Table of Contents

A

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Anniversary - Thompson		Ella Thompson 2016		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Banjo in a Bear Suit		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2010		Square
Bea's Delight		May MacFarlane 2003		Triple Minor
The Beggar Boy		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cheerily and Merrily ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		4 Couple Longways
Chestnut		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways
The Chocolate Equation		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2009	Frank Hoppe	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Cranberry Tart		Terry Glasspool 1999		Triple Minor
Culla Bay		Ann Dix 2000		Square permutation: 4123
Currie Mountain		Mary Pugh 1984		Triple Minor

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Darlington Dancer		John Brenchley 2020		4 Couple Longways
Dove's Figary		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways
Doway		John Young 1718 Bernard Bentley 1962		Triple Minor
The Dream Catcher		Eileen Orr 2001		Square
Dumbarton Drums ~ RSCDS		Thomas Wilson 1816 RSCDS 1929		Triple Minor

E

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
El Camino Real		Robb Quint ~2016		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Farewell to Auchterarder Farewell to Auchterarder Bill Hamilton 1967 6 Couple Circle permutation: 561234 Farewell to Auchterarder Bill Hamilton 1967 Square
Father's Day		Gary Roodman 2000	Cilantrio	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
The Four Branches		Bill Hartung ~2016		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Glengarry Homestead		John Brenchley 1995		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
Green Grow the Rashes Green Grow the Rashes ~ RSCDS Walsh ~1740 RSCDS 1938 Triple Minor

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty		Bob Messner ~2026		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Hilliar and Brook ~ 2		Fried de Metz Herman 1991		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

I

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder Bill Hamilton 1967 Square Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder ~ 2 Couple Bill Hamilton 1967 Square Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder ~ Hex Bill Hamilton 1967 6 Couple Circle permutation: 561234
Ivy & a Rose		Jenny Beer 2015		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

J

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Green Grow the Rashes Green Grow the Rashes ~ RSCDS Walsh ~1740 RSCDS 1938 Triple Minor

K

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Kathy's Fascinator Kathy's Fascinator Lydia Hedge 2020 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 Kathy's Fascinator ~ Alternate Lydia Hedge 2020 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

L

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Miss Mary Douglas Miss Mary Douglas ~ RSCDS Thomas Wilson 1816 RSCDS 1935 Triple Minor
Larkin Grace		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 2005		Square permutation: 4123
Lofted Debris		Lisa Guest 2025		Triple Minor
Lord Howe's Jig Lord Howe's Jig ~ Apted Thompson 1777 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Triple Minor Lord Howe's Jig ~ Bolton Thompson 1777 Charles Bolton 2003 Triple Minor

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
MacDonald of Keppoch		Chris Ronald 2015		Square permutation: 4123
Maiden Lane		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp (mod) 1912 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Meander		Mary Devlin 2008	Susan McNeil, Robert Winokur and Lawrence Wallin	4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
The Meeting of the Waters		Iain Boyd 1969		Triple Minor
Miss Mary Douglas Miss Mary Douglas ~ RSCDS Thomas Wilson 1816 RSCDS 1935 Triple Minor
Mr. Chopin's Waltz		Gary Roodman 2009	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mr. Webb's Fancy ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		4 Couple Longways
My Mother's Coming In		Thomas Wilson ~1814 RSCDS 1949		Triple Minor

N

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
A New and Awful Dignity		Gary Roodman 2012		Triple Minor

O

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Old World and the New		Colin Hume 1992	Colin Hume	Square

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Pat π's Jig		Harry Khamis ~2022		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Phoenix		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways
The Provost Wynd		Roy Goldring ~1990		Triple Minor

Q

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Question is Weather to Dance or Not		Lisa Guest 2025		Triple Minor

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Rakish Highlandman ~ RSCDS		Thomas Wilson 1816 RSCDS 1957		Triple Minor
Reflections		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2009		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Ringing the Changes		Colin Hume 1992	Bare Necessities	Square
Round O		Henry Playford 1703 Cecil Sharp 1922		Triple Minor
The Royal Road		Robb Quint ~2016		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Rumpus ~ 4 Couple		Bob Lilley 1995		4 Couple Longways permutation: 4123

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
St. Martin's Strathspey		Roy Goldring 1996		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341
Standard Conclusions		Brooke Friendly 2002		4 Couple Longways
Sunday in the Park		Deanna St. Amand 1995		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Tempest Jig		Gary Roodman 2018		3 Couple Longways

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Wiesler's Romp		Gary Roodman 2020		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
Willie with his Tartan Trews ~ RSCDS		Johnson 1750 RSCDS 1947		Triple Minor

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
50	54	10

Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.

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Parallel Reels

Also known as: Parallel Heys.

Bars: 8 bars for a full straight reel with 3 or 4 dancers.

Parallel reels are usually done with three people on each side of the set. The men's line and the women's line will do the same moves in parallel, the reels start by having the top two couples pass each other by the right (sometimes left) shoulders.

History

In Cheerily and Merrily, 1651, Playford may be calling for parallel heys, or he might mean mirror heys:

Men the S. Hey, while the we. do as much

In Adson's Saraband (from the same edition) he is very careful about spelling out exactly how the mirror hey is done. But here he is much briefer. My guess (and Cecil Sharp's) is that both men and women should do a right shoulder (single) right shoulder hey on the sides, but Charles Bolton thought differently (and uses mirror heys).

The (R)SCDS first uses parallel reels in Book 5 (1929) in Dunbarton Drums. However the term "parallel reels" isn't used until Book 19 (1957) for the dance Rakish Highlandman.

See Also

• Reel
• Mirror Reel

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