Dance Round Reel of Eight 5713

Reel · 88 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by

Unknown

Intensity

4444 4444 8888 8888 8080 8080 0808 0808 4444 4444 8888 = 63% (whole dance)

Formations

Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
Promenade single couple(s) (PROM;1C;)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

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

Published in

Book 27 [7]
Scottish Country Dances Books 25 to 30 (Combined A5 edition) [31]
Pocket: Books 25,26,27 [31]
Six Scottish Dances (YSDA 1) [4]
Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [43]
A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [43]
Dance Scottish, A resource for teaching SCD in schools [6]
An Introduction to Scottish Country Dancing [10]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [10]
Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [31]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [467] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [626] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [572] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [548] (diagram only)

Online Sources

http://www.highlandmistdancers.org/HM3goldenoldies.html#round

Recommended Music

Mrs Anderson's Reel (Robert Mackintosh)

“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Round Reel Of Eight	Olympians Scottish Dance Band	Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 2	CD	1	R88	1:40	36.4
Round Reel Of Eight	Olympians Scottish Dance Band	Music for Fifteen Dances	MC	8	R88	1:40	36.4
Round Reel Of Eight	Olympians Scottish Dance Band	Book 27. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances	LP+	7	R88	1:40	36.4
The Round Reel of Eight	Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band	Let's Dance Again...	MC	9	R88	1:44	37.8
Round Reel of Eight	Ian Holmes and his Band	To Dance To	LP	3	R88	0:00	0.0
Round Reel of Eight	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead	LP	5	R88	0:00	0.0
Round Reel of Eight	The Thistle Band	On Stage With..., Volume 3	LP+	7	R88	0:00	0.0
Round Reel of Eight	The Muriel Johnstone Trio	Dancing Live	CD	9	R88	1:43	37.5
Round Reel of Eight	The Scotsmen	Two More Couples Please	LP	7	R88	0:00	0.0
Round Reel of Eight	Scottish Weekend Ensemble	More Memories of Scottish Weekend	CD	9	R88	1:52	40.7
Round Reel of Eight	Marian Anderson and her Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 12	CD	4	R88	1:44	37.8
Round Reel of Eight	Frank Thomson and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 27. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances	CD	7	R88 1	1:45	38.2
Round Reel of Eight	Frank Thomson and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 27. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances	CD	13	R88 1	1:45	38.2
The Round Reel of Eight	Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band	Take Your Partners For Vol 4	CD	7	R88 1	1:45	38.2
Round Reel of Eight	Jim MacLeod and his Band	Simply the Best Scottish Country Dance Album	CD	17	R88 1	1:45	38.2
Round Reel of Eight	The White Cockade Scottish Country Dance Band	The White Cockade	MC	7	R88	1:38	35.6
Round Reel of Eight	Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band	Bow and Curtsy	LP+	11	R88	1:36	34.9
Round Reel of Eight	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	The Kirrie Lads	CD+	15	R88	1:42	37.1
Round Reel of Eight	Reel Tradition	Happy We've Been A' Thegither	LP+	6	R88	1:36	34.9

Round Reel of Eight 4S · R88

1–: All W cast by the R and round the set to places
9–: All M cast by the L and round the set to places
17–: G-Chain halfway round {6} | all set to P
25–: Continue G-Chain to places {6} | all set to P
33–: 1c & 3c change places, 1c passing inside {3}, repeat back to places, 3c passing inside {3} | 1c+3c turn RH 1¼ into Allemande hold
41–: 1c+3c (passing Lsh) Promenade cclw round inside of set to places
49–64: 2c+4c repeat [33–48] (2c pass inside first)
65–: 1c+3c half R&L ; 2c+4c half R&L
73–: Repeat [65–72] (to 1,2,3,4)
81–: All Circle8 and back

E-cribs

Round Reel of Eight 4S · R88

1-16: All Ladies cast & dance clockwise round outside of set back to place, Men repeat Fig but cast & dance anticlockwise round set
17-32: All dance Grand Chain 1/2 way (6 bars) & set to partner, continue Chain back to place (6 bars) & set to partner
33-40: 1s+3s change places, 1s dancing between 3s (3 bars), repeat back to places, 3s dancing between 1s, 1s+3s turn RH into Allemande hold
41-48: 1s+3s dance round inside of set anticlockwise in Allemande hold
49-64: 2s+4s repeat Fig bars 33-48 with 2s dancing between 4s to start
65-88: 1s+3s dance 1/2 R&L, 2s+4s dance 1/2 R&L, repeat back to places, all circle 8H round & back

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