Dance: Geordies' Diamond Reel

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

Devised by:
Roy Goldring
Formations:
Reel of three - half (REEL;HALF;R3;)
Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
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
Pas-de-Basque
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Published in:
14 Social Dances for 2000 [6] *
Recommended Music:
The Barley Crop (Ian Findlay)

Crib

1-81C cross down (no hands)and face out (2C up), 1W+3M & 1M+3W change places easy hand, 3C finish facing out and down ; 1C facing in ; ½Reels3 on the sides (1x,3,2)
9-16Repeat [1 – 8] from new places (to 1,2,3), 1C facing in ; 2C out and up.
17-241C followed by 2C down the middle ; 2C+1C set, 2C dance up to the top and face out and down while 1C dance up to 2pl and remain in the centre ready for:-
25-322W+1W+3W RHA while 2M+1M+3M LHA ; 1C dance to the top and cast to 2pl.
(devised by Roy Goldring for the diamond wedding in 1998 of Jack and Joyce Brown)
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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