Question

This is the alphabetically-earlier of two imported dances accompanied by the tambrin drum at weddings in Trinidad and Tobago. Two nineteenth-century dancers both nicknamed “Kitty” popularized a form of this dance that involved scattering sand on the floor for traction. The oayache mannin is a variant of this dance set to fiddle music by the Métis named after the Red River. Examples of music named for these dances include “Haste to the Wedding,” “The Kesh,” a song about a washerwoman possibly originating from the (*) Dargason, and “Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady.” The “hop” and “slip” variants of this dance are in 9/8 time rather than the regular 6/8 and are danced in soft-shoes. (10[1])This dance, along with the hornpipe and reel, comprise the three traditional (10[1])step dances. The final movement of a Baroque suite originates from, for 10 points, what lively folk dance from Scotland (10[1])and Ireland? ■END■

ANSWER: jig [or port; or port-cruinn; accept gigue or giga; accept sand jigging; accept Red River jig; accept hop or slip jig; accept treble jig; accept light jig; accept single or double jig; prompt on reel before read by asking “what other dance was that traditionally conflated with?”; prompt on sanding]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Daoud JacksonDefying SuavityLimp Francekit11210
Ian McDowellCambridgeCien Años de Quizboledad12410
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz14410

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%33%33%107.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%0%124.50
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%0%116.33
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%126.67