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Ghosts Of Dancers Past

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GHOSTS OF DANCERS PAST (S5x32) 5C Sq.Set Robert Messner Atlanta Branch 50th Anniversary
5s in centre facing each other, 5M facing down, 5L facing up

1- 8 1s+2s+3s+4s set to partner and turn LH while 5s turn RH into Allemande hold; 1s+2s+3s+4s set to partner and turn RH into prom hold while 5s dance anticlockwise round centre finishing in original places
9-16 1s+2s+3s+4s Promenade round anticlockwise while 5s set, dance LSh round partner, set dance RSh round partner to face 1s
17-24 All dance Misty Knot:
 5s+1s in prom hold change places passing RSh, 1s+4s repeat; 4s+3s repeat, 3s+2s repeat (2s now in centre)
25-32 5s+3s+4s+1s circle 8H round and back while 2s turn 2H to right, turn 2H to left. 53412

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


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