Dance Aarhus Festival 8923

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 312)

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Peter Hastings

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The progression (312) is unusual, but works correctly in a 4L set. As usual the two bottom couples change places after each second turn.

Aarhus Festival 3/4L · R32

1--: 1c cross RH | cast off (2c up) ; 1c turn RH as 2c+3c ½ R&L (3x,1x,2x)
9--: “Snowball chase”: 3M crosses above P, chases cclw round to starting place while{8} 1M waits{2} and does the same while{8} 2M waits{4} and does the same (3x,1x,2x)
17--: 2W crosses below P, chases cclw round to starting place while{8} 1W waits{2} and does the same while{8} 3W waits{4} and does the same (3x,1x,2x)
25--: 1c Petronella turn | set ; repeat while{8} 3c+2c set | Petronella turn ; repeat (3,1,2)

E-cribs

1-8: 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, turn RH while 2s+3s dance 1/2 R&L (3)(1)(2)
9-16: Men dance "Snowball Chase", all dancers travelling anticlockwise:
: 3M crosses above partner & down behind Men's side, crosses below 3rd place & up Ladies' side back to place while 1M stands for 2 bars & dances similarly while 2M waits 4 bars & dances similarly
17-24: Ladies dance "Snowball Chase":
: 2L crosses below partner & up Ladies' side, across top, down Men's side back to place while 1L stands for 2 bars & dances similarly while 3L waits 4 bars & dances similarly
25-32: 1s Petronella turn & set twice, back to own side, while 3s+2s set & Petronella turn twice to end 3 1 2

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Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
Budapest Local Club 21.05.2015	2015-05-21	Zoltán Gräff	May 22, 2015, 9:19 a.m.
SCD Reel (Longway 3+4)		Marc Hagebölling	March 18, 2017, 3:22 p.m.

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Zsofia Jozsef · May 22, 2015, 12:41 a.m.

As a first dance we did this one, it was nice! Only note it is a fix 3 couple dance.