Dance Lord MacLay's Reel 3941
Also known as “Lord McLay's Reel” (unofficial).
Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Doris Robertson (1954)
- Intensity
- 8008 8888 8888 8888 8000 = 75% (1 turn), 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Set in line in fours (SETLIN;4P;)
- Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Steps
- Coupé / Balance, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [220]
- A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [220]
- Lord MacLay's Reel [1]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [107] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [114] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [95] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [91] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- This dance originally appeared in ...
This dance originally appeared in a James S. Kerr leaflet entitled: The Boy’s Brigade, Glasgow Battalion, A Scottish Country Dance composed for B.B.Fanfare 1954 (issue 2325)
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Lord MacLay's Reel 4/4L · R40
- 1–
- 1c+4c cross RH and cast to middle positions (2c+3c step to ends) ; 1c+4c RHA, finish in lines across facing up, 1c/4c between 2c/3c
- 9–
- All Pas de Basque & Coupé R and L ; repeat
- 17–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c Reels4 across (to 1,2,3,4)
- 25–
- All circle8 and back
- 33–
- 1c cross RH | cast off ; cross LH | cast to bottom (2c+3c+4c up) (2,3,4,1)
Lord MacLay's Reel 4/4L · R40
- 1-8
- 1s+4s cross RH, cast 1 place down/up (2s+3s step up/down) & dance RH across ending 1s between 2s & 4s between 3s all facing up
- 9-16
- All PdB coupe 4 times (popular version - All coupe PdB 4 times)
- 17-24
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RSh reels of 4 across finishing by dancing to original places 1 2 3 4
- 25-32
- All circle 8H round & back
- 33-40
- 1s cross RH (2s do not step up), cast to 2nd place, cross LH & cast to bottom (2s+3s+4s step up bars 39-40)
Note: Guide to SCD has bars 33-40 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, cross RH again & cast to bottom place
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Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
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