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Title:	Was not that Provoking
Description:	Longways Country Dance, as a three-couple set (originally a triple minor)

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2:0:Introduction and Honours (4 bars)^3:8:First lady set to second man, RH turn third man, and get back home^25:8:First man set to second lady, then LH turn third lady, and get back home^47:8:First couple cross and cast into second place and RH turn 1.5 times^75:4:First couple lead through the top couple and cast off^85:4:lead down through the third couple and into their place while third couple cast up^89:16:Slow circle left quite round and back again^105:0:Repeat whole dance from progressed position^106:0:I have choreographed this as a 3-couple dance. In the original triple minor the whole 4th 8-bar strain is taken up by leading up through the 1s and casting into second place.^

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Source:	Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1782
Authority:	Skillern, Thomas
Year:	1782
Tune:	Was not that Provoking
Notes:	This is a flirtatious dance in which the first couple are teasing the other dancers

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