Dance: Lord Maclay's Reel

40-bar Reel
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

Doris Robertson (1954)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Set in line in twos (SETLIN;2P;)
Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
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
Highland
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

Collins Pocket Reference [220] *
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [95]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [91]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [114]

Recommended Music:

Janet Robb's Fancy (D J Fyfe)
Lord MacLay's Reel (D J Fyfe)

Recordings (6): Show tunes

All Set (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 36.2]
Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 2 (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 6
Back Hame Tae Auchtermuchty (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 9
Scottish Collection: Music of the Glens (The Tain Band), track 5 [pace 35.2]
Nice to See You (Ian Cruickshanks and his Band), track 9 [pace 36.4]
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13 (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 7 [pace 35.0]

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