40-bar Reel
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
| 1-8 | All set | turn RH {4} | set to face up/down for |
| 9-16 | Mirror Reels4 on own side, 1C in and down (RSh on M side. LSh on W side), Finish 1C+3C facing in, 2C+4C out |
| 17-24 | All turn ½ on sides (M RH, W LH) | 1W+4W & 1M+4M turn ½ easy hand (to 2,4,1,3, 4C facing out, 1C in) ; 4C+1C “Linked double ½Fig8” (4C dance outside set round 3C and cross up into 3plx while 1C cross up between 2C and cast into 2plx (to 2,1x,4x,3) |
| 25-32 | 1M+4M turn RH while 1W+4W turn LH, 1C finish facing out, 4C in ; 1C+4C “Linked double ½Fig8” (to 2,4,1,3) |
| 33-40 | All circle8 L and back. |
| (Published on Strathspey 29 April 2001 by Norman Dahl at the devisor’s request. “we think that the “Linked double half figure of 8” may be a new formation”.) | |
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