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THE EDINBURGH TOY SHOP (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Ethan Bailey RSCDS Book 51

1- 8 1s set, dance down and cast up round 3s (2s step up 3-4), 2s+1s+3s set
9-16 ½ Fig of 8 (1L round 2M, 1M round 3L) to 2nd place opposite sides, 2s+1s+3s set and 1s turn LH to face 1st corners
17-24 1s turn 1st corner RH, pass partner RSh, turn 2nd corner RH, pass partner RSh to 2nd place own sides
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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


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"Playing Children" Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), c. 1925

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