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Swashbuckling Dread Pirate Roberts

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SWASHBUCKLING DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Holly Gibson Princess Bride Collection

1- 8 1s lead down below 3s and turn RH (2s step up 3-4), 1s cast up round 3s to face 1st corners
9-16 1s dance Hello-Goodbye setting (on bars 15-16 1s turn ½ way LH to face 1st corners)
17-24 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners, pass RSh to face 2nd corners, 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners to finish 2nd place own sides
25-32 All 3 couples chase ½ way clockwise round the set. 1s turn 1½ times RH to own sides

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


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This dance was devised By Holly Gibson and Published In Princess Bride Collection Of Scottish Country Dances.
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