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Tim Harrison

Help with The Monifieth Star

Oct. 16, 2001, 11:58 p.m. (Message 27906)

I'd appreciate some help with bars 9-16 and 25-32 of
	The Monifieth Star
Miss Milligan's Miscellany, p. 34.

1st and 2nd couples are in original positions in bars 1 and 17..

bars 1-8 1W, 1M and 2W circle three hands round and back,
	they "finish in a diagonal line ready for a reel of three."
bars 9-16 reel of three
bars 17-24 1W, 1M, and 2W circle three hands round and back
	"now 1st lady is in the middle to begin the reel with 2nd man."
bars 25-32 reel of three

From the statement about where the 1W is at the end of bar 24, I
assume that 1M is in the middle at the end of bar 8, because it looks
like the statement implies that she was not in the middle at the end
of bar 8.

For the 1st reel (9-16), to begin the reel, does 1M give right
shoulder to 2W *or* left shoulder to partner *or* other?

For the 2nd reel (25-32), to begin the reel ,does 1W give left
shoulder to 2M  *or* right shoulder to partner *or* other?

-- Tim Harrison
-- Austin, TX