Just a Dozen 6x40 R
JUST A DOZEN
40-bar reel for two 3-couple sets, side by side
| 1-4 | 1st couple in both sets, lead down (right hands) to cross below 3rd couple, cast up to 2nd place on opposite sides. |
| 5-8 | 1st couples, 1st woman with 3rd couple, 1st man with 2nd couple, dance right hands across. Finish facing 3rd corners. |
| 9-16 | 1st couples half reel of four with 3rd corners, pass right shoulders, then half reel of four with 4th corners. 1st couples again pass right shoulders, to finish facing inwards in 2nd place on opposite sides. |
| 17-24 | 1st couples from the two sets dance full reel of four across the sets. Meanwhile, 3rd and 2nd couples set to partner, turn right hand with partners right round, and dance ½ reels of four across the sets.2nd and 3rd couples are now in the opposite set, in 3rd and 1st places, on own sides |
| 25-30 | 1st couples cross right hands with partner, then cast to their right (woman around 3rd woman, man around 2nd man) to dance in the top or bottom of the set. |
| 31-32 | Both 1st couples dance right hands across, half way round. |
| 33-34 | 1st couples retain right hands in the star, and join left hands with the dancers in the 'inside' lines of the two sets. 1st men will join with 2nd man or woman (in 3rd place), 1st women will join with 3rd man or woman (in 2nd place). These dancers all set. (Fig. 1) |
| 35-40 | All drop hands. In the left hand set (viewed from the top), 1st man followed by his partner dance down, across below 2nd couple (in 3rd place), cast up one place on the ladies side, and the man crosses to 2nd place on his own side. In the right hand set, 1st woman followed by her partner dance up, across above 3rd couple (in 1st place), cast off on the men's side, and the woman dances crosses to 2nd place on her own side. (Fig. 2). All finish in the opposite set, in order 3, 1, 2. |
| Repeat from new places. |
Suggested recorded music: Suggested Music: 'Red House Revisited', Vallin Suite 1, Track 1. (Neil Barron)
Devised by Jeffery Green (jeffery.green [at] wideband.net.au)