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Rose Of Cambridge

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ROSE OF CAMBRIDGE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Lesley McCourt, 2018

1- 8 1s cross down to dance mirror reels of 3 on opposite side (2s out/up, 3s in/up to start)
9-16 1s cross down to dance mirror reels of 3 on own side
17-24 1s dance down nearer hands joined (2 steps), turn 2H; dance up and turn 2H back to place
25-32 1s+2s dance Rose Progression:
 25-26 1M+2L set as 1L+2M change places RH
 27-28 1M+2L ½ turn 2H as 1L and 2M dance into partners place
 29-30 1M+2L cast into each other's place as 1L+2M ½ turn 2H
 31-32 1M and 2L dance into 2nd/1st places own side as 1L and 2M cast to right to new places. 213

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


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