Dance: Lord Macdonald's Reel

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

Devised by:
William (18C) Campbell (1790)
Formations:
Lead down and up, then cast (DWNUP;CAST;LEAD;)
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
Reel of three - with corners (REEL;CRNRS;DOUBLE;R3;)
Steps:
Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Published in:
Book 6 [9] *
Pocket: Books 4,5,6 [33]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [94]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [90]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [114]
Recommended Music:
Lord Macdonald's Reel (William (18C) Campbell)
Recordings (2): Show tunes
Book 6. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 36.1]
Dancing Thru' Scotland (Max Houliston and his Scottish Band), track 1

Crib

1-81C set, cast off two (2C+3C up) ; 1C set, cast back (2C+3C down)
9-161C down the middle {3} and up, cast off one to face 1cnrs (2C up)
17-241C set to and turn corners
25-32Reels3{6} on the sides | 1C cross to 2pl own side
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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