
Music: Reel
Position: Couple facing
Formation: Reel Set - 6 Couples Max
Count Steps
8 Head lady, foot gent: forward and back
8 Partners repeat
8 Head lady, foot gent: right hands round
8 Partners repeat
8 Head lady, foot gent: left hands round
8 Partners repeat
8 Head lady, foot gent: two hands round
8 Partners repeat
8 Head lady, foot gent: do-si-do
8 Partners repeat
- Head couple turn and a half by the right and reel the set
- Half turn and promenade up the middle
- Cast off, women right, men left, lines follow
- Partners meet at the foot and return home forming arch
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Heads chasse through arch to foot as others raise hands,
drop hands and step back into line
Source: American Prompters Handbook, Kopp, 1896
History: Name changed to Virginia Reel (q.v.) in US during Revolution