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The Two Gray Cats

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THE TWO GRAY CATS (R8x40) 3C (4C set) Francis Walduck The Other Kangaroo Paw

1- 8 1s+2s dance double Fig of 8, 2s dancing up to start and finish facing out/up
9-16 1s+2s+3s dance Inveran Reels on sides, each couple crossing down from 1st place and crossing up from 3rd place (1s cross down, 2s dance up, 3s cross up to start)
17-24 1s cross RH, cast (2s step up), 1s cross down LH between 3s, cast up passing LSh to face 1st corners
25-32 1s dance pass and turn with 1st and 2nd corners, pass RSh to 2nd place own sides
33-40 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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These are the Two Gray Cats for whom the deviser, who regularly visited their owners (Yvonne and Ian Gray) in Auckland, New Zealand, wrote the dance.
Two Gray Cats
Two Gray Cats


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