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The Dean Bridge Of Edinburgh

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THE DEAN BRIDGE OF EDINBURGH (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Alec Hay RSCDS Book 23

1- 8 1s+2s set and link, 1s+3s set and link
9-16 2s+3s+1s advance for 1 step and retire, ½ turn 2H into centre, set and twirl out to opposite sides
17-24 2s+3s+1s dance Grand Chain for 2H (2s in 1st place cross) to end (1)23, 1s+2s set and link (1s end in double triangle position facing opposite sides)
25-26 All advance and retire (1 step)
27-28 All advance 1 step and turn right about
29-30 All advance and retire (1 step)
31-32 1s cross RH as 2s+3s repeat bars 27-28

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


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The Dean Bridge was built in 1831 by Thomas Telford across the gorge near the village of Dean to the north west of Edinburgh city centre.
It is a Grade A listed structure and now carries the A90 Queensferry road 106 feet (32 metres) high across the Water of Leith.

Also see the dance The Bridge Of Sighs by John Drewry.

The Dean Bridge Of Edinburgh
The Dean Bridge Of Edinburgh


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