The Fairbridge Reel

  1-4   2s quarter petronella to the centre line;

  5-8   all quarter petronella, 2s finishing on opposite sides, 1s 3s on the centre line facing partners;

  9-14 1s3s dance ¾ of a reel of four on the centre line;

15-16 1L 3M complete the reel, finishing 1L facing down, 3M up, WHILE 1M3L turn by the right ¼ to face opposite sides and retain hold;

17-18 1M3L set WHILE 2s set advancing;

19-22 1M2s3L right hands across, finishing 2s on opposite sides, 1M3L retaining hold;

23-24 2s set WHILE 1M3L turn by the right halfway to face own sides and release hold;

25-32 1M3L2s reel of four across, 1M 3L finishing back to back on the centre line facing partners;

33-34 1s 3s set;

35-36 2s step up WHILE 1s 3s turn by the right ¾, finishing 3s in places, 1s retaining hold and facing up between 2s (in 1st place), all on opposite sides;

37-40 1s lead up and cast, finishing back to back on the centre line, 1M facing up, 1L down;

41-43 2s1M 1L3s 3 hands round to the left, finishing with 1s dropping left hands;

44-46 2s1s3s 6 hands round to the left halfway;

47-48 3s1s2s set on the sides.

35-36 There is a difference in detail over this movement between John Brenchley's original instructions and the slightly less intuitive version published by the RSCDS in Book 45: the deviser's instructions are as interpreted in the above MaxiCrib; RSCDS Book 45 requires 1s to move down while turning to finish in 2nd place.