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A relatively easy but interesting strathspey with a reel of 4.

I would probably rate this dance higher if the crossings during the loop figure were R, L, R, L instead of R, R, R, L (someone told me once that they “used to be” that way but got changed somewhere along the line). This dance is often considered easy, but the transition from the loops to the rights and lefts (i.e. the progression) is rather tricky.

Taught (and danced) this in the Frankfurt group. It is a reasonable choreography but gets tedious 4 times through – you always meet the same people in the same places, the only thing that changes is who gets to be top couple. The four-bar turns in the second part are a bit of a downer and might profitably be replaced with set (common schottische) and a turn in two bars.

I could see myself using this in a display choreography but not more than one time through.

The dance description can be found under following link:

http://www.macrudi.de/resources/Dances/Tributes/CarolasReel.pdf

Easy to do and makes a nice demo dance.

This dance has a very satisfying flow from one figure to the next and a very clever, yet easy progression.

I’d like it better with different music.

Devised as a dance with three different forms of rights and lefts. “Rice and Lefse” (lefse is a Norwegian potato-based flatbread popular in my home state of Minnesota) is a play on “rights and lefts.”

Mentally challenging but rewarding and makes an impressive demo dance.

64 bars of pas de Basque was never so much fun! Great tune, too.

I like this dance because it offers great opportunities for the dancers to work together as a team. It also has lots of »moments« for the first couple, and the music is very nice. I would particularly recommend the »Fiddlesticks and Ivory« recording for this dance.