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There's Something About Thirty

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THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIRTY (S3x32) 3C set Lindsey Ibbotson RSCDS Book 50

1- 8 1s dance in and cast 2 places (2s+3s step up bars 3-4). 1s set, lead up to face 1st corners (3s step down bars 7-8)
9-16 1s+1st corners dance Corners pass and turn, 1s pass RSh and repeat with 2nd corners, 1s finish passing RSh to 2nd place own sides
17-24 2s+1s+3s set, pull back RSh, dance 2 steps clockwise into circle 6H round to left to own sides. 213
25-28 1s+3s dance RH across finishing in middle nearer hands joined facing up
29-32 1s cast to 3rd place while 3s dance up, curving into 2nd place. 3s+1s set

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


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