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Ceilidh Madness

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CEILIDH MADNESS (R4x32) 4C set Sarah Harriman Let's All Dance Too

1- 8 1L, followed by 2L+3L, dance across top, behind 1M+2M+3M and across to Ladies' side and back to places
9-16 Men repeat, 1M leading
17-24 1s join 2H, slip step down (2 bars) and back to top (2 bars), cast to 4th place (2s+3s+4s step up 23-24)
25-32 All circle 8H round and back

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


Dance Instruction Videos

Ceilidh Madness - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction Video
Ceilidh Madness, Peasant Couple Dancing, Albrecht Durer
"Peasant Couple Dancing" Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), c. 1514


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