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LOFTED DEBRIS (R8x40) 3C (4C set) Lisa Guest 2025 Atlanta Branch 50th Anniversary

1- 8 1s+2s set, dance ½ RH across; 2M followed by 2L casts behind own line and crosses to 3rd place own side (1s+2s step up 7-8). (1)32
9-16 1s+3s set, dance ½ LH across; 3L followed by 3M casts behind Men's line and crosses to 3rd place own side (1s+2s step up 15-16). 123
17-24 1s+2s+3s dance RSh reels of 3 on sides (1s RSh to 2s to start)
25-32 1s+2s+3s dance "Debris Figure":
 25-28 1L followed by 1M casts behind own line below 3rd place while 2s+3s set advancing diagonally, pull back RSh to face own side
 29-32 1L followed by 1M dance up middle to end in 1st place own side while 2s+3s set advancing back out to place and set
33-40 1s+2s Set+Rotate. 213

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


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