Dance The Blackwater Reel 9562

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Alan Davis (1997)

Intensity

888 888 888 888 = 100% (1 turn), 75% (whole dance)

Formations

Half-turn and cast away (HTCAST)
Chase (CHASE)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
Hands across - 3 - chng-ends (HX;3P;CHNG;)
Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Book 41, The Millennium Dances [9]
Scottish Country Dances Books 39 to 44 (Combined A5 edition) [28]
Pocket: Books 39,40,41 [28]
The Blackwater Collection of SCD [7]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [50] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [57] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Miss Alison O'Connor (D R Cunningham)

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). 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	Pace
The Blackwater Reel	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 41. The Millennium Dances	CD	9	R32 8	4:39	34.9
The Blackwater Reel	The Craigellachie Band	The Blackwater Collection	CD	9	R32 8	4:39	34.9
On the Edge of the Sand	Peter Elmes' Scottish Country Dance Band	Live at Opotiki, Music for a Whale of a Time	CD	11	R32 8	4:53	36.6

The Blackwater Reel 3/4L · R32

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1–
: 1c+2c+3c ½ RH turn | twirl R to opposite place ; chase clw half round (3,2,1)
9–
: 3c+2c ½ R&L **while**{4} 1c cross RH and set ; 3c+1c ½ R&L **while**{4} 2c cross RH and set (to 2,1,3)
17–
: Teapots R (pass Rsh) ; Teapots L, 2c+3c finish facing out
25–
: Mirror Reels3 on the sides, joining hands where possible, 1c starts in and up

E-cribs

The Blackwater Reel 3/4L · R32

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1-8
: 1s+2s+3s 1/2 turn partners RH & twirl right to dance out to opposite
  sides, 1s+2s+3s chase 1/2 way round to own sides
9-16
: 3s+2s (top 2 couples) dance 1/2 R&L as 1s cross RH & set, 3s+1s dance
  1/2 R&L as 2s cross RH & set
17-24
: 1s dance RH across (Man with 3s & Lady with 2s), 1s Pass RSh & dance LH
  across with other couple
25-32
: 2s+1s+3s dance reflection reels of 3 on sides (1s dance in & up to
  start)

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Keith Rose's Diagrams

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