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Dancing On West Sands

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DANCING ON WEST SANDS (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Shoko Okumura Tokai Branch 25th Anniversary

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast off (2s step up), 1s cross LH and cast to the left to end 1L between 2s facing down and 1M between 3s facing up
9-16 Lines of 3 across advance and retire up/down, then set and link for 3. (2)1(3)
17-24 2s+1s+3s advance and retire, set and link for 3. 1M ends between 3s facing down and 1L between 2s facing up and 2s and 3s facing partners
25-28 1s Petronella turn to own sides and set, while 3s and 2s set and Petronella turn into centre
29-32 3s and 2s RSh pass partner and chase clockwise to own sides. 213

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


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