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THE BORROWER
(R8x32)
Craig Houston (2017)
1- 8
1s+2s Set&Rotate, 1s finish facing 2s
9-16
2s+1s+3s parallel RSh reels of 3 on sides
17-24
2s+1s+3s set, La Baratte with partner
25-32
3s,
with
1s
&
2s
following,
dance
down
for
2
bars,
change
sides
with
Lady dancing under Man’s arm, dance up to place, all set
For
Aileen
Napper
who
lives
on
the
Isle
of
Wight.
Due
to
Aileen's
and
Craig's
height
difference
Craig
always
commented
when
dancing
with
Aileen
that
it
was
like
dancing
with
a
borrower!
Bars
19-24
suit
the
height
difference very well.
Useful information about borrowers:
"The
Borrowers"
is
a
children's
fantasy
novel
by
the
English
author
Mary
Norton,
published
in
1952.
It
features
a
family
of
tiny
people
who
live
secretly
in
the
walls
and
floors
of
an
English
house
and
"borrow"
from
the
big
people
in
order
to
survive.
The
Borrowers
also
refers
to
the
series
of
five
novels
including
The Borrowers and four sequels that feature the same family after they leave "their" house.
(borrowed from Wikipedia.)
And
a
personal
note
-
I
first
learnt
La
Baratte
at
a
class
taught
by
Graham
Donald
when
Craig
was
my
‘partner’
for
the
formation,
and
it
was
SO
easy,
dancing
it
with
someone
considerably
taller
than
me.
It
took
me
a
while
after that to actually learn how to do it properly with ‘any’ partner and as either gender!