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Lost In The Dreaming Spires

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LOST IN THE DREAMING SPIRES (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Niall Bootland Oxford Collection

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast off 1 place (2s step up) and dance ½ Fig of 8 (L up, M down) 213
9-16 2s+1s+3s dance 3 couple Espagnole:
 9-10 2M+1M also 1L+3L lead across the set crossing to change place RH while 2L also 3M dance anticlockwise across the set curving to face in
 11-12 Repeat bars 9-10 from new positions (2L+3L also 2M+3M crossing RH to own sides)
 13-16 1M+3L (at top) also 2M+1L (at bottom) turn LH while 3M+2L (in middle) turn RH
17-24 All dance 3 couple Bourrel:
 17-20 1M+2L also 3M+1L set advancing and ¾ turn 2H into a line up/down the middle then pull back RSh turning to face partner while 2M also 3L chase anticlockwise ½ round the set to face partner
 21-24 All set to partner and ¾ turn 2H to own sides
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagram


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