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Captain McBride's Hornpipe

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CAPTAIN MCBRIDE'S HORNPIPE (R8x32) 3C (4C set) William Campbell RSCDS Book 20

1- 8 1M sets to 2L and turns LH while 1L sets to 2M and turns RH, 1M sets to 3L and turns RH while 1L sets to 3M and turns LH
9-16 1s lead up to top, cross, set and cast to 2nd place on own sides
17-24 1s+3s circle 4H round and back
25-32 2s+1s R&L

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


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Captain McBride's Hornpipe is a Scottish Country Dance published by William Campbell in c. 1795 and interpreted by the RSCDS in Book 20, published 1959.

Campbell calls the dance "Admiral McBride's Hornpipe".

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