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Beginner dances WHILE WE WERE WAITING Reel · 32 bars · 3 persons · Triangular (Progression: 312) Devised byHolly Boyd (2012) For a three person triangular set (1p, 2p, 3p) 1–8 1p+2p+3p Reel3, 1p starts RSh to 3p & ends above 2p & 3p facing down 9–16 Inverting double triangles, 1p taking hands wi...

Beginner dances The Bleecker Reel 40 bar Reel for 3 Dancers in a Triangular Set, devised by Sue Trapp, 2016. Dancers are numbered anticlockwise from the top: dancer 1 at the top, etc 1-8 Top dancer (1) turns dancer 2 (“1st corner”) RH then dancer 3 (“2nd corner”) LH & finish facing dancer 2 9-1...

Beginner dances KENDALL’S HORNPIPE (J8x32) 2C (4C set) Book of Graded SCDs 1- 8 1s+2s dance R&L 9-16 1s lead down for 3, up for 3, cross over and cast down to 2nd place 17-24 2s+1s dance Ladies’ Chain 25-32 2s+1s advance and retire, 1s turn RH 1½ times MRS NONA CRAIG (R4x32) Circle Dance Ruary La...

Started a bit later due to the church’s pancake supper, but still got through a good number of dances! Beginner dances THE MONTGOMERIES’ RANT (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Castle Menzies RSCDS Book 10 1- 8 1s cross RH and cast down to 2nd place (2s step up), cross LH and 1L casts up while 1M casts down 9-1...

Beginner dances ALISON’S ROUND REEL (R32) Round The Room Alex Gray Tweeddale Collection 2 3 dancers in triangular formation – 1st dancer facing clockwise to 2nd and 3rd (numbered clockwise) 1- 8 All dance RH across and LH back 9-16 1 turns 3 RH and turns 2 LH 17-24 All dance reel of 3 (1 gives RSh...