Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Alison's Round Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

ALISON'S ROUND REEL (R32) Round The Room Alex Gray Tweeddale Collection 2
3 dancers in triangular formation - 1st dancer facing clockwise to 2nd and 3rd (numbered clockwise)

1- 8 All dance RH across and LH back
9-16 1 turns 3 RH and turns 2 LH
17-24 All dance reel of 3 (1 gives RSh to 3 to start)
25-32 1 sets to 2+3 (as Double Triangles), all advance and turn right about and set again, 1 turns right about and 2+3 turn inwards to face new partners

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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