Passing Place

(Four-couple jig)


1-4
All set and change places with partner using 4 slip steps, men facing down women facing up.
5-8

All set and change place with partner using 4 slip steps, women facing down, men facing up
9-16

Eight hands around and back. 1st couple and 4th couple end facing with nearer hands joined.
17-20

1st couple and 4th couple advance and retire.
21-24

1st couple and 4th couple advance and turn opposite by left hand once-and-a-half to end on the side in third and second places. 2nd couple and 3rd couple step out to the ends on bars 21-22.
25-32

2nd couple, 4th couple, 1st couple and 3rd couple reel of four on the sides to end 2, 4, 1, 3.






Repeat with new top couple

Devised by Charles Snowdon on the Isle of Skye in celebration of the one-way roads with numerous passing places.
Madison Scottish Country Dancers