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LINKS WITH ST PETERSBURG (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Malcolm Brown RSCDS Book 46

1- 8 1s+2s set and link ending 2s facing 1s nearer hands joined, 2s and 1s set and link with partners to opposite sides. (2)(1)3
9-16 1s followed by 2s dance down for 3 bars and change places with Lady dancing under Man's arm, 2s+1s dance up to 1st and 2nd places
17-24 2M+1M turn LH as 2L+1L turn RH, 1M+3M turn RH as 1L+3L turn LH and 1s end facing 1st corners
25-32 1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting and petronella turn to 2nd place own sides

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


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Saint Petersburg, previously known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is Russia's second-largest city, following Moscow.

Located on the River Neva at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, the city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with over 6.4 million people living in the metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, the largest city on the Baltic Sea, and the northernmost city in the world with a population exceeding 1 million.

Once the capital of Imperial Russia and a historically significant port, it is now governed as a federal city.

Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg
St Petersburg


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