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Haddo House

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HADDO HOUSE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Isobel Cramb Aberdeen Collection

1- 8 1s set, cross down to 2nd place in centre facing 3s (2s step up 3-4); 1s set to 3s, rotate, turning inwards, to face 2s and set to 2s
9-16 1s dance out, casting right to dance RSh round 1st corner, 1s pass RSh in centre and dance RSh round 2nd corner to end in 2nd place opposite sides
17-24 1s dance RSh reels of 3 across (Lady up RSh to 2L and Man down RSh to 3M) and 1s cross RH to own side
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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Haddo House is a Scottish stately home located near Tarves in Aberdeenshire, approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Aberdeen and has been owned by the National Trust for Scotland since 1979.

The Gordons, who later became the Earls of Aberdeen and Marquesses of Aberdeen, have lived on the site for over 500 years.

Haddo House
Haddo House


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