Flowers of Edinburgh

Formation: Longways Set 4 couples

Music: 8 x32 bar reels

 6     1st Lady casts off 2 places, crosses below 3rd couple and dances up behind Mens' line to 1st Man's place, meanwhile 1st Man follows, but dances up middle of the set to 1st Lady's place
2     1st couple set to each other
8     Repeat with Man leading - finish in own places
8     1s Dance down the middle and back, R hand in R
8     Poussette with 2nd couple
32    Repeat from 2nd place
    Other couples repeat


Poussette:
Two adjacent couples changes places in an overall anticlockwise direction:
1st couple down Men's line, 2nd couple up Ladies' line. Take 2 hands with partner and dance 8 setting steps, Ladies start R foot, Men L foot:
Step 1) away from centre, 2) quarter turn clockwise as a couple - (R shoulder back), Lady 2 and Man 1 on the spot,
3) up or down the line,
4) quarter turn clockwise,
5) into the centre,
6) half turn clockwise,
7 and 8) drop hands and set backwards to own line ('falling back')

3 Couple set version
In a 3 couple set, dance a 3 couple pousette.
Couples 2 and 3 dance the same movements as 2ncd couple in a 2 couple pousette
Couple 1 travels past both couples on the side to finish in 3rd place.

Each couple dances 1 through then all repeat for x through.

 

Dance Description Copyright Don Richmond 2019

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