Dance Reel of the Puffins 8956
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples (3x,4x) · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- John Bowie Dickson (1998)
- Intensity
- 8008 8888 8448 8888 = 81% (1 turn), 81% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Reel of four - diagonal (REEL;DIAG;R4;)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDES;)
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Dunedin Dances Book 5 [1]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [150] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [160] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- For the wedding of Katie ...
For the wedding of Katie Fallas and Iain Roxburgh in August 1998. Katie and Iain met while dancing and watching puffins in the Faroes with Dunedin Dancers.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reel of the Puffins | Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band | The Luckenbooth Brooch | CD | 17 | R32 4 | 2:23 | 35.8 |
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The Black Bear/Inver Lasses/Soldier's Joy/The Girl I Left Behind Me |
| Reel of the Puffins | George Rennie Scottish Dance Band | Old Tyme Favourites Vol 1 | CD | 7 | R32 4 | 2:30 | 37.5 | Kirsty MacKinnon/Andrew Knight/Donald Stewart the Piper/Loch Seridain | |
| Reel of the Puffins | Jim Lindsay and his Band | Reel of the Puffins | CD | 14 | R32 4 | 2:27 | 36.8 |
|
The Black Bear |
Reel of the Puffins 4/4L · R32
3c+4c cross on 2nd chord (1,2,3x,4x)
- 1–
- 1c+4c cross RH and cast to centre (2c+3c step to ends) ; 1c+4c set twice, hand joined in circle, at end pivot R to face corners
- 9–
- 2c+3c full diag. Reels4 giving LH in the centre while{8} 1c+4c ½ reel4 round cnr, pass Lsh in centre | repeat round next cnr cclw, and face »third« cnr (1c faces 3c, 2c faces 4c)
- 17–
- Turn cnr RH | 1c+4c ½ LHA ; turn new cnr RH | 1c & 4c change places on side LH (2,4,1x,3x)
- 25–
- Parallel Reels4 on the side
Reel of the Puffins 4/4L · R32
3s & 4s start on opp sides
- 1-8
- 1s & 4s cross RH & cast in 1 place to join hands to form a circle, set twice turning right about to face nearest corner
- 9-16
- 2s & 3s dance full diagonal RSh reels of 4 giving LH in centre while 1s & 4s dance 1/2 diagonal RSh reel & pass LSh in centre to face next corner anticl'wise; dance 1/2 RSh reel with that corner & pass LSh in centre to face next corner anticlockwise
- 17-24
- 4s & 1s turn corners RH & dance LH across 1/2 way, turn diagonally opposite corners RH & 1s+4s change places LH on the sides
- 25-32
- All dance RSh reels of 4 on sides. 2 4 (1)(3)
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven Class 17 December 2019 | 2019-12-17 | Peter Price | Dec. 17, 2019, 5:18 a.m. |
| Spring Fringe 2017 Tanz in den Mai 2017-30-4 | 2017-04-30 | Uta Hasekamp | March 15, 2017, 7:38 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian13.10.2021 | 2021-10-13 | Simon Stewart | Oct. 5, 2021, 4:56 p.m. |
| OSCDG - Social Dance November 2018 | 2018-11-24 | Kristian Vestli | Nov. 1, 2018, 9:57 a.m. |
| Kilmorack Tuesday Evening Class Mar 10th 7:30pm Start | 2020-03-10 | Peter Jamieson | March 7, 2020, 9:52 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 09.03.2017 | 2017-03-09 | Zoltán Gräff | March 9, 2017, 9:36 p.m. |
| RSCDS Cheshire - Social Dancing 1st June 2016 | 2016-06-01 | Christine Grove | April 7, 2016, 8:32 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 14.04.2016 | 2016-04-14 | Zoltán Gräff | April 18, 2016, 9:25 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014-06-23 | 2014-06-23 | Cord Walter | June 30, 2014, 10:30 p.m. |
| 170320 The More Unusual Dance Club | 2017-03-20 | Peter Dixon | March 2, 2017, 11:56 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2013-08-26 | 2013-08-26 | Cord Walter | Sept. 23, 2013, 10:56 p.m. |
| 2017-08-20 Perth | 2017-08-20 | John Nuttall | Aug. 19, 2017, 9:57 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014-07-07 | 2014-07-07 | Cord Walter | July 7, 2014, 11:49 p.m. |
| The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2021-07-25 | 2021-07-25 | Amanda Peart | July 26, 2021, 1:19 p.m. |
| 13th FSCDC Tea Dance “An Afternoon for the Birds” | 2017-01-28 | Anselm Lingnau | Jan. 29, 2017, 1:08 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian, 25th September | 2019-09-25 | Annette Hughes | Sept. 10, 2019, 12:09 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian, 18th March | 2020-03-18 | Annette Hughes | March 5, 2020, 12:26 p.m. |
