Dance: Lady Susan Stewart's Reel

32-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

(unknown) (1754)

Formations:

Set to Corners and Partner (C-SCP)
Turn Corners and Partner (CPCP)

Steps:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

Book 5 [9] *
Pocket: Books 4,5,6 [21]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [85]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [81]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [103]

Recommended Music:

Lady Susan Stewart's Reel ((traditional))
The Novelty (Captain Simon Fraser)

Recordings (4): Show tunes

Ghillies on the Golden Gate (Fiddlesticks & Ivory), track 3 [pace 35.2]
Book 5. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 10 [pace 34.8]
A Scottish Celebration (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 34.8]
Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 8

Crib

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