Dance The Reel of Five 5519
Medley · 64 bars (S32+R32) · 5 persons · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 88080 88888 80808 88888 repeat = 40% (1 turn), 80% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
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The Reel of Five | Olympians Scottish Dance Band | Book 27. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances | LP+ | 5 | M32 | 0:00 | 0 |
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Lord of the Isles/Miss Caroline Thomson's Reel |
The Reel of Five | Rob Gordon and his Band | Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 4 | LP | 5 | M64 | 1:38 | 0 | Jim McCabe's Strathspey/Jim Douglas | |
The Reel of Five | Rob Gordon and his Band | Country Dance, Ceilidh Dance | CD | 5 | M64 | 1:38 | 0 | Jim McCabe's Strathspey/Jim Douglas | |
Reel of Five | Frank Thomson and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 27. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances | CD | 8 | M64 1 | 1:47 | 53.5 |
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Lord of the Isles/Miss Caroline Thomson's Reel |
Reel of Five | Frank Thomson and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 27. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances | CD | 14 | M64 1 | 1:44 | 52.0 |
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Lord of the Isles/The Barrowburn Reel |
The Reel of Five 5pS · M64
The W form a square, numbered 1,2,3,4 clw, 1M in the middle faces 1W
Strathspey
- 1–
- 1M with 1W+3W Rsh Reel3 while{8} 2W+4W dance cclw ½ round outside ; and back clw
- 9–
- All W set in places as M sets, swivelling R to face each W in turn, finishing facing 4W
- 17-32
- Repeat [1-16] from new positions, M finishes facing 3W
Reel
- 33-64
- Repeat [1-32] in Reel time.
The Reel of Five 5pS · M64
4 Ladies in diamond formation with 1 Man in middle
Strathspey
- 1-8
- Man dances a reel of 3 with 1L+3L while 2L+4L dance clockwise round outside 1/2 way & back to places
- 9-16
- All set with Man facing 1L & turning in centre to end facing 4L
- 17-24
- Man dances a reel of 3 with 4L+2L while 1L+3L dance clockwise round outside 1/2 way & back to places
- 25-32
- All set with Man facing 4L & turning in centre to end facing 3L
Reel Repeat bars 1-32 but Man reels with 3L+1L & after setting faces 2L on bar 16, then reels with 2L+4L & after setting faces 1L

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Added on: Dec. 17, 2012, 3:19 p.m.
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Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-06-13 | 2016-06-13 | Cord Walter | June 13, 2016, 10:05 p.m. |
SCD Nürnberg (2019-05-06) | 2019-05-06 | Roland Ritthaler | May 12, 2019, 4:15 a.m. |
SCD-Tanznachmittag-Chemnitz_2.7.2016 | 2016-07-02 | Thomas Groß | June 17, 2016, 9:54 a.m. |
New York Branch July 12 2018 | 2018-07-12 | Charlotte Holton | July 9, 2018, 5:27 p.m. |
SF Hildesheim 2-6-7 etc. Paare | Cord Walter | Nov. 9, 2019, 11:01 p.m. | |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016 | 2016-01-01 | Cord Walter | Aug. 17, 2016, 11:31 p.m. |
Chemnitz_Tuesday | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:25 p.m. |