Emily’s Reel

32-bar reel for 3 couples in a 4-couple longwise set

BarsFigures
1-81C set, turn BH once around, and cast down one place (2C step up on bars 5-6). All three couples set.
9-16Left-shoulder reels of three across the set, 1W with 2C, 1M with 3C. 1C finish facing first corners.
17-241C dance a half diagonal reel of four with first corners, pass each other by left-shoulder, and dance a half diagonal reel of four with second corners. 1C finish in 2nd place on opposite sides.
25-281C cross RH and cast to the right around the corner person to finish between the ends, facing partner up and down. Meanwhile 3C and 2C set and cross RH.
29-321C cross RH up and down the set and cast to the right around the corner person to finish on own sides in 2nd place. Meanwhile 3C and 2C set facing up and down and change places RH on the sides.

Devised by Kate Kok [now Kate Southwick] for Emily Foreman, who married Steve Rosenmeier and moved from Minneapolis to the island of Samso, off Jutland. Published in 1995 by the RSCDS Twin Cities Branch in 20 Years 20 Dances. NOTE: The original dance was originally printed with an error in bars 25-28, which has been corrected in this online version.