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THE
DUKE REEL
FORMATION
AND ORDER OF DANCE
(X
= gent O = lady)
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Couple
2
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X
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O
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Couple
3
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O
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X
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X
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O
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Couple
1
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CORNER
COUPLES
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1st
corner
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X
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O
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2nd
corner
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couple
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O
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X
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couple
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X
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O
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Home
place
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1
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Sidestep
L and R:
all take hands in a circle and sidestep L (2 bars), dance in place
(2 bars), sidestep back and dance in place (4 bars).
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8
bars
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2
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Slip
sides:
partners sidestep into each other's place (2 bars),(RULE
- move L in front of, and R behind, your partner)
dance in place (2 bars), sidestep back and dance in place (4 bars).
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8
bars
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Gents
now dance the same movement with their 1st corner lady.
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8
bars
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3
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Link
arms:
partners link R arms and turn so that the gents face their 1st
corner lady (2 bars) and link L arms to turn her (2 bars). Gents
then repeat the movement with their partner and the same corner lady
(4 bars).
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8
bars
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4
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Interlace:
partners dance past each other R to R, no hands held, pass the next
dancer L to L and repeat this sequence to meet back in place.
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8
bars
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5
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Circle:
all take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice.
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8 bars
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First
Figure - Figure of eight
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1
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Figure
of eight:
couple 1 dances through couple 2, the lady leading and passing round
behind the gent of couple 2, through again and round behind the lady.
The dancing gent, immediately behind his partner, passes first
behind the lady and then behind the gent. The dancing couple meet in
front of couple 2 and all four dancers take hands in a circle.
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8
bars
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They
sidestep L and dance in place (4 bars), partners take crossed hand
hold and both couples swing clockwise back to place (4 bars).
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8
bars
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2
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Couple
2 now dances the figure with couple 3, followed by couple 3 with
couple 1.
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32 bars
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Second
Figure - Right and Left
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1
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Chain
R and L:
couples 1 and 2 face each other and chain R hand with the opposite
dancer (2 bars), quarter turn clockwise and chain partners L hand (2
bars), quarter turn to chain opposites R hand (2 bars) and quarter
turn to half turn partners L hand in place (2 bars).
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8 bars
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House
around each other
with crossed hand hold.
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8
bars
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2
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Couples
2 and 3 now dance the figure, followed by couples 3 and 1.
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32 bars
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Swing,
with céilí hold.(see ENDNOTE)
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8 bars
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ENDNOTE
This is how I recall having finished the dance, although the
published source would have couples, with crossed hand hold, swing
around the set.
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PUBLISHED
SOURCE
"Ár Rinncidhe Foirne Thirty Popular Figure Dances
Leabhar 1, 2, 3" page 49
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