Bohemian Reflections
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
BOHEMIAN REFLECTIONS (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Holgar Schuckelt RSCDS Book 511- 8 1s lead down, cross below 3s and cast up to 2nd place opposite sides (2s step up 3-4). 1s turn 1¼ LH to end in middle facing own side
9-16 1M+2s also 1L+3s dance RH across, 1s pass RSh to dance LH across with other couple. 1s end in 2nd place opposite sides
17-24 2s+1s dance Ladies' Chain. 1s end in 2nd place opposite sides, 1M facing out
25-32 1M followed by 1L, casts behind 3L, across set, 1M dances up behind 3M to 2nd place own side while 1L dances up middle, pulls back RSh to dance into place. 2s+1s+3s set
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Bohemian Reflections 32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set, Devised By Holger Schuckelt, Central Germany Branch, (2016)
1-4 1st couple lead down two places, cross over below 3rd couple, and cast up to second place on opposite sides. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4.
5-8 1st couple, giving left hands, turn one and a quarter times to finish left shoulder to left shoulder in the middle facing own sides.
9-12 1st man with 2nd couple and 1st woman with 3rd couple dance right hands across. To finish, 1st couple pass right shoulders in the middle.
13-16 1st woman with 2nd couple and 1st man with 3rd couple dance left hands across. 1st couple finish in second place on opposite sides.
17-24 2nd and 1st couples dance a ladies' chain. 1st couple finish in second place on opposite sides, woman facing in and man facing out.
25-30 1st man, followed by his partner, casts off one place, and dances across the set and up behind 3rd man to second place on own side. On the last two bars, 1st woman dances up the middle and into second place on own side, pulling right shoulder back.
31-32 Joining hands on the sides, all set.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Holger Schuckelt, under the CCA NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, January 2016)
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The reflections on the lake behind Bohemia's Pruhonice Castle inspired this reel.
Bohemian Reflections - Pruhonice Castle
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