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Kyleside Belvedere

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KYLESIDE BELVEDERE (S3x40) 3C Set Jill Burrows, November 2020

1- 8 1s+2s dance Double Fig of 8 giving hands (1s cross down, 2s dance up)
9-12 1s dance down nearer hands joined and face (2 steps) while 2s continue to dance up, 1s set advancing passing LSh to face 1st corners
13-16 1s dance RSh round corner to face each other (1M between 3s, 1L between 2s) while 1st corners turn 2H and dance back to place
17-20 Lines of 3 across set, 1s set advancing passing LSh to face 2nd corners
21-24 1s dance RSh round corner to 2nd place opposite side while 2nd corners turn 2H and dance back to place
25-28 All 3 couples set on sides, 1s turn RH once round
29-32 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 (1L up, 1M down) to 2nd place own side
33-40 1s+3s dance Espagnole:
 33-34 1s+3s cross (Ladies lead across RH passing between Men) with Ladies changing places RH
 35-36 1s+3s cross back (Men lead across RH between Ladies) with Men changing places RH
 37-40 3s turn RH as 1s turn LH. 231

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


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Jill Burrows created this dance to accompany the tune "Kyleside Belvedere Strathspey", composed by Ewan Galloway and included on the CD "Ewan Galloway, The Grove Collection of Scottish Country Dances, Volume 2".

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