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The Goat Fell Gallop

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THE GOAT FELL GALLOP (J4x32) 4C set Roy Goldring G and S Dances 2

1- 8 1L+2L also 3M+4M cross passing partner by LSh and cast (Ladies down and Men up) to change places, repeat passing opposite person by the LSh
9-16 1M+2M also 3L+4L repeat bars 1- 8 but passing by RSh
17-24 1s slip step down the middle and up
25-32 1s cast to 4th place own sides and all turn partners LH

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagram


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Goat Fell (marked as Goatfell by the Ordnance Survey) is the highest point on the Isle of Arran, at 874 metres (2,866 ft).
Goat Fell Gallop
Goat Fell From Brodick Harbour, 2008


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