Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Yukio's Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

YUKIO'S REEL (BLUEBELLS OF YUKIO) (R4x32) 4C set Fred Moyes To Be A Wind
2 chords: 2nd chord 1s and 3s face down, 2s and 4s face up

1- 8 1s+2s also 3s+4s set and turn RH, 2s face down, 3s face up; 2s+3s set and turn RH (Men's side right arm elbow turn as "Buchan Eightsome Reel")
9-16 1s cross, cast (2s step up); 1s cross, cast (3s step up). 2314
17-20 1M sets advancing to 4L and they change places RH while 2s+3s dance RH across
21-24 1L sets advancing to 4M and they change places RH while 2s+3s dance LH across. 23(4)(1)
25-32 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 up round 4s; 4s dance ½ Fig of 8 up round 3s. 2341

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


Hyacinthoides Hispanica
Hyacinthoides Hispanica, Shimizu Park, Noda-Shi, Chiba-Ken, Japan

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