Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

A Reel For Annette

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

A REEL FOR ANNETTE (R4x32) 4C Set Richard Francis Class of '13
2s and 4s start on opposite sides

1- 8 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance Set and Rotate, Men finish facing out. (2)1(4)3
9-16 RSh reel of 4 on the sides. (2)1(4)3
17-24 All set, 1s (1L leading) + 3s (3M leading) chase ½ way clockwise, 2s and 4s cross RH. 2(3)4(1)
25-32 All circle 8H round and back

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


A REEL FOR ANNETTE A reel for 4 couples
(2nd and 4th couple start on opposite sides)

1-8 1st with 2nd couple and 3rd with 4th couple set and rotate. Men stay facing out.
9-16 Reel of 4 on the side, passing right shoulder to begin - 2nd lady/1st man, 4th lady/3rd man, 2nd man/1st lady, 3rd lady/4th man.
17-24 All set, 1st lady (in 2nd place) casts down and, followed by partner, dances into 4th place on opposite sides whilst 3rd man (in 4th place) casts up and, followed by partner, dances into 2nd place on opposite sides. 2nd couple (in 1st place) and 4th couple (in 3rd place) cross giving right hands.
25-32 8 hands round to the left and back.
Finish in the order 2341.

Repeat from new positions.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Richard Francis, for the Unit 5 Class at Summer School, July 2013)


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


Dance Information

This dance has been devised for Annette Lotz, who lives near Nuremberg in Germany. She requested a dance with set and rotate and a circle of any kind.

(Dance information by the deviser, Richard Francis, 2013)


Published in Class of '13, Richard Francis, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Richard Francis, 2023.

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