The Reel of the 51st Confusion
32-bar reel for three couples in a three-couple longwise set
1st couple set, cast off two places and lead up, finishing back to back
facing first corners. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4.
1st couple set to first corners and turn by the right halfway with them.
First corners give left hands in the middle and 1st couple and first
corners balance in line; first corners turn by the left three quarters to
end up back to back in the middle, facing second corners.
Repeat with first and second corners. On bars 23-24, second corners turn
by the left one quarter to opposite sides, finishing with 1st, 2nd and 3rd
women on opposite lines in 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions and 2nd, 3rd and 1st
men on opposite lines in 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions.
All dance six hands round and back.
Repeat from new positions.
Devised by Anne Lanvin, Corentin Lefèvre, Isabelle Herlant, Louise Baltera, Nicolas “Niols” Jeannerod and Victor Lanvin
on 8 August 2021.
This dance is a variation of one of the most popular Scottish country dances,
“The Reel of the 51st Division”.
Note: Remember the person that is at the left of your partner from your point of
view: First, third and fifth times, you will start dancing with your
partner on your original lines; Second, fourth and sixth times, you will
start dancing with that other person on the opposite lines.
Recommended music:
- The Sober Piper, by Anne Lanvin
- The Drunken Piper, by Alexander McLeod [SCDDB]