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Mr Wilson's Hornpipe

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MR WILSON'S HORNPIPE (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Thomas Wilson RSCDS Book 16

1- 8 1s cast down to 3rd place as 3s set and lead up to top, 3s cast down to 3rd place as 1s set and lead up to top
9-16 1s set to 2s on sides and change places RH, 1s turn LH to face 1st corner
17-24 1s turn 1st corner RH, turn partner LH, 2nd corner RH and partner LH to end in 2nd places
25-32 1s+3s circle 4H round to left and 2s+1s circle 4H round to right

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


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Mr Wilson's Hornpipe is a Scottish Country Dance devised by Wilson in 1816 and interpreted in RSCDS Book 16 in 1951.

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