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Culduthel Rant

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CULDUTHEL RANT (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Helen Murray Dunedin Dances Book 6

1- 8 1s+2s dance Espagnole. Bars 5-8: 1s turn LH to face 1st corners

9-16 1s turn corner RH, partner LH, 2nd corner RH, partner LH. 1s end facing 1st corners

17-24 1s dance ½ dig reel of 4 with 1st corners, pass RSh; 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners. 1s end in 2nd place opposite side. (3)(1)(2)

25-32 3s+1s+2s dance set and link for 3 couples twice. 213

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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Dance Information

Dance devised by Helen Murray (Dunedin Dancer) for her grandson Douglas Hector Murray MacDonald, born in July 2009. Douglas and his parents, Lorna and Kenneth, live on Culduthel Road, Inverness.
Culduthel Road
Culduthel Road And Inverness Castle


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