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Girardet House

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GIRADET HOUSE (S4x32) Sq.Set Francis Carr EMO 15th Anniversary

1- 8 1s+3s dance ½ R&L, 2s+4s dance ½ R&L
9-16 All Men dance RH across finishing in places, all Ladies dance LH across finishing in middle facing partners
17-24 1s+3s also 2s+4s dance double reels of 4 (all give LH in centre)
25-32 All dance Circle Knot:
 25-26 Couples turn partners RH ½ way to end facing anticlockwise in Allemande position, the Lady having turned clockwise under her partner's arm
 27-28 All promenade anticlockwise 1 place round
 29-30 Couples drop Right hands, Ladies dancing in to middle of set
 31-32 All couples turn partners LH to new position facing in

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


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Dance Information

Girardet House (dance title originally misspelled as Giradet) is the name chosen by the deviser, after the building "Im Girardet Haus" in Essen, Germany.

In 2005, the deviser, Francis Carr, danced with the EMO Dancers SCD Group, an RSCDS Affiliated Group in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

At the time Girardet House had a pub where the EMO dancers went after their training sessions nearby.

Girardet House, (Girardetstrasse 2 38, 45131 Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Deutschland) was built in 1994 and used as a printing works, renovated into a hotel in 2006 and has since hosted many Scottish Country Dance events.

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Luftaufnahme Essen Innenstadt, Südviertel - 3.7km Due North Of Girardetstrasse, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


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