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ID:2633
Title:Old Batchelor
Formation: LW duple
Summary:Cross and cast
Line facing up
Lead forward and back
Gypsy R
Two hand turn
Circle left
Turn single L
Repeat
Square hey, 2 changes
Composer:Henry Purcell
Music:The Fairy Queen, 1st Act tune
CDs:A Purcell Ball by Assembly Players
Author:
Sources:Dancing Master 9th Ed. 1695, The
Walsh 1718
Purcell's Dancing Master
Purcell Playford
Playford with a Difference
Seven CD from The Dancing Master
Playford Assembly, The
Dances from Barnes Two
Website: www.ottawaenglishdance.org/...

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