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Question:

In the dance Hooper's Jig, bar 17-24, the instructions say that while 1L & 3M are changing places, 1M & 3L "dance round ready to cross over again" - What exactly does "dance round" mean.

Answer:

To maintain the flow of the dance, rather than have a dancer cross for two, then stand for two, they dance round an imaginary dancer standing in the destination corner, giving right shoulder, and using two small skip changes of step.