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Lord Hume's Reel

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LORD HUME'S REEL (S8x40) 3C (4C set) Thomas Wilson RSCDS Book 16

1- 8 1s circle 3H round to left with 2L, 1s circle 3H round to left with 2M
9-16 1s lead down the middle and back to top
17-24 1s+2s dance Allemande (1s end in lines across 1L between 2s facing 1M between 3s)
25-32 2s+1s+3s set (1s turning onto sides on 2nd step), 2s+1s+3s set, 1s dance down below 3s and cast up to 2nd place
33-40 2s+1s dance R&L

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


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

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