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A sweet dance.

It is a good dance! The one recording I have is uninspired so I have been using Marian Anderson’s recording of “Famous Baravan” which works very well for this dance.

The dance is very good but I love the music.

Pick any good reel

I find this a good dance for beginners. You’re dancing nearly all the time with your partner and helps the beginner with steps and reels. Hardly any setting so I also use it as a starting dance in classes. Plus great music!

http://www.javastandrewsociety.com/Scottish%20Country%20Dances/reelofthe51st.htm

I thought you’d like to know that this link has an error

The fountain move and the paddle turns make for lots of interactions

Nice modification of the “Maurice” progression! Keeper!

The diagram shows Turn L for 1st couple on [25-26], that should be 1/2 turn l.

Nowhere does it say who made and uploaded this diagram, so I see no way of requesting the author to correct it. I propose that in future the website should record the information on diagram authors, and make that visible onsite, just as for Keith Rose’s diagrams.

I find this a nice dance to start the class. Needs only 3 couples, no setting, doesn’t take long, and doesn’t tax the brain too much.

Devised to flow easily into and out of a Ladies Chain.