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Son Of A Motherless Goat

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SON OF A MOTHERLESS GOAT (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Tom Halpenny, 2024

1- 8 1s set and cast 1 place (2s step up), 1s dance half Fig of 8 (1M up round 2s, 1L down round 3s)
9-16 2s+1s+3s dance Arandel:
 9-12 All cross RH, 2L+1M also 1L+3M change places on sides LH while 2M+3L (1st corner persons in 2nd corner positions) set to each other
 13-16 All cross RH, 1M+2L also 3M+1L change places on sides LH while 2M+3L set. End with 2M+1M+3M facing away from centre
17-28 2s+1s+3s dance Ladies' Chain for three couples:
 17-18 1L+2L+3L dance RH across ½ way while 1M+2M+3M dance to right toward Ladies' places
 19-20 Men ½ turn Ladies LH (Ladies finish ⅓ round clockwise and Men finish where they started)
 21-28 Repeat 17-20 twice, 1M omit polite turn
[Alternative: 2s+1s dance Ladies' Chain; All advance and retire. 2(1)3]
29-32 1s turn RH 1½ to own sides. 213

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


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