Gus's Reel

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GUS'S REEL (R5x40) 5C Set Rob Sargent 2010 Tullich Collection

1- 8 1s and 3s dance down (3 steps), back up (3s steps) and cast to 2nd/4th place (2s and 4s step up 7-8)
9-16 1s and 3s dance Fig of 8 round couple above (2s/4s). 21435
17-24 1s+3s dance RH across flowing into 1s and 3s turn RH, 1s end in 2nd place own side, 3s in 3rd place (4s step down 23-24). 21345
25-32 1L followed by 1M casts behind 3L (3s step up 27-28), dances across, behind 4th and 5th Men and across to 5th place own side while Bars 27-32: 4s+5s dance RH across moving up to end in 3rd/4th place. 23451
33-40 Top 2 couples (2s+3s) circle 4H round and back while bottom 3 couples (4s+5s+1s) circle 6H round and back (Last time through 10H round and back)

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

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The deviser dedicated this dance to Sergeant Stuart (Gus) Millar, who was killed in Afghanistan on 31st August 2009, and to all members of the Black Watch and UK military who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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