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Lagavulin (Scott)

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LAGAVULIN (S5x32) 5C set Gordon Scott 2011 Eight by Thirty-Two

1- 8 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance Espagnole:
 1- 2 1s+2s cross (Ladies lead across RH passing between Men) with Ladies changing places RH
 3- 4 1s+2s cross back (Men lead across RH between Ladies) with Men changing places RH
 5- 8 2s and 4s turn RH as 1s and 3s turn LH to face 1st corners
9-16 1s and 3s turn 1st corners RH, partner LH, 2nd corner RH, partner LH and face 1st corners again
17-24 Diagonal reels of 4 with 1st corners (RSh to corner to start)
25-32 1s and 3s turn partner LH and cast to 3rd/5th place opposite side (4s and 5s step up 27-28); 1s and 3s dance ½ Fig of 8 around couples above (4s/5s). 24153

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


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Also see the dance Lagavulin (Ryer) by Chuck Ryer.

Lagavulin (pronounced "lagga-voolin") is a small village approximately 3 miles (5 kilometres) outside Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, Scotland.

The name Lagavulin is an anglicisation of Lag a' Mhuilinn, the Scottish Gaelic for hollow of the mill. Two ancient millstones have survived in the town to this day.

It is best known for being the home of Lagavulin single malt whisky.


Lagavulin distillery is a malt whisky distillery in the village of Lagavulin on the south of the island of Islay, Scotland. It distills spirit that is destined to become Islay single malt Scotch whisky.

It is said that Islay was the only place in Scotland where no excise officer operated between 1707 and 1823, and so many illicit stills produced whisky in the mid 1700s.

The distillery officially dates from 1816, when John Johnston and Archibald Campbell Brooks constructed two distilleries on the site. Lagavulin is publicly owned by Diageo PLC, the company formed by the merger of United Distillers And Vintners and Guinness.

The standard bottling is a 16-year-old, bottled at 43% ABV. They also bottle a Distiller's edition, finished in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks. Alongside these, they regularly release a 12-year-old cask strength version and various older and rarer expressions.

Lagavulin Distillery
Lagavulin Distillery


Published in http://www.minicrib.org.uk/Publications/Lagavulin.pdf
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