Dance: The Eightsome Reel

464-bar Reel
4 couples
Set shape: Square
Progression: set

Devised by:

(unknown) (1870)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
Grand Chain for 6 (GCHAIN;6P;)
Hands round - 7 (HR;7P;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.

Steps:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Slip-Step
other

Published in:

Book 2 [12] *
Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [24]
101 Scottish Country Dances [28]
Scottish Reels are Fun [22]
Collins Pocket Reference [110]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [45]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [43]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [56]

Full description:

http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/dances.html#Eightsome

Recommended Music:

Deil Amang the Tailors (Thompson)

Recordings (33): Show tunes

Scotland - The Dances and Dance Bands (Ian Holmes and his Band), track 1
The World of Scottish Dance (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 1
The Shores of Loch Alvie (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 14
Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 1 (The Cavendish Dance Band), track 2
Highland Airs (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 33.6]
Scottish Country Dancing (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 14 [pace 33.6]
Dances of Scotland (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6
Let's Dance in Strict Tempo (Ian Holmes and his Band), track 6
Honour the Piper (Bill Clement), track 8
Testing the Water (Craigenroan), track 0
Footnotes (The Occasionals), track 17
Capital Reels (Auld Reekie), track 3 [pace 32.8]
Step in Time (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 34.1]
More Capital Reels (Auld Reekie), track 1 [pace 34.3]
O'er the Border (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 9
Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 6
Golden Hour of Scottish Dancing (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 7
Scottish Dance Favourites (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 7
The Sound of Scotland (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 8
Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 2 (SCD Band of the Black Watch), track 1 [pace 29.9]
Dancing Live (The Muriel Johnstone Trio), track 8
Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances +1 (The Colin Dewar Quartet), track 12
Music for Collins Pocket Reference. Vol 2 (The Colin Dewar Quartet), track 2
Dance Date No 3 (Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band), track 1
Encore (Dancing Strings of Scotland), track 12
Scottish Pipes for Dancing (P/M James R Robertson), track 13
Cavendish Dance Band Plays SCD in Traditional Style (The Cavendish Dance Band), track 1 [pace 32.1]
Mooiste Muziek uit Schotland, De (Kathie O'Connor and the Happy Highlanders), track 5
Scottish Dance Programme (Johnny MacLeod's Scottish Country Dance Band), track 1
Piper's Choice (Bill Clement), track 16 [pace 34.3]
The Reel Party (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 1 [pace 33.0]
Iain MacPhail Celebrates in South America (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2
The Southern Touch (David South and his Scottish Dance Band), track 14

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