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LICENCE TO REEL (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Uta Haselkamp

1- 8 1s cross, cast (2s step up); 1s dance down between 3s and cast up to 2nd place
9-16 1M+2s and 1L+3s dance reels of 3 across (1M+2M and 1L+3L pass LSh to start). 1s end 2nd place opposite sides
17-20 2M+3M dance RSh round 2L back to place while 2L+3L dance RSh round 1M back to place
21-24 1s dance RSh round partner back to place while 2s+3s chase clockwise ½ round. (3)(1)(2)
25-32 2s+3s dance path of set and link to change ends while 1s cross RH, cast to right, cross RH up/down and cast to right to 2nd place own side. 213

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


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