Brianna's Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1-4 1st and 2nd couples take hands on the side and set. Dance RH across halfway. 2nd couple finish on opposite side in top place. 1st couple stay near centre of the dance, lady facing out man's side and man facing in.
5-8 1st and 3rd couples dance LH across halfway and, taking hands on the side, set.
9-12 1st and 4th couples take hands on the side and set. Dance RH across halfway. 1st couple finish on opposite side in 4th place. 4th couple finish near the centre of the dance, lady facing out man's side and man facing in.
13-16 4th and 3rd couples dance LH across halfway and, taking hands on the side, set.
 Order is now 2, 4, 3, 1 with 2nd and 1st couples on opposite sides.
17-18 4th and 3rd couples set advancing to finish in promenade hold in the centre of the dance facing up.
19-24 Changing to allemande hold, 4th and 3rd couples dance the last 6 bars of an inverted knot. i.e. Straight out to the men's side and turn down on 19-20. Drop RH and LH turn for 4 bars to finish on opposite sides of the dance.
25-32 All couples face for a reel of 4 on the side. Ladies (on the men's side) give LS and men (on the ladies' side) give RS to start the reel. Each couple, as they dance from 4th place, cross up to their own side (and thereafter dance the reel giving opposite shoulders). This means that they cross to 3rd place on the opposite side and give LS (ladies) or RS (men) to the person dancing down from 2nd place. All finish on own side in the order 2, 3, 4, 1.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Neville Pope, May 2008)

Dance Information

Recommended Recording: Track 14 (Dad's Reel) on Diamond Jubilee by David Hall: Dad's Reel - Antigonish - Catherine Margaret Hall - Ellenbrook.

(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Neville Pope, 2010)

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