1. In position. That is, the dancer jumps where he stands, without
changing front.
This is called in the Notation--Ju.
2. To make a half-turn. That is, in military phrase, to make a
"half-right--or left--turn."
This is called in the Notation--j.
For direction--to left or right--of turning, _see_ instructions under
"Positions, and change of position."
The following rules as to the Jump apply to Handkerchief and Corner
dances, and are invariable. In Stick dances tapping to a great extent
takes the place of jumping, but in these, where the Jump is to be used,
it will be found marked in the Notation. Movements of the hands, which
invariably go with the Jump, will be found under heading "The Hands."
The first general rule is this: Every dancer whose turn it is to execute
any movement whatsoever, must jump on last half-bar before that movement
begins. This applies, as the case may be, to the whole side, or to any
pair of opposites about to execute any figure or movement.
For instance, the whole side is to dance Down-and-back and Up-and-back,
so on last half-bar of "Once to Yourself," the whole side jumps
together--then starts the figure. Also in all figures executed by the
whole side in common--in "Chain," "Cross-over," "Back-to-back,"
"Go-and-come"--all jump together on last half-bar before the figure
begins.
It is the same with pairs or opposites. In Corners and Capers each pair
whose turn it is to dance together jump on last half-bar before they
begin. As each pair finishes the next must be ready to jump on last
half-bar before their turn. So with the third pair; and as they finish,
and the whole side takes up the next figure in common, then the whole
side jumps together on last half-bar.
So much for the Jump as an invariable preliminary to all figures in the
Stick and Handkerchief dances. We come now to the Jump as made at the
middle and end of figures.
In the first place there are the figures executed by the whole side in
common.
All, then, having jumped on last half-bar before the figure is begun,
jump also at middle and end of the figure as follows:--
In "Down-and-back," Ju., "Up-and-back," j. (forming Fr.), _see_ Notation,
the side goes forward and back as described (_see_ p. 40) for four bars;
jumps together on half-bar of bar 4, still facing in the same direction.
That completes "Down-and-back," Ju. Then, instantly, they all make a
complete turn to the right--right-about--dance as before in bars 5 to 8,
and on last half-bar of bar 8 all jump, and as they jump make a half-turn
inward. That completes "Up-and-back," j. (forming Fr.).
The Chain, though it is executed in Column formation, follows upon a
figure executed in Front. So the preliminary jump, before beginning
Chain, is made Front; files make half-Chain, end numbers change places,
and at half-bar of bar 4, all jump, j., in a half-turn to Front; then
complete Chain and jump to Front again, j., on last half-bar of bar 8.
In "Cross-over," "Back-to-back," "Go-and-come," all executed in Front
formation, the whole side jumps in position, Ju., at half-bar in bars 4
and 8.
In Corners and Capers, _wherever opposites change places_, the rule is
that they jump on last half-bar, as they finish their part in the
figure--that is, as they complete the movement of changing or re-changing
places.
In "Blue-eyed Stranger," where the whole side dances in position for
eight bars, all jump at half-bar in bar 8. Should the side elect to keep
up the step for sixteen bars (_see_ p. 50), then all jump at half-bar in
bar 16.
In "Bluff King Hal" and "Morris Off," there is no Jump at all.