Feb. 3, 2006, 3:41 p.m. (Message 44107, in reply to message 44070)
I wasn't aware that this is a standard name for a formation, but I assume it refers to the reels in Barry Skelton's Dance "Celtic Reel." It's a reel of 4 where the axis rotates 1/4 every two bars (not to be confused with the reels in Belhaven, which also rotate, but in a different way). I don't believe I've encountered this formation in any other dance so far. It is kind of the signature figure of the dance Celtic Reel (it takes 16 bars, so it is half the dance), so putting it in another dance would be kind of pointless, unless maybe it were a longer dance or medley. It would be kind of like taking the rights and lefts figure in Trip to Bavaria (I call that one "four couple rights and lefts) and putting that into another dance. To a large degree, the formation *is* the dance. Lara Friedman-Shedlov Minneapolis, Minnesota ******************************** Lara Friedman~Shedlov "Librarians -- Like Google, but xxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx warm-blooded" ********************************