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Let's All Dance In Barcelona

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Let's All Dance In Barcelona (J8x32) 32 bar jig for three couples in a four couple longwise set. Murrough Landon 2023

1-4 1st couple cross over giving right hands then cast off to 2nd place as 2nd couple step up.
5-8 1st couple dance half a figure of eight to their right: 1st man up between 2nd couple, 1st woman down between 3rd couple.
9-12 1st couple dance half diagonal rights and lefts with their 1st corners and end facing their 2nd corners on the sides.
13-16 1st couple turn their 2nd corners once round with the right hand.
17-20 1st couple dance half diagonal lefts and rights with their 4th corners, 1st man down, 1st woman up, and end facing their 3rd corner positions on the sides.
21-24 1st couple turn those in their 3rd corner positions once round with the left hand and pass their partner left shoulder to end on the centre line, 1st man below 1st woman.
25-28 1st woman with 3rd couple at the top and 1st man with 2nd couple at the bottom dance right hands across. 1st couple end facing each other in the centre. The corners end facing clockwise.
29-32 1st couple dance once round each other closely by the right shoulder while the corners chase half way round clockwise to their own sides. The final order is 2,1,3.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA November 2023)


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Recommended music: Suggested tune The Jimmy Harris Jig by Angus Fitchet; suitable recording Miss Bennet's Jig (Nicol McLaren and the Glencraig Scottish Dance Band: RSCDS Book 20).

(Dance information by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA November 2023)


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