Original Tune: ‘Beneath the Willow’ (David Wiesler © 2003)

3 x 32S for 3 couples in a 3C set devised by Stella Fogg & Moira Turner

1 – 4 1^st couple turn right hand and cast off one place. (2^nd couple step up on bars 3 & 4.)

5 – 8 1^st couple turn left hand ¾ to finish facing out the ends of the set, 1^st man between 2^nd couple and 1^st woman between 3^rd couple; 1^st couple cast to the left to 2^nd place own side.

9 - 16 1^st couple dance “Heart to Heart” (FIG. 1) as follows:

9 – 12 First corner “Left Shoulder Pass and Turn” from the sideline, 1^st couple dancing a quick left hand turn on bar 12 to face 2^nd corners.

13 - 16 Second corner “Left Shoulder Pass and Turn,” 1st couple passing left shoulder (no hands) to 2nd place on their own side on bar 16.

17 – 20 1^st couple and 3^rd couple set and link. (FIG. 2) 3^rd couple finish in sideline woman facing down, man facing up (no long turns).

21 – 24 3^rd man with 2^nd couple at the top, also 3^rd woman with 1^st couple at the bottom, 3 hands once round to the left (FIG. 3). 3^rd couple drop hands by the end of bar 23 to finish:

2^nd couple in 1^st place facing down, nearer hands joined;

3^rd couple in 2^nd place facing out and up (no long turns);

1^st couple in 3^rd place facing up, nearer hands joined. (FIG. 4)

25 – 32 All 3 couples dance mirror reels of 3 in the sidelines, taking hands wherever possible.

2^nd woman and 3^rd woman pass left shoulder while 2^nd man and 3^rd man pass right shoulder to begin.

Dancers finish in the order 2, 3, 1 ready to repeat the dance from new positions.

Note: The dancing couple describes a floor pattern of two interlocking hearts as they execute bars 9-16.

April 2004