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Title:	Charity Boy
Description:	Triple minor longways set in strathspey time

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2:8:All set right and left to partner, cross by right and turn single. Repeat back to place^26:8:First couple lead down the middle and up and cast to second place^38:8:First couple turn first corners by right, partner by left, second corner by right and partner by left. End facing out^70:8:In lines dance away for two steps, two steps back, then allemande turn right and left^90:0:Same first couple starts again from progressed position^

Charity Boy - Short.mp3

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Authority:	Bland, Anne & Weller, Edward
Year:	1797
Step:	Strathspey

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