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Eight-Hand
Reel
A
reel for four couples
1
BA
4G............F3
H............E
CD
2
A, C, E and G are men; B, D, F and H are women. AB are leading Tops, CD
opposite Top; EF are leading Sides and GH opposite sides.
BARS-----------A. Lead Round
16-------------Dancers half right turn and lead around a complete circle.
Rleease hands, turn about inwards. Man takes partners right hand in his left and
both lead back to place.
---------------B. Body
16-------------(a) Extended Sides: Men side-step to right behind partner,
women side-step to the left in front; finish with two short threes. All again
side-step on in same direction as before; end witht wo short threes.
Each man takes the right hand of the woman next to him on his right and both
make a full turn; all now chain back as they have come, to meet partners,w ith
right hand, in starting position and turn in position.
32-------------(b) Skip across: Dancers A and C now exchange places to
the side side-step, ending with two short threes; E and G follow suit, facing
each other, right arm to right when crossing. Turn Turn woman with right hand
and pass on to woamn on left of original position; give left hand and turn in
place. A and C again change places to the side-step as before, ending witht wo
short threes; E and G follow suit. Turn women with left hand, pass on to met own
partner with right hand, in original position, and turn in place.
16-------------(b) Return chain: Men are now in original position,
holding partner's right hand in own right; men give left hand to woman on right,
women give left hand to men on left. All chain around, giving right and left
hand alternately until meeting own partner again with right hand at opposite
side of circle. Turn right around partner and chain back to original position;
meet partner with right hand and turn in place.
16-------------(d) Back-to-back: The man, holing his partner's right hand,
side-steps towards the left of contrary woman, while his partner side-steps
towards the left of the contrary man. The man then takes the left hand of
contrary woman while his partner takes the left hand of contrary man, the four
dancers thus forming a circle, men being back-to-back, women facing each other.
All dance two short threes. The man releases his partner's right hand, turns
around contrary woman and returns to his own partner, passing he other man right
arm to right. Partners take hands and dance around the couple opposite to
contrary couple. (i.e. couples 1 and 3 in diagram)
---------------C. 1st Figure
16-------------(a) Advance and retire: Leading and opposite Tops men take
partner's left hands in their right, both advance to meet the opposite couple
and retire to place [4 bars]. Repeat the movement. Both couples then
dance a complete circle around each other.
16-------------(b) Repeat: Sides dance (a).
---------------D. Body
80-------------Repeat B.
---------------E. 2nd Figure
16-------------(a) Women chain: Top women advance, give right hands in
center, and continue to opposite man, giving left hand. Both turn in place.
Women return to own partner, both making a full turn in place. Both couples
dance a complete circle around each other.
16-------------(b) Repeat: Sides dance (a).
---------------F. Body
80-------------Repeat B.
---------------G. Finish
40-------------All dancers join hands in a circle, forearms bent sharply upwards
and elbows held in to the sides. Advance to center and retire, advance and
retire again. All side-step anticlockwise and finish with two short threes;
side-step back, ending with two short threes. Advance and retire twice as before.
All side-step clockwise and back, ending with threes. All couples take hands and
swing around to the right to finish.
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