Miss Hadden's Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

MISS HADDEN'S REEL (J8x32) 3C (4C set) RSCDS Book 23

1- 8 1s+2s+3s circle 6H round and back
9-16 1s Set&Cast, 2s+1s+3s all turn RH
17-24 2s+1s+3s dance Allemande
25-32 3s+1s+2s Adv&Ret for 2 steps, 3s cast to 3rd place while 1s+2s lead up 1s casting to 2nd place

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

Miss Hadden's Reel
RSCDS RSCDS Book 23
Jig 8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set

1-8 All 6 hands round and back, finishing in places;

9-12 1s set and cast one place;

13-16 2s 1s 3s turn by the right, finishing in allemande hold, facing up;

17-24 2s1s3s allemande;

25-28 3s1s2s take hands on the side and advance and retire, finishing all facing up;

29-32 3M1M2M 3L1L2L cast and chase to finish 2s1s3s.

(MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)

Dance Notes

29-32 In the 2^nd, 4^th and 6^th repeats, 1s must finish in 4^th place and 3s in 3^rd place of the full set; modify the final bars as follows:

-30 3s finish just outside 2^nd place (3^rd of the full set), facing in;

31-32 2s continue normally WHILE 3s dance in to 2^nd place WHILE 1s cast outside 3s to 4^th place of the full set.

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