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192 Miles Home

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192 MILES HOME (J4x48) Sq.Set Katy Sweetman RSCDS Book 50
(All turns with Elbow Grip - RE=Right Elbow, LE=Left Elbow)

Part A
1- 8 1s nearer hands joined dance between 3s, separate, cast into centre and dance out between 2s/4s back to place (1M between 2s, 1L between 4s)
9-16 1s turn RE, turn corners LE, 1s turn RE, 1M+2M also 1L+4L turn LE
17-24 1s turn RE, 1M+3L also 1L+3M turn LE. 1s dance to original places facing out, set and turn inwards to face partner

Part B
1- 4 Men pass LSh dancing to Right into next Lady's place, face out while Ladies cast to partner's place and face in. All turn corner (dancer on Left) LE to finish nearer hands joined with corner facing in
5- 8 All advance with corner and Men Retire with Lady on Left
9-12 Ladies pass LSh dancing to Right into next Lady's place, face out while Men cast to next Man's place and face in. All turn corner (dancer on Left) LE to finish nearer hands joined with corner facing in
13-16 All advance with corner and Men Retire with partner to new position (1 place round anticlockwise)
17-24 All circle 8H round and back

Note: bars 1-2 and 9-10 of Part B resemble 2 bars of Schiehallion Reel

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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This jig, 192 Miles Home, was devised by Katy Sweetman from the Brighton Branch in October 2014 and was written while the deviser was travelling the 192 miles from South Wales back to her home city, Brighton and Hove.
Welcome to Brighton and Hove signpost, 192 miles from south Wales
Brighton And Hove


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