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Miss Nancy Frowns

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MISS NANCY FROWNS (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Thompson RSCDS Book 14

1- 8 1s+2s set twice, turn to face 2s on sides and set twice
9-16 1s cross below 2s, cast down behind 3s, lead up to top, cross and cast to 2nd place own sides
17-24 1s dance reels of 3 across passing 1st corner LSh
25-32 1s+3s dance RH across, 2s+1s dance LH across

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


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Miss Nancy Frowns is a Scottish Country Dance published by Johnson in c. 1752 and interpreted by the RSCDS in Book 14, published 1947.

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