Temptation

a strathspey in 32 bars for 3 couples in a longwise set
original tune: Sybille Föhrenbach (by Anselm Lingnau)


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2
1st couple dance set advancing, finish back to back in the middle, facing opposite side

3
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4
1st lady with 2nd man - giving left hands - turn half way round, finishing in sidelines while 1st man with 2nd lady - giving right hands - turn half way round, finishing in sidelines

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6
1st couple dance set advancing, finish back to back in the middle, facing own side

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1st lady with 3rd lady - giving right hands - turn half way round, 3rd lady finish facing out while 1st man with 3rd man - giving left hands - turn half way round, 3rd man finish facing out

9
- 16 reels of three on the sidelines, 3rd couple starts out and down. At the end, 3rd couple casts off to 3rd place while 1st couple crosses to face first corner

17 - 20 first corner pass and turn, 1st couple finish facing 2nd corner

21 - 24 second corner pass and turn, at the end, 1st couple pass right shoulder to finish in second place on own side

25 - 28 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands round to the left (three quarters)

29 - 32
all dance in and, pulling right shoulder back, spiral out to own sideline

repeat having passed a couple

devised by Rudolf Spägele
for Sybille Föhrenbach, January 1996