Dance Bicycle Reel 19908
Also known as “Faire le Velo” (unofficial).
See also: The Bicycle Reel (R32, 4/4L, Reading: Newcastle 2)
Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Jenny Lauren Lee
- Intensity
- 8888/4884/8888/8888/8888 = 95% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
- Snake Pass (SNAKE)
- Hands across - 4 - left (HX;4P;L;)
- Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
- Reel of four - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R4;SIDE;)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Extra Info
- Each figure is a 4-bar phrase. A slow reel is best for this one!
On the name of the dance: …
Each figure is a 4-bar phrase. A slow reel is best for this one!
On the name of the dance: While learning French in Switzerland, I would consistently replace the phrase “faire du velo” (“to ride the bicycle”) with “faire le velo” (“to do the bicycle”). A friend pointed out that my mistake made it sound as though I was in fact trying to be a bicycle, and that was the inspiration for this dance.
Bicycle Reel 4/4L · R40
- 1–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c RHA ; “4C Snake Pass” [: unwind the RHA, 2W & 3M leading, pass other snake LSh to opposite sides and chase cclw] (4,3,2,1)
- 9–
- 4c+3c & 2c+1c LHA ; 3c+2c S&Link into Reel4 position (4,2,3,1)
- 17–
- ½ Reels4 (to 1,3,2,4) ; 1c+3c & 2c+4c RHA (1,3,2,4)
- 25–
- ½ Reels4 (to 4,2,3,1) ; 4c+2c & 3c+1c LHA (4,2,3,1)
- 33–
- 4c+2c & 3c+1c S&Link (to 2,4,1,3) ; 2c+4c & 1c+3c Circle4L (2,4,1,3)
