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Starlight

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STARLIGHT (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Ed Abdill RSCDS Book 44

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, pas-de-basque in turn right about to face opposite sides and set as double triangles
9-16 1s dance out, cast round 1st corners into centre while 2s+3s advance and retire diagonally, 1s pas-de-basque towards each other and turn right about to face up/down and set as double triangles
17-24 1s dance up/down, cast to right to 2nd place own sides while 2s+3s advance and retire, 1s dance RH across (1L with 2s and 1M +3s) end facing 1st corners
25-32 1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting ending with petronella turn to 2nd places

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


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