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128-bar Medley (S64+R64)
4 couples
Set shape: Square
| Strathspey | |
| 1-8 | All circle8 and back. |
| 9-16 | 1C+3C LHA {3}, swivel L and cast out to own place | all C set NHJ |
| 17-24 | 2C+4C repeat, with RHA and swivel R | all C set NHJ |
| 25-32 | All turn cnr RH | P LH ; cnr RH | P ¾ LH to finish all M BtoB in the middle facing P on the outside |
| 33-40 | All set to P with a suitable Strathspey setting step (e.g., Rocking Step). ; All ½Reels4 across, W giving brief LHA in the middle, the M end BtoB in the middle facing one position cclw from own place (ie facing their corner) |
| 41-48 | Repeat 33-40 to finish all W in own place and M facing opposite W. |
| 49-56 | All C turn RH ½ | all W ½ LHA while all M set ; All C 1 ¼ turn RH to finish M facing in, W out for |
| 57-128 | Half Schiehallion reel, to original places. |
| Reel | |
| 1-64 | Repeat bars 1-64 of Strathspey, substituting a suitable Reel setting step (e.g., two pas de basque and four spring points) in bars 33-36 and 41-44. |
| dance writtten for the Dec. 1995 birthday of Jack Campbell, the Frankfurt club’s teacher. bars 9-24 are based on ‘Glayva’. | |
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