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Miss Clemy Stewart's Reel

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MISS CLEMY STEWART'S REEL (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Castle Menzies RSCDS Book 9

1- 8 1M casts and turns 3L L H to end in 2nd place opposite side, 1L casts and turns 3M RH to end in 2nd place opposite side
9-16 2s+1s dance RH across, 1s+3s dance LH across and 1s end facing 1st corners
17-24 1s set and turn 1st corners, set and turn 2nd corners
25-32 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides giving LSh to 1st corners and cross RH to 2nd place own sides

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


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Miss Clemy Stewart's Reel is a Scottish Country Dance found in the Castle Menzies Register of Dances from 1749 and interpreted by the RSCDS in book 9, 1934.

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