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Title:	The Russian Dance, or Opera Hat (Button & Whitaker)
Description:	Longways Country Dance, duple minor

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2:8:The top two couples set on the diagonals, then first corners change places, then second corners; then set and change places back again^22:8:The first couple join hands and slip down the middle and return to second place, seconds moving up; the top two couples join hands and half circle around and back again^48:0:Repeat whole dance from progressed position^

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Source:	Dances Reels & Waltzes, No 13
Authority:	Button, Samuel James & Whitaker, John
Year:	1809 circa
Tune:	The Russian Dance, or Opera Hat
Notes:	See here for further information.

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