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Regular readers will recall that, just over a year ago, I was official gig photographer at a “Big Jig” charity bash by the Jiggers ceilidh band in Glasgow.

Besides my challenge to photograph something other than buildings and mountains, Greg, Jigger-in-chief, also had a video taken. Sadly, however, the video was corrupted. But the good news was it means this YouTube video that Greg has just put up on his blog involves a montage of my photos instead of the film (apart from the last one – no idea who took that one). Bummer, eh?

Those photos mean quite a lot to me. It was just after I bought my Mac and therefore are the first batch I ever uploaded to it; it was a really fun night; and among the photos I took is one that is one of my very favourites.

The video aims to introduce the Strip the Willow – a dance which is fantastically good fun, but absolutely exhausting.

I’ll get to practice my Strip the Willow very soon, in fact, as my wedding is three weeks today…

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4 Responses to “How to Strip the Willow, by the Jiggers”

October 31st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Claire says:

I cannot wait to ceilidh it up in celebration! Cannot believe it’s a mere 3 weeks away!

Cxx
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
maddjock says:

Strip the willow is fantastically dangerous….
I have been asked on a couple of occasions how it works and have recommended the following videos…

#1 – How it should be done;

#2 – How it’s usually done;
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:50 am
Simon Varwell says:

Would take issue with the “how it should be done”, maddjock – should it not start with a spin for 16 not 8? Plus, the second one looks much more fun!
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 am
maddjock says:

hmmm… spin 8 or 16… never usually in a fit state after the first 2 spins to think clearly…

lol