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--- ins_virginia_reel [2019/04/25 23:05]
nashjc
+++ ins_virginia_reel [2023/10/15 02:55] (current)
mar4uscha
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-   Lines forward and back, that again.
+  Lines forward and back, that again.
-   All turn partner RH; then LH (once round each)
+  All turn partner RH; then LH (once round each)
-   All turn partner both hands.
+  All turn partner both hands.
-   All dos a dos.
+  All dos a dos.
-   C1 down the middle and back
+  C1 down the middle and back
    Strip the willow:
       C1 turn R elbow, next opposite gender L elbow
-      then partner R, next L and so on to bottom.
+      then partner R, next L and so on to bottom.
-   C1 gallop back to top, Cast to bottom others follow.
+   C1 gallop back to top, Cast to bottom others follow.
    C1 make arch for others to go under. Start over.</code>
+Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnLEnf-6S_U
+The Virginia Reel was the most popular dance amongst the Mormon pioneers who came across the plains to Utah\\
+Dance found in Wilson, 1816, and there is no definitive description. This is, as best I can recall, the dance I grew up with. It is a proper longways set "for as many as will", though the best number seems to be between 4 and 8 couples. This video shows a 5 couple set.

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