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Solitaire

Author:  Fiona Rigg
3 triples in a longways set, i.e.  3 lines of 3 forming a set of 9 people
Difficulty:  3
Style:  English

A1: Ones set to twos; right-forearm turn to leave the twos facing down.  Twos set to threes; left-forearm turn to leave the twos facing up.
A2: Right shoulder reels of three up and down.
B1: Middle person face top person on left diagonal: set; two-hand turn.  Middle person face bottom person on left diagonal: set; two-hand turn half-way.
B2: Outsides join hands: in to the middle and back, moving one place to the left.  In to the middle and back again in these new places.

Colin says   Fiona Rigg plays in the band "Tumbling Tom" and is also one of their regular callers.  She wrote this dance for one of the Crook Christmas ceilidhs which Tumbling Tom do every year, so that there would be a completely new dance and also a dance where you didn't need a partner.  People who come to ceilidhs alone are always having to find a partner.

Music:  9 x 32 bar polkas
Thumbnail:  Set, arm turn, reel of three, in to the middle and back.