32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
| 1-8 | 1C cross down & 2C cast up & 3C set {2}, Mirror Reels3{6} on sidelines, 1C starting out and down (to 2,1x,3) |
| 9-16 | 3C cross up & 1C cast off & 2C set {2}, Mirror Reels3{6} on sidelines, 3C starting out and up (to 2,3x,1x) |
| 17-24 | 3C+1C ½ R&L ; 2C+1C ½ R&L (to 1x,2x,3) |
| 25-32 | 1C+2C Reversed Espagnole (to 2,1,3) |
| (Reversed Espagnole: both M lead RHJ to L side, cross and cast back to exchanged places –while– Women cross to M side, cast in and cross RH to exchanged places ; all turn P easy hand 1½) | |
| For bar 16, Finley’s original version says “… third couple … in second place on the opposite side, "having danced the long way in to place", “a phrase omitted in the RSCDS version. | |
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