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Sparkling Eyes

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SPARKLING EYES (J8x32) 3C (4C set) John Roby

1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance mirror reels of 3 on sides (1s in/down, 2s out/up to start)
9-16 1s dance down and cast up round 2s; 1s dance down (2 step up) and cast up round 3s into 2nd place own side
17-24 1M+2s and 1L+3s dance LH across, pass LSh to dance RH across with other couple
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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

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This jig, Sparkling Eyes, is a modified version of Twa Sparkling Een by Iain Boyd.
Twa Sparkling Een
Sparkling Eyes
Image copyright (cropped) Ángelo González from Dodro, España, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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