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Dance Video The Eightsome Reel (Video 9)

1993 Toronto International Festival Tattoo
Not useful for learning the dance, but an impressive display at what is claimed to be the largest ever demonstration of SCD involving 960 dancers (120 sets).
Dance
The Eightsome Reel (R464, RSCDS II 12)
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Murrough Landon (Oct. 11, 2019, 10:18 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
Quality (of the dancing)
Informal/Social (RSCDS) (What does this mean?)
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Not useful for learning the dance, but an impressive display at what is claimed to be the largest ever demonstration of SCD involving 960 dancers (120 sets).

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The Eightsome Reel 4S · R464

Part A

1–
All C circle8 and back
9–
1W+2W+3W+4W RHA, holding P LH ; all C veer right NHJ to bring M to the middle for LHA back to places, M holding P RH.
17–
All C set to partners twice ; turn partners once BH, to finish facing partners in original places
25–40
All C G-Chain (2 skip change par hand) to own places, finishing facing the centre (no polite turn)

Part B

1–
1W moves to centre, and dances alone (any suitable reel steps) while{8} 1M+2c+3c+4c circle7 and back
9–
1W sets to and turns P BH ; sets to and turns opposite M (3M) BH
17–
1W+1M+3M Reel3, 1W starts with Lsh to 1M, 1W stays in the centre at the end
25–
Repeat bars 1–8
33–
1W sets to and turns M on right (4M) BH ; sets to and turns opposite M (2M) BH
41–
1W+4M+2M Reel3, 1W starts with Lsh to 4M, at the end 1W resumes her original place, and 2W moves into the centre

Repeat part B 7 times, with 2W, 3W, 4W, 1M, … 4M each in turn in the centre. On bars 9- the W/M in the centre first sets to the P, then to the opposite M/W. In bars 33- the W/M first sets to the M/W on the L (seen from inside) of her/his original position, then the M/W opposite.
repeat part A

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