Sorbie Tensome Reel

  1-8   CIRCLE AND BACK: around the 5th couple who set to each other using Pas de Basque or a Highland Step;

  9-16 SET AND TURN HEAD COUPLES: 5th couple sets to 1st couple and turns opposite with right hands, then sets to 3rd couple and turns opposite with left hands (end facing 1st couple);

17-24 HAND-IN-HAND REEL OF 3 WITH HEAD COUPLES: 5th couple dances a Hand-in-Hand Reel of 3 with Head couples (start 5th and 1st couples passing right shoulders), each couple switching hands at each end of the reel (end facing 4th couple);

25-32 SET AND TURN SIDE COUPLES: 5th couple sets to 4th couple and turns opposite with right hands, then sets to 2nd couple and turns opposite with left hands (end facing 4th couple);

33-40 HAND-IN-HAND REEL OF 3 WITH SIDE COUPLES: 5th couple dances a Hand-in-Hand Reel of 3 with Side couples (start 5th and 4th couples passing right shoulders), each couple switching hands at each end of the reel: on bars 39-40 5th woman followed by 5th man dances anticlockwise ¼ around the periphery into 1st place AS 1st couple joins nearer hands and dances into centre to face next couple on their left (i.e. 2nd couple).