Dance Longwise Eightsome Reel 3921

Medley · 64 bars (S32+R32) · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by

Unknown

Intensity

8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 = 100% (1 turn), 100% (whole dance)

Formations

Grand Chain for 8 (GCHAIN;8P;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)
Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
Poussette right round - quicktime (POUSS;RR;)
Promenade 4 couples (PROM;4C;)
Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey travel

Published in

Book 18 [7]
Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [69]
Pocket: Books 16,17,18 [31]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [422] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [389] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [379] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). A yellow background means a recording with one of the recommended tunes but a non-standard number of repetitions. Recordings with a red background use a different tune and possibly a non-standard number of repetitions.

Recordings whose titles are in italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time
Longwise Eightsome Reel	John Ellis and his Highland Country Band	John Ellis	LP	13	M64	0:00
Longwise Eightsome Reel	Ian Holmes and his Band	The Best of Scottish Dance Bands	CD+	4	M64	0:00
Longwise Eightsome Reel	Ian Holmes and his Band	The Best of Scottish Dance Bands	LP	4	M64	0:00
Longwise Eightsome Reel	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 18. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances	CD+	7	M64	1:44
Longwise Eightsome Reel	Unknown	Kelpie Magic	?	4	M64	0:00
Longwise Eightsome Reel	Marian Anderson and her Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 12	CD	12	M64	1:44

Longwise Eightsome Reel 4/4L · M64

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Strathspey

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part

1–
: All C G-Chain (top and bottom cross to start)
9–
: All C circle8 and back
17–
: 1c+2c & 3c+4c circle4 and back
25–
: 1c+2c & 3c+4c ½RHA ; ½R&L (1,2,3,4)

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Reel

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part

33–
: All couples cross RH ; cross back
41–
: 1c+2c & 3c+4c Poussette right round, finishing with a full turn on [15–16] into
49–
: 1c+2c+3c+4c Promenade
57–
: Parallel Reels4 on own side, 2c passing 3c Rsh at the end

E-cribs

Longwise Eightsome Reel 4/4L · M64

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Strathspey

1-8
: All dance Grand Chain
9-16
: All circle 8H round & back
17-24
: 1s+2s also 3s+4s circle 4H round & back
25-32
: 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RH across 1/2 way & dance 1/2 R&L back to places

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Reel

1-8
: All cross RH & cross back RH
9-16
: 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance All Round Poussette
17-24
: All Promenade
25-32
: All dance reels of 4 on sides

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