Up the Pond

(Jig)

MUSIC	DESCRIPTION
Bars
1 - 4	First and second couple, taking hands on the side, advance and retire.
5 - 8	First and second couple dance right hands across once round to place.
9 - 12	First and second couple dance back to back with partner.
13 - 16	First and second couple dance left hands across once round to place.
17 - 20	First couple lead down the middle.
21 - 24	First man turn partner under right arm and lead up the middle to finish in second place in the middle of the dance. Second couple step up on bars 19 and 20.
25 - 28	First woman dances left hands across once round with second and third men, while first man dances right hands across once round with second and third women.
29 - 32	First couple, giving right hands briefly, lead up through second couple, cross over, and cast off into second place on their own side.
	Repeat having passed a couple.

NOTE

At the end of the second turn of the dance, first couple should cast off to fourth place while fourth couple step up to third place on bars 31-32.

Devised by Martin E. Mulligan, 1994
Inscribed to the members of the St. John's (Newfoundland) Branch, R.S.C.D.S.

Music:	The Banks of Newfoundland by Francis Forbes.
	Supporting tunes should be Newfoundland Jigs.

The title of the dance is the more common name for the "The Banks of Newfoundland". The tune is the signature tune of the Royal St. John's Regatta, which is always held on the first Wednesday in August or the first fine day thereafter. The Regatta is the oldest continuous sporting event in North America. As well as the races, it is a grand occasion for a party with many vendors and games of chance.

The dance reflects the event. Bars 1-8 represent going to the Regatta and meeting old friends; bars 9-16 are the games and wheels of fortune, bars 17-24 are the races with the turning of the buoys at the bottom of the pond, and bars 25-32 represent the 'scuff' to celebrate victory.