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James Tween

Re: Dolphin reels revisited

June 28, 2006, 6:37 p.m. (Message 45690, in reply to message 45680)

But there's no kind of bike where the back becomes the front every couple of 
bars, is there?
If I heard someone say "reels of three in tandem" or something, I'd go for 
the follow-the-leader option.  How does "dolphin" even suggest swapping 
over?
I guess technically, the dancing couple are each doing parallel reels of 
three on the same diagonal -- if the man begins in front, his reel is a 
couple of steps longer at the end where he becomes the back, and a couple of 
steps shorter when he becomes the front, and the lady's reel is similar but 
at opposite ends.  However, "1C dance a reel of three in parallel on the 
same axis" or something is stupidly daft.
Fun, fun, fun!

- James -
Preston, UK