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The Cramond Wedding

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THE CRAMOND WEDDING (S3x32) 3C set Roy Goldring 15 Social Dances

1- 2 1s cross down to 2nd place opposite sides (no hands) - 1M faces out/down, 1L out/up while 2s dance up and face in
3- 8 2s+1s+3s dance reels of 3 (1s pass 1st corners RSh to start). 1s end facing 1st corners
9-12 1s set to 1st corners and turn 2H opening out into lines of 3 across (1L between 2s and 1M between 3s) 1s+corner nearer hands joined make an arch
13-16 1s+2s+3s cross up/down 2L/3M dancing under arches made by 1s+corners, 1s turn 1st corners 2H onto sides. 3(1)2
17-24 1s dance RH across (1M+3s at top and 1L+2s at bottom), 1L crosses up between 3s and casts to 2nd place own side as 1M crosses down between 2s and casts to place
25-32 3s+1s+2s dance Allemande ending with 1s casting to 3rd place as 3s dance up to 2nd place. 231

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


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Cramond is a seaside village now part of suburban Edinburgh, Scotland, located in the north-west corner of the city at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth.
Cramond Harbour
Cramond Harbour


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