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Dick Whittington

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DICK WHITTINGTON (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Chris Ronald Formation Foundations

1- 8 1s set, cast (2s step up) and turn 1¼ LH to face 1st corners
9-16 1s dance Corner pass and turn with 1st corners, pass RSh, dance Corner pass and turn with 2nd corners and turn ¾ RH to finish in centre 1M above 1L
17-24 1M dances LH across at the top while 1L dances LH at the bottom. 1s pass LSh to dance RH across with other couple
25-32 2s+1s+3s dance 6H round and back

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


Dance Notes

Can be danced as a Strathspey, a Reel or a Jig.
In Strathspey corners turn 2H in Pass and Turn and RH in quick time.

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