7th Wonder
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
7TH WONDER (R3x32) 3C set Andrew Hodgson Forty Years On1- 8 1s cross and cast then dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s
9-16 1s dance pass and turn with 1st corners and pass RSh to face 2nd corners, pass and turn with 2nd corners ending in 2nd place own sides
17-24 2s+1s+3s dance chase ½ way clockwise then turn partners RH 1½ times
25-32 1s+2s set and link, 3s+2s set and link
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC. It was the seventh of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.The Lighthouse was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world for many centuries, standing between 120 and 137 m (394 and 449 ft) tall. The last of its stones were removed in 1480.
The 7th Wonder Of The Ancient World - Mosaic Of The Lighthouse Of Alexandria
The deviser actually named the dance after a more modern concept, the Seven Wonders of the Natural World, on the assumption that Table Mountain, South Africa, is one of these though the usual list does not include it.
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