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Kingussie Flower

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KINGUSSIE FLOWER (R8x40) 2C (4C set) RSCDS Book 21

1- 8 1s lead down the middle and back to top
9-16 1L+2M set and turn RH; 1M+2L set and turn RH into a line of 4 across (Bar 16 1L steps in to be BtoB with partner, 1M facing 2L, 1L facing 2M)
17-24 1s+2s dance reel of 4 across
25-32 1s+2s Promenade
33-40 1s+2s dance Poussette

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


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Kingussie (pronounced "kin-yoosie", with the emphasis on the second syllable) is a small town in the Highland region of Scotland.

The name Kingussie comes from the Gaelic "cinn ghiuthsaich" meaning "at the head of the firs".

Kingussie Flowers
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