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The Blackwater Reel

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THE BLACKWATER REEL (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Alan Davis RSCDS Book 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 R&L as 1s cross RH and set, 3s+1s dance ½ R&L 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, and his successors)


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Alan Davis and friends devised this dance for the twenty first birthday of the Berks/Hants/Surrey UK branch of the RSCDS.
The Blackwater River runs through North Hampshire and acts as the county boundary line between Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire in the heart of the Blackwater Valley.

Beginning at Rowhill Nature Reserve, Aldershot, it continues on for around 20 miles before it joins the River Whitewater near Eversley.

Blackwater River
Blackwater River, Shepherd Meadows Nature Park


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