32-bar Strathspey
5 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 5
Progression: 31524
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| 1-8 | 2C+4C RHA ; dance NHJ between end couples and cast back to face 1cnrs |
| 9-16 | 2C+4C cnrs pass and turn (change places with 1cnrs, who turn RH, change back, pass LSh and repeat with 2cnrs), finish with wide curve to midline facing P with M below W |
| 17-24 | Reel4 on the centre line, to own places |
| 25-32 | 2C+3C+4C+5C set | 2C+4C cast off one while 3C+5C dance up one (touch NH) ; 1C+2C turn RH and cast off one (3C+5C up). (to 3,1,5,2,4) |
| [Note: In “corners pass and turn”, 1C pass RSh on [4]; in this dance the instructions explicitly specify LSh] | |
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