 cast down 1 place, C2 up.  
-C1 2H turn all way round +   ​C1 2H turn all way round 
-C1 & C3 - 4 changes of R&L +   ​C1 & C3 - 4 changes of R&L 
-C1 face down (take nearer hands) and dance through C3, +    
 +   C1 face down (take nearer hands) and dance through C3, 
    ​separate and cast up to middle place, ​    ​separate and cast up to middle place, ​
    take nearer hands facing up and pass through C2     take nearer hands facing up and pass through C2 
    and cast back to middle, then turn single down.    and cast back to middle, then turn single down.
-Circle 6 1/2 way round. +    
-Lines fall back setting, come forward turning single.  +   Circle 6 1/2 way round. 
-All turn partner 2H 1/2 way.+   ​Lines fall back setting, come forward turning single.  
 +   ​All turn partner 2H 1/2 way.
 </​code>​ </​code>​
  
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-Three couple longways, G Major, 6/8+Three couple longways, G Major, 6/8\\
 A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (Thompson), 1774. Retreads (Bolton), 1985. A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (Thompson), 1774. Retreads (Bolton), 1985.
  
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      ​9-10 ​ Partners two-hand turn halfway.</​code>​      ​9-10 ​ Partners two-hand turn halfway.</​code>​
  
-NOTES +NOTES\\ 
-A2 +A2  The four changes here are leisurely (four steps per change). They should be not only elegant, but also timed to the music.\\ 
-The four changes here are leisurely (four steps per change). They should be not only elegant, but also timed to the music. +B2 5-10 This is a slightly quicker sequence compared to the rest of the dance. One suggestion is to set back in a line, and not too far. Then attempt to do the turn single forward together! Finally, be on time with the short halfway turn.
-B2 5-10 +
-This is a slightly quicker sequence compared to the rest of the dance. One suggestion is to set back in a line, and not too far. Then attempt to do the turn single forward together! Finally, be on time with the short halfway turn.+
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