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Miss Dorothy Leurs

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MISS DOROTHY LEURS (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Johh Wilkinson RSCDS Edinburgh 100th Anniversary

1- 8 1s dance down (2 bars), set to partner, dance up and cast (2s step up 7-8)
9-12 1s set and turn RH to finish in promenade hold with 1st corners facing clockwise
13-16 1s+1st corners (in prom hold) dance clockwise ½ way round finishing 1s in 2nd place and 1st corners in opposite corner while 2nd corners dance in, turn RH and dance back to place
17-20 1s set and turn LH to finish in promenade hold with 2nd corners facing anticlockwise
21-24 1s+2nd corners (prom hold) dance anticlockwise ½ way finishing 1s in 2nd place and 2nd corners in opposite corner while 1st corners dance in, turn LH and dance back to place. (3)1(2)
25-32 Modified Diagonal R&L:
 As Diagonal R&L (Man down Lady up) except crossing LH, changing places RH on side then crossing RH and LH on sides. 213

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


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This dance was devised by John Wilkinson as a tribute to a dedicated and long-serving teacher from the Edinburgh Branch, Miss Dorothy Leurs.

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