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+====== The Gradely Lass ======
+Dance was devised by Marjorie Heffer and William Porter in 1932 \\
+Published in "Maggot Pie". \\
+Proper three couple longways dance with progression.\\
+Tune: Gradely Lass
+<code>
+Al 1—4   Ist couple and 2nd woman hands-three
+         once round clockwise, while 3rd couple
+         and 2nd man do the same.
+-8   1st and 3rd couples raise inside hands to
+         make arches, through which 2nd woman
+         and 2nd man respectively pass and cast
+         round their right-hand neighbours to places (sk.s.)-
+A2 1—4  1st couple and 2nd man hands-three once
+        round counter-clockwise, while 3rd couple
+        and 2nd woman do the same.
+-8  As in Al, the 2nd man and woman casting
+        round their left-hand neighbours to places (sk.s.).
+Bl 1—2  1st couple cast one place, the 2nd couple moving up.
+—4  Ist couple turn half way round with right hands.
+—6  Ist couple again cast one place, to the
+        bottom, the 3rd couple moving up.
+—8  1st couple turn half way round with left hands.
+B2 1—4  3rd man, changing places with his partner
+        (by the left), goes a half-hey with the
+        Ist and 2nd women, following the latter
+        and passing outside the lst woman into
+        the middle woman's place, while 3rd
+        woman does the same with 1st and 2nd
+        men, following the latter and passing
+        outside the Ist man into the middle man’s
+        place ; the others all start the hey by
+        casting out, and the 2nd couple (being
+        at the top), passes inside the 1st couple (sks). Cp
+-8  3rd coupr again change places (by the
+        left) and continue the hey on their own
+        sides, following the ond couple and
+        passing outside the 1st couple into middle
+        places; the others, as before, cast out,
+        and the 2nd couple again passes inside
+       the 1st couple (sk.s.).
+The whole dance is then repeated twice,
+the 2nd and 3rd couples in turn acting
+as 1st couples.</code>
+Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr7-qI_Kf9k\\
+Not many dances were devised in the 1920s and 30s