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Happy Anniversary! (Arai)

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! (J8x40) 3C (4C set) Keiko Arai Tokai Branch 25th Anniversary

1- 8 1s slip step down 2H joined (2 bars), ½ turn 2H, cast up round 3s and cross RH to 2nd place, 1M facing up, 1L facing down (2s step up 1-2)
9-14 2s+1s+3s dance 6 bar reels of 3 on own sides (1s RSh to 3rd corners) finish 1M between 3s facing up, 1L between 2s facing down
15-16 1s ½ turn RH, pull back RSh to end BtoB, 1M facing up and 1L facing down
17-24 2s+1s+3s dance Double Triangles
25-28 1s dance out (1M up, 1L down) cast round 2nd corners to 2nd place opposite sides while 2s+3s advance and retire diagonally
29-32 1s dance advance (1), ½ turn 2H skip change (1), retire (2), while 2s and 3s advance and retire
33-40 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round to the left for 6 steps, pivot pulling back LSh and chase anticlockwise back to places

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


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Also see the dance Happy Anniversary (Van Maarseveen) by Irene van Maarseveen.
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