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” (10[1])variants (10[1])of this dance are in 9/8 time rather than the regular 6/8 (10[1])and are danced in soft-shoes. This dance, along with the hornpipe and reel, comprise the three traditional step dances. The final movement of a Baroque suite originates from, for 10 points, what lively folk dance from Scotland 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
Steven YuanCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire9410
Arjun VijaykumarAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsthrow away your cards, rally in the streets9510
Conor ThompsonThompson et al.UBC10710

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