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L. Friedman-Shedlov

L. Friedman-Shedlov

Re: Celtic Reels

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


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