Dance: The Highland Reel

32-bar Reel
3 facing 3
Set shape: Round the room

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
Hands round - 3 (HR;3P;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
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
Slip-Step
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

Book 13 - Victory Book [5] *
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [5]
101 Scottish Country Dances [44]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [66]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [63]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [81]

Recommended Music:

Lady Hunter Blair's Reel ((traditional))
Mrs Dundas of Arniston (William Gow)

Recordings (2): Show tunes

Book 13. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 1 [pace 35.5]
Scottish Country Dances (Archie Duncan Quintet), track 1 [pace 34.7]

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