| Aurora Ball 2018 | 2018-06-02 | Mary Cant | May 31, 2018, 7:11 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian | 2019-03-20 | Andrew Osborne | March 18, 2019, 9:34 p.m. |
| Richmond ~ 190130 Dance | 2019-01-30 | James Wilson | Jan. 28, 2019, 8:01 p.m. |
| Richmond 30.01.2019 | 2019-01-30 | Simon Stewart | Jan. 29, 2019, 11:12 a.m. |
| Richmond ~ 181114 Dance | 2018-11-14 | James Wilson | Nov. 9, 2018, 11:15 a.m. |
| Richmond 20.03.19 | 2019-03-20 | Simon Stewart | March 19, 2019, 12:01 p.m. |
| Castle Club with James Coutts | 2017-10-07 | Kate Kinnear | Oct. 2, 2017, 3:46 p.m. |
| Richmond 27.02.19 | 2019-02-27 | Simon Stewart | Feb. 24, 2019, 11:41 a.m. |
| Marybank Wed 31 7 19 | 2019-07-31 | Peter Jamieson | May 12, 2019, 11:18 p.m. |
| R6122017 | 2017-12-06 | Simon Stewart | Dec. 5, 2017, 6:11 p.m. |
| 20160423 - You know who's surprise ball | 2016-04-23 | Zsofia Jozsef | March 10, 2016, 2:01 p.m. |
| New Scotland 2014 Summer Dance | Craig Skinner | May 14, 2014, 11:27 p.m. | |
| Kilmorack 40th Anniversary Rally 8th May 2020 Kirkhill 7.45 - 11.45 | 2020-05-08 | Peter Jamieson | March 10, 2020, 1:36 p.m. |
| 2019 Kasukabe 15th, Farewell Dance | 2019-10-06 | Nameless Dancer | Sept. 2, 2019, 12:57 p.m. |
| Richmond Spring Dance 2019 | 2019-03-23 | Simon Stewart | Jan. 2, 2019, 7:49 p.m. |
| Bonn 2017-04-24_lasttimebeforeFling-Fringe | 2017-04-24 | Eva-Maria Beckmann | April 23, 2017, 5:57 p.m. |
| 2019-06-08 Dunedin Summer Dance | 2019-06-08 | Ian Brockbank | Nov. 9, 2018, 9:30 p.m. |
| Know Your Dance Social, Sydney 12.04.14 | 2012-04-14 | Diana Hastie | April 11, 2014, 9:28 a.m. |
| Pitlochry 270719 | 2019-07-27 | Mary Cant | July 1, 2019, 1:10 p.m. |
| New Scotland Annual Dance | 2017-02-04 | Daniel Hintermann | Feb. 4, 2017, 5:46 p.m. |
| wscds 13 December 2017 | 2017-12-13 | Deborah Leary | Dec. 12, 2017, 4:08 p.m. |
| 2019-11-30 Dunedin Assembly | 2019-11-30 | Ian Brockbank | Aug. 21, 2019, 11:07 p.m. |
| Wheathampstead (Copy) (Copy) | 2018-04-07 | Ken Martlew | April 6, 2018, 11:20 a.m. |
| 171218 The More Unusual Dance Club | 2017-12-18 | Peter Dixon | Nov. 26, 2017, 6:27 p.m. |
| Voronezh Spring Ball | 2016-04-09 | Anton Korobeynikov | Feb. 24, 2016, 12:26 p.m. |
| Laurencekirk, Dickson Hall. Sat 16 Nov 7:30 | 2019-11-16 | Brian Anderson | June 13, 2019, 3:19 p.m. |
| Oxford and Cambridge Highland Ball 2015 - Stanton Harcourt | 2015-03-07 | Stuart Kreloff | March 3, 2015, 11:05 p.m. |
| wscds 3 January 2018 | 2018-01-03 | Deborah Leary | Jan. 1, 2018, 8:03 p.m. |
| Highland Ball 2015 | 2015-03-14 | Nameless Dancer | Feb. 23, 2015, 1:39 p.m. |
| 15.07.17 Kirov, social dancing | 2017-07-15 | Anastasia Solodyankina | July 11, 2017, 11:47 a.m. |
| Old and new favourites, Ghent, 16 November 2019 | 2019-11-16 | Helena Strandberg Luthi | Sept. 8, 2019, 8:27 p.m. |
| Kirov Summer Social | 2017-07-15 | Anton Korobeynikov | May 28, 2017, 10:18 p.m. |
| Forres Town Hall Friday 27th December 19 8pm to 11.30pm Frank Thomson r | 2019-12-27 | Peter Jamieson | Jan. 31, 2020, 9:25 p.m. |
| 2016-03-19 Dunedin Spring Dance | 2016-03-19 | John Nuttall | March 11, 2016, 3:19 p.m. |
| 2017-11 Kukucksnest list of dances taught | antoine rousseau | Nov. 25, 2017, 5:46 p.m. | |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2013 | Cord Walter | Jan. 20, 2014, 11:20 p.m. | |
| New Scotland Annual Dance 2020 | Kai Hugtenburg | Jan. 16, 2020, 2:15 p.m. | |
| New Scotland Annual Dance | 2019-02-02 | John Nuttall | Jan. 27, 2019, 1:46 p.m. |
| Friday--3.5.19 | 2019-05-03 | SCD Chemnitz | May 2, 2019, 6:47 p.m. |
| 2018-02-17 NS Annual | 2018-02-17 | John Nuttall | Feb. 14, 2018, 6:37 p.m. |
| 170619 The More Unusual Dance Club | 2017-06-19 | Peter Dixon | July 28, 2017, 5:59 p.m. |
| Tanznachmittag 24.3.2018 C-DD | 2018-03-24 | Chemnit Dresden | March 22, 2018, 6:18 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014 | Cord Walter | Sept. 22, 2014, 10:27 p.m. | |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2003 - 2013 | Cord Walter | May 19, 2014, 11:25 p.m. | |
| SF Hildesheim 4 Paare | Cord Walter | Nov. 9, 2019, 11:01 p.m. | |
| ZA 2015 CelticCritters Examples for Cribs Diagrams Workshop | Heather Hodgson | Oct. 16, 2015, 1:48 p.m. | |
| Chemnitz_Friday | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m. |
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