Dance: The Black Mountain Reel
32-bar Reel
5 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 5
Progression: 24153
- Devised by:
- Derek Haynes
(1968)
- Formations:
-
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Turn Corners and Partner (CPCP)
Reel of four - diagonal (REEL;DIAG;R4;)
Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
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
- Published in:
-
Carnforth Collection of SC Dances 3
[1]
*
Glendarroch Scottish Dance Sheets
[30]
Scottish Reels are Fun
[12]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[13]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[13]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[17]
- Full description:
- http://www.dancearchives.co.uk/dances/glendarroch/mountain.htm
- Recommended Music:
-
The Trumpet Hornpipe
((traditional))
The Black Mountain Reel
(Jim Arthur)
- Recordings (7):
Show tunes
-
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 2
(Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 35.2]
In Strict Tempo
(Lothian Scottish Dance Band),
track 3
[pace 36.0]
Alastair Hunter and the Lorne Scottish Dance Band
(Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band),
track 10
Authentic Scottish Dancing Music
(McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band),
track 3
[pace 34.2]
Scottish Country Dancing
(McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band),
track 3
[pace 34.2]
Dancin' Music
(Duncan Smith & Susan Worland),
track 4
Country Dancers Delight
(The Danelaw Country Dance Band),
track 9
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C & 3C cross RH | cast off (2C+4C up); ½ Fig8 up and pass LSh to face 1cnr |
| 9-16 | Turn CPCP (1C & 3C turn 1cnr RH, P LH, 2cnr RH, P LH), finish facing 1cnr |
| 17-24 | 1C & 3C Reel4 with 1cnrs, at the end pass LSh. |
| 25-32 | 1W+2C (top), 1M+4C+3W (middle) and 3M+5C (bottom) RHA ; 1C & 3C turn LH and cast off (4C+5C up). (to: 2,4,1,5,3) |
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