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Jimmy's Fancy

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JIMMY'S FANCY (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Thompson RSCDS Book 14

1- 8 1s+2s dance RH across (3 bars) and LH across back to place (3 bars) and cast to 2nd place while 2s dance up to 1st place
9-16 1L+2s and 1M+ 3s circle 3H round and back. 1s end facing 1st corners
17-24 1s set to and turn 1st corners; set to and turn 2nd corners
25-32 1s lead down below 3s, cross to own sides and cast up, meet in middle and dance up between 2s and cast to 2nd places. 213

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


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Jimmy's Fancy is a Scottish Country Dance published by Thompson in 1757 and interpreted by the RSCDS in Book 14, published 1947 (originally titled "Jemmey's Fancy").

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