strathspey@strathspey.org:45704

James Tween

Re: dolphin reels revisited

July 1, 2006, 12:02 a.m. (Message 45704, in reply to message 45703)

I've only read Dancing Dolphins in Minicrib, but why aren't the reels of 
three in bars 9-24 like the reels in Pelorus Jack?  I know the PJ reels are 
diagonal and only half reels, and they begin with the man leading, but the 
DD reels appear to have essentially the same type of movement as PJ reels --  
DD seems to have reels of three (on the sides) with 1C dancing as one unit, 
changing the leader at each end.  As I say, I've only got a secondary 
source, but it just looks to me like PJ-type reels but done on the sides 
rather than the diagonal, and full reels rather than halves.

- James -
Preston, UK