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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Table of Contents

A D G H I

A

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
The AviatorCarola Fischer 2011
no musicTriple Minor

D

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
Dandelion in the GreenJenna Simpson 2024
no musicDuple Minor

G

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
Grunion Run
Grunion Run ~ 4 CoupleGeorge Williams 2026
no music4 Couple Longways
Grunion Run ~ Triple/TripleGeorge Williams 2026
no musicTriple Minor

H

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
Halsway MannersMary Devlin 2001
Frank Hoppe3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

I

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter		Music
Performers		Formation
In Mr. McGregor's GardenAudrey Ramsay Prest 2016
no musicTriple Minor
The IntrudersJeff Altman 2015
no musicTriple Minor
Number
of dances		Number
of versions		Number
with music
671

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.

Tandem Reel

Also known as: Shadow Hey, Shetland Hey.

An online definition may be found here.

Bars: 8.

Shetland Reel Tandem Diagonal Reels The Fletts give several different versions of Shetland Reels, I'm only showing one. In all the 3 couple reels, each couple acts as a unit with the woman leading her partner. They follow the normal figure eight pattern of three person reels, except that each unit in the dance is a woman followed by her man.

History

The Fletts, in their Traditional Dancing in Scotland, 1964, say that this Shetland Reel seems to have been current as far back as living memory extends in the Sandwick and Cunningsburgh districts, which would be about the 1880s?.

Pat Shaw devised a few dances containing Shetland Reels in 1977 (see The American Husband).

John Drewry is the first I know of who only had one couple in tandem during the reels, see his dance Ferla Mor, 1981

See Also

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