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The Friday Class

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THE FRIDAY CLASS (S3x32) 3C set Helen Brown Forty and Counting

1-8 1s dance down and out between 2's and 3's, cast round 3s, lead up LH and cross and cast to 2nd place opposite sides (2s step up 7-8). 2(1)3
9-16 All set, cross RH, all set and turn RH ½ way into promenade hold (2s and 3s face up, 1s down). 2(1)3
17-24 2s+1s+3s dance "Circulating Allemande":
 2s and 3s dance normal Allemande but end in 3rd/1st place as 1s Allemande (down) and up, 1s turn LH on bars 23-24 to face 1st corner positions.
25-32 Corner pass and turn -1s dance a loop RSh round 1st corner positions while 1st corners turn each other RH and return to places, 1s pass RSh in the middle and repeat with 2nd corners.

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


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