Dance: He Built A Crooked House

32-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 3

Devised by:
Benjamin Kuipers
Formations:
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
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Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
Steps:
Skip-Change
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Published in:
A Yankee Sampler [5] *
Recommended Music:
Jolly Tars ((traditional))

Crib

1-81C set | cast off (2C up) ; ½ Fig8 round 3C (to 2,1x,3)
9-163C set | cast up (1C down) ; ½ Fig8 round 2C (to 2, 3x, 1x)
17-242C lead down, cross below 3C cast behind 1C ; lead up, cross below 3C and cast up (to 2,3x,1x).
25-32Crossover reels on the sides ; all C crossing down from the top, 2C also crossing at the bottom (2,3,1). (for 2C this repeats bars 17-24)
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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