Dance Bicycle Reel 19908

Also known as “Faire le Velo” (unofficial).

See also: The Bicycle Reel (R32, 4/4L, Reading: Newcastle 2)

Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by

Jenny Lauren Lee

Intensity

8888/4884/8888/8888/8888 = 95% (whole dance)

Formations

• Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
• Snake Pass (SNAKE)
• Hands across - 4 - left (HX;4P;L;)
• Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
• Reel of four - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R4;SIDE;)
• Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)

Steps

• Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

• Chicago 40th Anniversary Collection [5]

Extra Info

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Each figure is a 4-bar phrase. A slow reel is best for this one! …

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Each figure is a 4-bar phrase. A slow reel is best for this one!  

On the name of the dance: While learning French in Switzerland, I would consistently replace the phrase “faire du velo” (“to ride the bicycle”) with “faire *le* velo” (“to do the bicycle”). A friend pointed out that my mistake made it sound as though I was in fact trying to be a bicycle, and that was the inspiration for this dance.

1–
: 1c+2c & 3c+4c RHA ; “4C Snake Pass” [: unwind the RHA, 2W & 3M leading, pass other snake LSh to opposite sides and chase cclw] (4,3,2,1)
9–
: 4c+3c & 2c+1c LHA ; 3c+2c S&Link into Reel4 position (4,2,3,1)
17–
: ½ Reels4 (to 1,3,2,4) ; 1c+3c & 2c+4c RHA (1,3,2,4)
25–
: ½ Reels4 (to 4,2,3,1) ; 4c+2c & 3c+1c LHA (4,2,3,1)
33–
: 4c+2c & 3c+1c S&Link (to 2,4,1,3) ; 2c+4c & 1c+3c Circle4L (2,4,1,3)