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Jill's Purple Party

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JILL'S PURPLE PARTY (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Jill Burrows, August 2020

1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance Inveran reels (1s cross down to start, cross up to reel on own side from 3rd place). 1s+3s finish in middle nearer hands joined with partner, 1s facing down, 3s facing up)
9-16 1s and 3s set and link; 1s+2s+3s chase clockwise ½ round. 3(2)1
17-24 2s+1s (bottom couples) set and link; 3s+1s+2s chase clockwise ½ round. 2(1)(3)
25-32 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 (1L up, 1M down) to 2nd place own side while 3s set and cross RH; 2s+1s+3s turn partner RH (or birl)

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


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