Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Buck's Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

BUCK'S REEL (R8x40) 3C (4C set) Lori Buchan Pinewoods Collection 2

1- 8 1s+2s dance ½ double Fig of 8 (1s cross down to start), 1s and 2s set and cross RH
9-16 1s+2s dance Poussette 1s ending back-to-back facing opposite sides
17-24 1s dance Double Triangles and end facing 1st corner positions while 2s+3s set and petronella turn to 1 place anticlockwise, set and petronella turn 1 place
25-32 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners and ½ reel with 2nd corners
33-40 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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


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