Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Lady Harriet Hope's Reel

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LADY HARRIET HOPE'S REEL (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Thomas Wilson RSCDS Book 16

1- 8 1s+2s+3s set, circle 6H round to left ½ way, set and continue circle 6H round to left to places
9-16 1s+2s dance reel of 4 across dance 1L+2M passing LSh to start and 1s finish in 2nd places
17-24 1s lead down the middle for 3 steps, lead back to 2nd place crossing to opposite sides facing up to 2s and 2s+1s set
25-32 1s dance reel of 3 on opposite sides giving RSh to 2nd corners (Man casts to right), 1s cross to own sides

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


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Lady Harriet Hope's Reel is a Scottish Country Dance devised by Wilson in 1816 and interpreted in RSCDS Book 16 in 1951.

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