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ID:3259
Title:Shepherd's Holiday
Labour in Vain
Formation: 3C LW (was triple minor)
Summary:Up a double and back
Cross over
Galop down
Single file circle
Siding into line
Fall back
Circle left
Back ring
Arm R & L
Corners cross
CDs:ECD from Playford by Broadside Band
Step Stately LP by Step Stately LP
Step Stately by Chestnut
A Playford Ball by Bare Necessities
Author:
Sources:Dancing Master 1st Ed. 1651, The
Thompson 1793
Country Dance Book, The
Community Dance Manuals
Playford Ball 1990
New Century Collection, The
Playford with a Difference
Barnes Book of ECD Tunes (Vol. 1)
Website: http://playforddances.com/d...

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