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Title:	L'Esprit de Contradiction (The Spirit of Contradiction)
Description:	Cotillion

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2:0:THE CHANGE^3:8:FIRST CHANGE: All eight join hands and circle half way around, and back again^11:0:The FIGURE^12:2:The head couples right hand turn their partners once around^20:2:The head couples separate and cast around their corner person to meet in the centre^32:2:The head couples (in the centre) left hand turn their partners once around^40:2:The head couples cast back through the side couples and back to their places^52:8:Repeat for the side couples^92:0:Continue with 2nd change, main figure, third change and so on^

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Source:	The Cotillons, Made Plain and Easy
Authority:	Hurst, Thomas
Year:	1769
Tune:	L'Esprit de Contradiction

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