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CANDYFLOSS (S3x32)
Veronica Hughes Leeds Golden Collection
1- 4
1s+3s set & ¾ turn RH to form line up/down centre
5- 8
1s+3s
dance
½
reel
of
4,
1M+3L
turn
¼
LH
to
end
between
2s
across
the set
9- 12
2L+1M+3L+2M dance ½ reel of 4
13-16
2L+1M also 3L+2M set, change places LH, 2s pass LSh
17-20
2M
dances
RH
across
with
1s
as
2L
dances
RH
across
with
3s
(“2
nd
corner positions”)
21-24
1s
turn
2H
ending
in
3
rd
place
as
3s
turn
2H
in
1
st
place
while
2s
pass
LSh
&
dance
out
opposite
sides,
2s
dance
clockwise
½
way
round
to
2
nd
place own side, all take promenade hold & face up
25-32
3s+2s+1s
Promenade
ending
with
3s
casting
off
to
2
nd
place
as
2s
dance up to 1
st
place 2 3 1
Candy
floss,
or
cotton
candy
in
the
US,
is
spun
sugar.
The
sugar
is
heated
to
a
liquid
which
is
then
spun
out
through
tiny
holes
to
make
very
thin
strands.
The
final
candy
floss
contains
mostly
air
with
an
average
serving
weighing about 30 grams, and is often coloured and/or flavoured.
Before
mechanisation,
spinning
sugar
was
an
expensive,
labour-intensive
task
and
so
was
not
generally
available.
There are claims that the Italians spun sugar as early as the 15
th
C and it certainly existed in Europe in the 19
th
C.
Interestingly
it
was
dentists
in
America
who
invented
machines
for
spinning
sugar.
In
1897
William
Morris
(a
dentist),
with
a
confectioner
called
John
C.
Wharton,
invented
the
first
machine
and
introduced
the
product
to
a
wide
audience
at
the
1904
World
Fair
as
“Fairy
Floss”,
and
extremely
successfully
sold
68,655
boxes at
25¢ per
box (equivalent to approx. $6 per box today).
In
1921
Joseph
Lascaux,
a
dentist
from
New
Orleans,
Louisiana,
patented a similar machine, calling the product “Cotton Candy”.
The US celebrates National Cotton Candy Day on December 7
th
.