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+====== THE ASTRONOMER ======
+Dance and Music by Colin Hume .\\
+Six couples longways: one, three and five improper.\\
+Tune: THE ASTRONOMER
+<code>
+Al  Lines forward and back. Back to back partner.
+Bl  Middles right-hand star half-way; left-hand star half-way with the next.
+    Everybody right-hand star half-way with the next; turn single left.
+Cl  In these fours, ladies cross; men cross. Circle left half-way: fall back with
+    neighbor.
+Dl  Set coming forward; turn single right. Fall back with neighbor; lead forward, the ends
+    coming in diagonally to form a circle of eight around the middles who form a circle of
+    four.
+A2  Middles circle right, outsides circle left (slip-step) . And back again.
+B2  Middles turn to their left and face out: right-hand star with the nearest pair.
+    Middles meet for a left-hand star, outsides do a two-hand turn with the other person
+    from their star, finishing back in the longways set in the positions where you were
+    before the circles.
+C2  Dip and dive hey in the groups of three couples, the ends going under first (without
+    changing sides at either end).
+D2  Start the same movement again, the ends going under first, but when the other couples
+    reach the end they separate, the first couple casting fairly tight, the next coming
+    out wider to finish well apart, and the ends finishing in the middle of the set.
+    All two-hand turn the opposite person once around, and the set has been turned through
+degrees, everyone having a new position and partner: this time the even-numbered
+   couples are improper.
+Repeat the whole dance to finish back in your starting positions.</code>

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