The Midnight Cats

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

BarsFigures
1-41C cross and cast off two places to meet below 3C (2C step up on bars 3-4).
5-81C turn LH ~1 3/4, moving up the center of the set to face 1st corners.
9-161C turn corner partner corner partner, finishing in 2nd place on own sides.
17-201C set and turn RH 3/4 while 2C and 3C cross RH and set to partners.
21-241C repeat bars 17-20 to finish in 2nd place on opposite sides, facing out, while 2C and 3C change places on the sides and set.
25-321C cast to their right around 1st corner position, cross LH up and down the middle of the set, cast to their left around partner’s first corner position, and turn LH to face partner’s 1st corner position while 2C and 3C dance rights and lefts.
33-401C dance a half diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners, pass each other right shoulders, and dance a half diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners, finishing in 2nd place on own sides.

Devised by Niles Roberts. Published in 1995 by the RSCDS Twin Cities Branch in 20 Years 20 Dances.