A Taste of the Past

by Sue McKinnell

8X32 Reel for 3C

Bars

1-8

1C slip down behind own lines and back up to places. To begin, 1W step back on right foot and 1M step back on left foot.

9-16

1W dance forward, then pull back right shoulder and cast behind 2W and across the set to 2^nd place on opposite side. 1M follow partner to end in 2^nd place on opposite side. 2C step up on bars 3-4. 2C and 1C RH across.

17-24

2C and 1C dance ladies’ chain.

25-32

1C cross down between 3C and cast up to 2nd place on own sides. 1C and 3C dance LH across.

Repeat.

Suggested music is Long Pond Reel from Terpsichore with Elke Baker and Liz Donaldson.

This dance was inspired by a thread on the Strathspey server about differences in ways of dancing down the outside and back at different periods of dance.

07/08