Friends from Overseas

by Sue McKinnell

8x32 Jig for 3C

Bars

1-4

1C set to each other, then lead down to 2^nd place; 2C step up on bars 3 & 4.

5-8

1C & 3C dance RH across.

9-12

1W cast up behind 2W and dance in the top of the dance, while 1M dance up the middle of the dance and cast behind 2M.

13-16

2C & 1C dance LH across.

17-24

Reels of 3 on the sides, 1W give RS to 3W, 1M give RS to 3M; 1C end facing 1^st corners. (As 1W dances in the top, she should curve to the left to approach 1M as if she were dancing in from the side in 2^nd place. As 1W and 1M approach each other they pass LS to end facing 1^st corners.)

25-32

Hello-goodbye setting to corners; 1C end in 2^nd place on own sides.

Repeat.

Suggested music is Set of Jigs Jig for Jed, Pomander Jig, Throopmuir Croft, & Gordon’s Jig) from Neil Barron’s Music for Scottish Country Dancing.

This dance was written in honor of Maureen and Andrew Pettigrew, who came over from Scotland and brought much fun and a love of Scottish Country Dancing to the Silk and Thistle class.

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