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The Braes Of Breadalbane

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THE BRAES OF BREADALBANE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Thomas Skillern RSCDS Book 21

1- 8 1s turn RH cast 1 place, turn LH and 1L casts up as 1M casts down to form lines of 3 across facing each other
9-16 1L+2s and 1M+3s set twice then 1s cast back to 2nd places and turn RH ending on own sides
17-24 2s+1s+3s set twice and turn partners 2H
25-32 2s+1s dance R&L

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


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Braes are what the Scottish call the sloping banks of a river-valley, slope or hillside.

Breadalbane (pronounced "bred-al-ban", with the emphasis on the second syllable) is a mid/southern region of the Scottish Highlands about 50 miles (80 Km) north of Glasgow.

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