Great Big Sea

by Sue McKinnell

8x32 Reel for 3C

Bars

1-8

1C cast and cross RH at 2^nd place; 2C step up on bars 1-2. 1C cast behind 3C and lead up the center of the dance on opposite sides.

9-16

1C dance RH across with 2C, then LH across with 3C, ending facing 1^st corners.

17-24

1C dance hello-goodbye setting with corners, on bars 23-24, 1C turn over RS to end facing out the ends of the set, 1W down and 1M up.

25-32

1C cast right and dance into the set through 2^nd place on opposite sides, then turn RH to 2^nd place on own sides.

Repeat.

Suggested music is Aileen's Reel from Dance to the Pipes.

I attended a Celtic concert at Ravinia with a group of Scottish Country Dancers and on the program was a group called Great Big Sea that played toe-tapping tunes. I wrote this dance while listening to them play.

08/01