AADS Reel

By Philippe Callens
Composed August 20, 1991

SourcePhillippe Callens, "From a Belgian Yankee Caller"
Levelmed (assigned by the editor)
TypeContra
FormationImproper
A1(8) Neighbors dosido
(8) Neighbors pass right shoulders, next neighbors allemande left, end facing original neighbor
A2(4) Original foursome make a ring and balance
(4) Circle left 1/2
(8) Partners swing (in the center)
B1(16) Neighbors balance and swing
B2(8) Ladies chain across
(6) Circle left 3/4
(2) Pass through along the line

Author's Notes:
This dance is not suitable for crowded conditions.
I wrote this dance on September 20, 1991. The name was modeled after CDS Reel, a contra dance by Ted Sannella (appears in Ted Sannella, "Swing the Next"). I founded the Anglo-American Dance Service (AADS) in the fall of 1990 together with Frieda Van Vlaenderen and Luc Blancke. The AADS is a Belgian country dance society that promotes folk dancing from the British Isles and America.

This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 6/4/2000; edited by Russell Owen