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ALL IN

32-bar Reel for 4 couples in a square set

1-8	All circle left and right
9-24	All dance Schiehallion Reels (ladies cast into their partners position to begin)
25-28	All set twice to your partner
29-32	All birl one place to the right (use elbow grip)

Do not get too carried away - you need to be ready to go straight into the circle.

Devised by Martin Campbell-Colquhoun (martincc [at] bigpond.net.au), Adelaide, Australia. Originally published in the Piping Shrike, Adelaide Branch RSCDS.

The dance is called "All In" as it is a term often heard in SCD and also as everyone is dancing non stop, and finally because some of the less agile dancers are 'all in' when it finishes.

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CONTRA TEMP REEL

48-bar reel for 2-couples in a 4-couple set

1-8	The dance begins with the first couples crossing down between the second couples in a full figure of eight movement. The second couples stand still.
9-12	All couples back to back (do-si-do) by the right shoulder.
13-16	All couples full right hand turn.
17-24	The second couples now cross up between the first couples in a full figure 8 movement.
25-28	All back to back (do-si-do) by the left shoulder.
29-32	All couples full left hand turn.
33-36	In your groups of four, right hand star once around.
37-40	Take left hands and star a full turn until you are back to place.
41-48	First man and his lady cross over , skip to bottom and swing, meanwhile all other dancers step up one place then swing

The dance starts again with the new top couple being a couple one and every other couple is also a first couple.

Music: 48-bar reel, medium pace

Devised by Martin Colquhoun (martincc [at] bigpond.net.au), 10/02/2001 , Adelaide, Australia

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THE RUG BEATER

32-bar Reel for 3 couples in a 4-couple longwise set

	1-8	1s dance down the middle for 4 and up for 4, ending at the top in the middle of the set, facing up. (2s step up on bars 3-4 and face down)
	9-10	1st man turns 2nd man (LH) ¾ way round to end in second place WHILE 1st woman turns 2nd woman (RH) ¾ way round to end in second place.
	11-12	1st man turns 3rd man (RH) WHILE 1st woman turns 3rd woman (LH), 1s finish in 2nd place own sides.
	13-16	2s, 1s and 3s advance for 2 and retire for 2.
	17-24	All three couples set, cross (RH). All three couples chase ½ way round, clockwise
	25-32	All three couples set, cross (LH). All three couples chase ½ way round anti-clockwise.
		Repeat having passed a couple.

Music: Suitable Music: Scottish in Salem #3 (Reel Set - Caberfei)

Note: The link between the name and the actual dance, the pattern that is described on the floor when the first 12 bars are danced, is the shape of the old-fashioned wood-and-reed (or some other flexible woody material) rug beaters, with its long handle and lobed head. The rest is the swaying of the rug on the line, the beating of the rug, and the ensuing swirling dust

Devised by Sue Kashanski ( skashanski [at] ns.sympatico.ca), Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

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THE WHIRLWIND

32 bar reel for 2 couples

1-4	First cpl cross with right hands and cast to second place. 2s move up on 3 &4, turning to face out as they do so.
5-8	Cpls 1 & 2 double half figure of eight.
9-12	Cpls 1 & 2 turn on the sides 1&1/2 times, 1st man and 2nd lady left hands, 1st lady and 2nd man right hands
13-14	2nd couple cross over
15-16	Both couples set
17-24	Quick Time Tourbillion. Moving as for strathspey version, but turning by right hand, retaining partner's right hand throughout, and facing partners to set: 17-18 Both cpls turn by right hand, finish facing partners on the side, rt. hands joined, 1st man in 2nd lady's place, 2nd lady in 1st man's place. 19-20 All set 21-22 both cpls turn by rt. Hands, finish facing partners across, rt. hands joined, 1st lady in 2nd man's place, 2nd man in 1st lady's place 23-24 All cross to own side
25-32	Lefts and rights, beginning changing places on sides giving left hands.
	Repeat from 2nd place.

Devised by Harry Ways (hways [at] ix.netcom.com) March 2005

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MIRI'S WEDDING

3 couple Reel in a 3-couple set

1-4	First and second couples set and link.
5-8	1st couple dance down between 3rd couple and cast up to 2nd place while 3rd couple set and cross right hand. Finish 1st couple facing up, 2nd facing down and 3rd across. Positions 2, 1, (3)
9-16	Dance Grand Chain for six but dance four places - i.e. take exactly two bars per hand. 3rd couple cross to start. Finish in positions (3), (2), (1)
17-24	Arches: 17 - 18 2nd and 1st couples change places, 2nd couple dancing under arch made by 1st couple. 19 - 20 3rd and 1st couples change places, 1st couple dancing under arch made by 3rd couple. 21 - 22 3rd and 2nd couples change places, 3rd couple dancing under arch made by 2nd couple. 23 - 24 All 3 couples give right hands to change places and stay in the centre, both hands joined.
25-32	1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance poussette to finish in order 2, 3, 1.
	Repeat from new places.

Music: Reel de mon Voisin. Suitable track is Fire in the Rye by the Music Makars on the album Jig For Joy.

Devised by Alan & Elke Paterson (alan.paterson [at] paranor.ch) to mark the occasion of the marriage of Mirjam Zbinden and Basil Binkert on 28.10.2006.

Notes:

* Bars 4-5 1st man should take care to complete the set-and-link before dancing in to meet his partner.
* Bars 8-9 3rd couple must be prepared to cross back again immediately after having crossed over.
* Bars 17-22 It is always the centre couple who goes under the arch.
* Bars 23-24 It may at first glance seem a bit of cafuffle to change from nearer hands to right hands to both hands in such a short time. But it works. Give it a go.
* Bars 25-32. Dancing Poussette with Mirjam is always a highlight, so this had to be the finish formation.

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