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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