| Dance name |
The Willow Tree
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| Duration of Dance |
48
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| Difficulty |
Medium
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| Set Type |
Longways 8 couples
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| Tune Type |
Jig
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| Author |
Hugh Rippon
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| Count |
Descrption |
Duration |
| 1-8 |
Top couple gallop down the set, the first man then returns with the bottom women, leaving his partner |
8 |
| 9-16 |
The bottom man, and the old top women gallop back up to the top, and returns to the bottom with his own partner |
8 |
| 17-32 |
Both end couples (top and bottom) strip the willow towards the middle, when the two end couples meet in the middle of the set they hold hand in a circle and rise their hands to form 4 arches |
16 |
| 33-48 |
The remaining couple now cast out, and pass though the arches formed by the middle couples, return to place and swing |
16 |
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