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70 YORKSHIRE FESTIVALS (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Catherine Livsey, 2025

1- 4 1M crosses while 1L dances in, curves round to follow 1M, 1M followed by 1L dances behind 2L and into centre to face 3M (2s step up 3-4)
5- 8 1s dance ½ Alternating Tandem reel of 3 across (RSh to 3M). 1s end in centre nearer hands joined facing up, 3s curve into 2nd place
9-12 1s dance up, ½ turn 2s nearer hand, cast to 3rd place while 2s curve into 1st place. 231
13-16 1L crosses while 1M dances in, curves round to follow 1L, 1L followed by 1M dances behind 3L and into centre to face 2L (3s step down 15-16)
17-20 1s dance ½ Alternating Tandem reel of 3 across (RSh to 2L). 1s end in centre nearer hands joined facing down, 2s curve into 2nd place
21-24 1s dance down, ½ turn 3s nearer hand, cast up to 1st place while 3s curve into 3rd place. 1(2)(3)
25-32 1s+2s dance ½ RH across, 1s+3s ½ turn LH on opposite sides; 3s+1s dance ½ LH across, 2s+1s+3s set. 213

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


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