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Findhorn In Flood

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FINDHORN IN FLOOD (R4x48) 4C set John Drewry Canadian Book
3s and 4s start on opposite sides

1- 8 2s+3s advance to form circle with hands crossed as in Auld Lang Syne and set, circle L (hands crossed) end 2s facing up and 3s facing down (nearer hands joined)
9-16 1s and 4s cast in 1 place and ½ turn RH while 2s and 3s dance up/down and cast into top/bottom places, 1s dance RH across with 2L while 4s dance RH across with 3L, end 1M behind 1L facing up and 4M behind 4L facing down in centre of set
17-24 1s dance LH across with 2M while 4s dance LH across with 3M, 1s+4s dance RH across and on last step turn to right to face corners (1M facing 2M, 1L+2L, 4M+3M, 4L+3L)
25-32 Hello-Goodbye setting:
 1s set to corners, set between corners, set to next corner and into centre (1s in 3rd place and 4s in 2nd place)
33-40 All turn next corner RH onto sides, 4s+1s turn LH on side
41-48 All reel of 4 on sides ending 24(1)(3)

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


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Dance Information

The River Findhorn (pronunciation - fin rhymes with pin, not pine) is one of the longest rivers in Scotland.

Located in the north east, it flows into the Moray Firth on the north coast and it has one of the largest non-firth estuaries in Scotland.

The 'Muckle Spate' ('Large Flood') on August 4th 1829 was the most extreme historic flood recorded in Scotland. The River Findhorn was one of the rivers most severely affected.

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The River Findhorn
The River Findhorn


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