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====== Rural Felicity - Wilson or Haste to the Wedding ======
 

Tune: Haste to the Wedding\\
Three couple set\\
Dance published by Wilson in 1816\\ 
Interpreted by Ken Sheffield 1982
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A1 1 - 4 1st lady set R. and L. to 1st man who then turns his back
         on her and casts down to the bottom of the set, the lady
         moving down the centre at the same time.
         
A1 5 - 8 1st couple L.H. star all round with 3rd couple.
A2 I - 4 1st man sets R. and L. to 1st lady who then turns her
         back on him and casts up to place, the man moving up
         the centre at the same time.
         
A2 5 - 8 1st couple L.H. star all round with 2nd couple.
B1 1 - 8 1st couple cross over and pass outside the 2nd couple and
         hey for three on their wrong side; i.e. lst man with Znd
         and 3rd lady, 1st lady with 2nd and 3rd man. (The hey is
         a reversed Grimstock hey).
         
B2 | - 4 1st man ring of three with 2nd and 3rd lady while 1st lady
         ring of three with 2nd and 3rd man.
         Note: The 1st couple are on the outside of the set to start
         ring with 2nd and 3rd couples. Finish rings in same place
         as they started, 2nd and 3rd ladies make an arch while
         2nd and 3rd men do the same.
B2 5 - 8 1st couple cross over through the arches and go to bottom
         2nd and 3rd couples turn single.
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU35zJGhUng 
        
Source: A modification of the instructions in 'Wilson's
Companion to the Ballroom to include the 2nd couple.
O Ken Sheffield 1982
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