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Peacocks Appear Out Of Nowhere

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PEACOCKS APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE (M-8x(S16+R16)) 3C (4C set) Martin McWilliam, 2025
Strathspey

1- 8 1s+2s dance the Tourbillon. 213
9-16 1s set, turn RH to face out; 1s cast RSh round 3rd corner into lines of 3 across (1L between 2s, 1M between 3s)
Reel
17-24 1s set R moving into centre BtoB to face 2nd corner and set L, set to 1st, 4th and 3rd corners in turn (move on R, set L on spot)
 (1s raise arms slowly while setting to each corner - like peacock's tail feathers)
25-32 2s+1s+3s dance RSh reels of 3 across (1s RSh to 2nd corner to start). 213

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


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