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A Celtic Border

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A CELTIC BORDER (S4x32) 4C set Derek Haynes Carnforth Collection 5

1- 8 All set, cross RH, set and cross back RH
9-16 All dance quadruple Fig of 8:
 1s+3s dance double Fig of 8 round 2nd places while 2s+4s dance double Fig of 8 round 3rd places (1s and 2s cross down to 3rd/4th place as 3s and 4s cast up to 1st/ 2nd places to start)
17-24 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, cross LH and cast to bottom
25-32 All circle 8H round and back

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


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