Nottingham Lace
(R96) Sq.Set Jenny Bradley Nottingham Lace and RSCDS book 53
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- 1-24 Chorus:
- 1- 4 all half grand chain
- 5- 6 all set to partners
- 7- 8 all turn by the right ¾
- 9-10 Ls left hands across halfway WHILE Mn dance clockwise one place round the set
- 11-12 all turn second corner (on partner's side) by the right halfway
- 13-14 Mn left hands across halfway WHILE Ls dance clockwise one place round the set
- 15-16 all turn partner by the right halfway
- 17-24 repeat previous 8 bars, finishing in original places.
- 25-48
- 25-26 1L3M 1M3L cross by the right up and down
- 27-28 1M 3L cast to the left WHILE 1L 3M cast to the right
- 29-30 3L1M cross by the right up and down behind 2s WHILE 3M1L cross by the right up and down behind 4s (finishing in lines with 1L4M4L3M on the Mn's side facing 1M2L2M3L)
- 31-32 all set on the sides
- 33-36 all advance and retire
- 37-40 1s4M2L 2M4L3s four hands round to the left (finishing in lines across, 2L1M1L4M facing down, 2M3L3M4L facing up)
- 41-44 all advance and retire
- 45-48 all eight hands round to the left halfway, finishing opposite original places in the square set.
- 49-72 Repeat bars 25-48 with 2s 3s 4s 1s dancing as 1s 2s 3s 4s, respectively (and treating the 2s position at bar 48 as the “top” of the set), all finishing in original places.
- 73-96 Repeat chorus, bars 1-24.
