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Captain Whiteside

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CAPTAIN WHITESIDE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Hugh Foss Galloway Album

1- 8 1s turn RH, cast (2s step up); 1s turn ¾ RH to end 1L facing down, 1M facing up, 2s+3s step in, all join hands in circle and set
9-16 All Petronella turn 1 place to right, reform circle and set; repeat
17-24 1s dance anticlockwise round to 2nd place own side while 3s+2s dance RH across. All finish on sides (3)1(2); 1s turn 1½ LH
25-32 1s dance Fig of 8 on opposite sides (LSh to 2nd corner to start) and cross to 2nd place own side while bars 25-28 2s+3s dance ½ R&L, bars 29-32 2s+3s stand. 213

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


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