Flip Flop

by Sue McKinnell

6X32 Jig for 3 couples
(Set Dance)

Bars

1-4

1C, giving RH, cross down to face out in double triangles position facing 2^nd place on opposite sides. All set.

5-8

1C dance a half reel of 3 on the sides giving RS to 1^st corners (on 1C’s right) to begin and ending in double triangles position facing opposite sides.

9-12

1C dance 4 bars of double triangles (set then move) to end facing out on own sides.

13-16

1C dance a half reel of 3 on the sides giving RS to partner’s 1^st corner position (on 1C’s right) to begin and ending in the center with LH joined, 1W facing up and 1M facing down.

17-24

1C dance RH across, 1W with 2W and 3W, 1M with 2M and 3M. 1C pass RS into LH across, 1W with 2M and 3M, 1M with 2W and 3W.

25-28

1C dance a half figure of 8, 1W up between 2C and 1M down between 3C. 1C end in 2^nd place on own sides.

29-32

All set and cross RH with partners.

Repeat with the set inverted. Dance 6 times through.

Suggested music is 6X32 Jigs from Miss Ogilvy’s Fancy by Green Ginger.

I was intrigued by the idea of swapping ends of the set each time through a dance and wrote several dances to try it out. This is the jig.

03/15