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FIONA FAIR
(R6x32) 2C
Barry Skelton Kiwi Book
1- 8
1s lead down & back to top in centre, 2s stepping in behind
9-14
6 bars of 2-couple Allemande
15-16
Petronella turn onto midline
17-20
2 bars of Reel of 4 & Balance-in-Line
21-28
Repeat 17-20 twice
29-32
2 bars of Reel of 4 & dance out to own sides 2 1
Fiona
is
a
feminine
given
name
which
arose
in
Ireland,
and
later
in
Scotland
(through
the
poetry
of
James
Macpherson)
but
has
also
become
popular
in
England.
It
can
be
considered
either
a
Latinised
form
of
the
Gaelic
word
fionn,
meaning
"white",
"fair",
or
an
Anglicisation
of
the
Irish
name
Fíona
(derived
from
an
element
meaning
"vine").The Scottish Gaelic feminine name Fionnghal (and variants) is sometimes equated with Fiona.
Fiona
is
a
hippopotamus
born
at
the
Cincinnati
Zoo
and
Botanical
Garden
in
Cincinnati,
Ohio,
on
January
24,
2017.
The
first
Nile
hippo
imaged
on
ultrasound
pre-natally
and
the
first
born
at
the
zoo
in
75
years,
she
was
born
prematurely
and
cared
for
with
the
assistance
of
the
Cincinnati
Children's
Hospital.
Zoo
staff
named
the
baby
hippo
Fiona
because
her
ears
made
them
think
of
a
Shrek
heroine,
and
also
because
it
means
"fair".
See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_(hippopotamus)
for
more
details,
including
stories
of
her
popularity
such
as:
“Fiona
has
been
used
to
"predict"
the
result
of
the
Superbowl
each
year
since
her
birth,
by
choosing
between
enrichment
items
with
the
two
teams'
emblems.
She
chose
the
winning
team
in
2018,
chose
wrong
in
2019,
and
in 2020 vomited on the item representing the Kansas City Chiefs.”