THE GLOBE INN

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Jackie Johnstone was born in Lochmaben in January 1923 [He liked to say that he and the RSCDS were born in the same year.] He started dancing at a very young age, and only gave it up, due to a knee injury, shortly before he died on the 25 th February 2007. He was a Life Member of the RSCDS, a long-term member and supporter of the Dumfries Branch, an ex-member of the International Demonstration Team and a champion Highland Dancer. He, along with John Drewry, taught for many years at the Morland Scottish Country Dance Week (where latterly Chris Dewhurst Band played) and he was a frequent guest teacher at Manchester, Woburn Abbey, California, and Germany. When John Drewry and Jackie Johnstone were both in the year of their 80th birthdays the following article appeared in the Glasgow RSCDS Bulletin-issue 81, under the heading ‘A Star is Born’: Readers may be interested to learn that a previously unnamed star in the Gemini Constellation has now been officially named "Jackie Johnstone and John Drewry". This came about thanks to Colin and Betsy Maxwell from Eaglesfield, Lockerbie, who, as members of the Dumfries Branch, wished to honour Jackie Johnstone and John Drewry for having taught the Morland Scottish Country Dance Week for the past fifteen years. They discovered, through the website, "Star Foundation, California", that you could name an unnamed star, which is known to exist, but has no name. It is very appropriate that an unnamed star within the Gemini Constellation should have been chosen. In order to celebrate the event, regular attendees, Dulcie and Paul Bond, devised the strathspey "The Double Eighty" (Book 45) and Chris Dewhurst composed the music. In Dumfries, the Globe Inn, in the High Street, will always be associated with Robert Burns. It is one of the country's oldest hostelries, established in 1610. Robert Burns, an excise officer, frequented the Globe firstly from Ellisland Farm, whilst he was building the farmhouse, and subsequently when he moved into the town of Dumfries. In 1796, Burns wrote: "... the Globe Tavern here, which these many years has been my Howff (haunt)...", and in 1819, the first of what was to become the annual tradition of Burns Suppers was held here. His favourite seat still survives, and some of his poetry may be seen, inscribed by himself with a diamond on his bedroom windows. What he regarded as his best love song was penned to Helen Ann (Anna) Park, who was the niece of the landlord, and with whom Burns had an affair. On 31st March 1791 at Leith, Anna gave birth to a daughter called Elizabeth, and died soon after. 9 days later Jean Armour of Ellisland Farm gave birth to a son called William Nicol. With remarkable forbearance, Jean raised Anna's daughter as if she were own. Dumfries, in Burns' time, was economically, and socially, more significant than it is today; in 1752 it was described as the 'Scottish Liverpool' with more American tobacco trade than Glasgow. Its importance as a west coast port was emphasized by the fact that an estimated 21,000 people from all over Scotland, more than the town's own population, emigrated through Dumfries in 1851 to the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

THE GLOBE INN (J8x32) Jackie Johnstone (1996) 1- 4 1s & 3s ¾ turn RH & set to partner 5-16 1s+2s+3s Dance to each 'Corner' & Set (diamond shaped square with corners on sides & ends) : - `2s set while 1s & 3s change places with partners passing RSh & 1L+3M pass RSh face side 'corners', `1M & 3L set while 1L+2M also 3M+2L change places passing RSh & 2s pass RSh to face end 'corners', `1L & 3M set while 1M+2L also 2M+3L change places passing RSh & 1L+3M pass RSh to face side corners (partners), `1s & 3s change places with partners passing RSh & 1L+3M pass RSh to face end ' corners', `1M & 3L set on sides while 2L+3M also 1L+2M change places passing RSh & 2s pass RSh to face side 'corners', `2L+1M also 2M+3L change places passing RSh & 1M+3L pass RSh to face partners (2s in places opposite sides & 3s+1s in centre) 17-24 1s+3s dance ½ reel of 4 up/down centre, 1s+2s+3s set & turn partners LH to end 1s+2s in centre for Poussette & 3s in own places 25-32 1s+2s dance Poussette 2 1 3