The Blackwater Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE BLACKWATER REEL (R8x32) 3C (4C set) A Davis RSCDS Bk 41

1- 8 1s+2s+3s ½ turn partners RH and twirl right to dance out to opposite sides, 1s+2s+3s chase ½ way round to own sides
9-16 3s+2s (top 2 couples) dance ½ RandL as 1s cross RH and set, 3s+1s dance ½ RandL as 2s cross RH and set
17-24 1s dance RH across (Man with 3s and Lady with 2s), 1s Pass RSh and dance LH across with other couple
25-32 2s+1s+3s dance reflection reels of 3 on sides (1s dance in and up to start)

(MINICRIB, Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton. Deeside Caledonian Society.)

Dance Information

Alan Davis and friends devised this dance for the twenty first birthday of the Berks/Hants/Surrey UK branch of the RSCDS.


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