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John Clark

Re: The 51st Country Dance (Laufen Reel), also known as St Valery' s Reel

July 28, 2005, 7:48 a.m. (Message 41824, in reply to message 41823)

Brian 

Many thanks.   

I vaguely recall that when I was in Fiji we used to start with both
1st and  3rd couples as dancing couples ,  4th and 5th couples stepped
up as the 3s cast off, then the new  couple in 3rd place had a dual
role as corners for both dancing couples.   The 1st couple were
dancing couple three times.

In the version you cite, were  the 1st couple dancing couple three times?

John