Sir Roger de Coverley

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

       -                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