Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Ceilidh Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE CEILIDH REEL (R3x32) 3C Julia McLaughlin Northampton 20th Anniversary

1- 8 1s set, cast (2s step up), 1s set, cast (3s step up)
9-16 1s dance up middle (3 bars), down middle (3 bars) and cast to 2nd place own sides (3s step down 15-16)
17-24 2s+1s dance R&L finishing 1s in centre and 3s step in (bar 24) ready for...
25-32 1s+3s Poussette. 231

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


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