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The Dance Dviser's Numberplate

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THE DANCE DVISER'S NUMBERPLATE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Gaye Collin, 2025

1- 8 1s nearer hands joined dance down the middle and cast up round 3s (2s step up); 1s turn LH finish BtoB in middle facing opposite sides as in Double Triangles
9-16 1s set to corners, 1s set on the spot pulling back RSh to finish again BtoB in the centre, 1L facing 2s and 1M facing 3s. 1s set again (Double Triangles). 1s ¾ turn person on their right to finish in 2nd place (1L facing down, 1M facing up)
17-24 3s+1s+2s dance ½ LSh reels of 3 on the sides to flow into ½ RSh reels of 3 across. 3s+1s+2s turn RH. All finish on opposite sides. (3)(1)(2)
25-32 All turn RH, all chase clockwise ½ way round the set. 213

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


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