A 40 Bar Reel for three couples
bars	movement
1 - 4	1st, 2nd and 3rd couples, giving right hands, cross over and set.
5 - 6	1st and 3rd couples turn by the right hand three-quarters round to end in a line in the centre of the set, the men facing down and the women facing up, while the second couple, giving right hands, cross back to own side. (Figure 1 - not yet available)
7 - 8	All set.
9 - 12	1st and 3rd couples dance a half reel of four in the centre of the set. At the end of the reel, 1st woman 1st woman faces 2nd man and 3rd man faces 2nd woman in a line of four across the set.
13 - 16	1st woman and 3rd man dance a half reel of four across the dance with 2nd couple. (Figure 2 - not yet available) At the end of the reel, 1st woman and 3rd man face own partners, once again in a line of four in the centre of the set.
17 - 20	1st and 3rd couples dance a half reel of four in the centre of the set.
21 - 22	1st and 3rd couples turn partner with the right hand once round to finish in original places.
23 - 24	All set.
25 - 26	1st and 2nd couples dance right hands across halfway round while 3rd couple, giving left hands, cross over. (Figure 3 - not yet available)
27 - 28	1st and 3rd couples dance left hands across halfway round while 2nd couple, giving right hands, cross over.
29 - 30	2nd and 3rd couples dance right hands across halfway round while 1st couple, giving left hands, cross over.
31 - 32	2nd and 1st couples dance left hands across halfway round.
33 - 40	All dance a diagonal right and left as follows:
	33 - 34 1st man with 2nd man, 1st woman with 3rd woman, giving right hand, change places. (Figure 4 - not yet available) 35 - 36 1st man with 3rd woman, 1st woman with 2nd man, giving left hand, change places on the side. 37 - 38 1st man with 2nd woman, 1st woman with 3rd man, giving right hand, change places. 39 - 40 1st man with 3rd man, 1st woman with 2nd woman, giving left hand, change places on the side.
Repeat having passed a couple
Note: The hands across and crossing movements during bars 25 - 32 should flow continuously, one from the other. There is no crossing on bars 31 - 32.
Inscribed to the members of the Pittsburgh Scottish Country Dance Society.

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© March 1983, Martin E. Mulligan

 

Web edition first posted 28 May 1999 This version text revised 07 June 2001