Dance Rhodes House Reel 5559
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Bill Forbes
- Formations
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- Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Set to Corners (C-SET)
- Reel of three - across - half (REEL;ACROSS;HALF;R3;)
- Reel of three - across - half (REEL;ACROSS;HALF;R3;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Inscribed “for the girls of the Oxford University Scottish Dancing Society 1983/84.”
The notes add that “Rhodes House is a …
Inscribed “for the girls of the Oxford University Scottish Dancing Society 1983/84.”
The notes add that “Rhodes House is a magnificent building where the Oxford Uniuersity Scottish Dancing Society hold their Ceilidhs. It was founded in 1929 for Rhodes Scholars, in memory of Cecil Rhodes, the founder of Rhodesia.”
Rhodes House Reel 3/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s+2s+3s set on sides, 1s cross down RH to 2nd place & turn 2nd corners LH & pass LSh to face 1st corners
- 9-16
- 1s dance 1/2 diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners, pass RSh & dance 1/2 reel with 2nd corners 1s end facing 1st corner (pstn)
- 17-24
- 1s set to 1st corners, set to 2nd corners, dance out ends passing own 1st corner (pstn) LSh & cast to 2nd place opposite sides
- 25-32
- 1s dance 1/2 RSh reels of 3 on sides (Man up & Lady down), 1s dance 1/2 reels of 3 across (Man up & Lady Down)