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The Pitlochry Tryst

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THE PITLOCHRY TRYST (S3x32) 3C set Pat Clark Book of Perth Dances

1- 8 2s passing LSh dance ½ diagonal reel with 1st corners to end facing 2nd corners, 2s set and turn corners 2H
9-16 2s dance ½ diagonal reel with 2nd corners to end facing 3rd corners, 2s set and turn 3rd corners 2H ending on sides. (3)2(1)
17-24 All chase clockwise ½ way, 1s+2s chase clockwise ½ way and 1s cross to own side. 213
25-32 1s cast to 3rd place and all set, all turn partner 2H. 231

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)


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Pitlochry is a burgh in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. Its success as a tourist resort was due to Queen Victoria visiting the area in 1842, and the arrival of the railway in 1863.

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