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Johnny Groat's House

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JOHNNY GROAT'S HOUSE (R8x32) 3C (4C set) David Rutherford RSCDS Book 18

1- 8 1s slip step down for 4 steps and back, cast to 2nd places and meet in centre 2H
9-16 1s repeat ending in 3rd places
17-24 2s+3s+1s circle 6H round and back
25-32 1s lead up to top, set and cast to 2nd places

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


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Johnny Groat's House is a Scottish Country Dance published by Rutherford in c. 1756 and interpreted in RSCDS Book 18 in 1955.

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