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Raspberry Ripple

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RASPBERRY RIPPLE (J5x32) 5C set Harry Rhodes Snowdon Book 4

1- 8 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance ½ R&L, 2nd+3rd place couples also bottom couples dance ½ R&L
9-16 Top couples also 3rd+4th place couples dance ½ R&L, 2nd+3rd place couples also bottom couples dance ½ R&L
17-24 1s (at bottom) cross RH, cast up while others set and cross down 1 place, 1s continue to top and cross RH to own sides
25-32 1s ½ turn next person on sides (dance out), ½ turn next person (dance in), ½ turn next person (dance out) and ½ turn bottom person, end 45231

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


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Raspberry Ripple perhaps refers to a mix of ice cream by the same name.
Raspberry Ripple
Raspberry Ripple


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