Eightsome Reel

Difficulty: **

Music Bars	Instructions
1 - 8​	Eight hands round and back to original  places.
9 - 12	Still holding partners, ladies give right hands and all dance round                  clockwise. Each  couple  turn.
13 - 16	Men give left hands and all dance-round  anti-clockwise.
17 - 20	Set twice to partners, then turn partners round with two hands. Finish facing partner's original places.
21 - 38	Grand chain  ( i.e. dance  round  the set giving right  hands to partner to begin, then alternate  hands until all are back to original  place).

Middle Dance

Music Bars	Instructions
1 - 8​	1st lady into the centre of the dance, seven hands round and back
9 - 16	1st lady sets to and turns partner  with two hands. then sets to and turn 3rd man  (opposite) with two hands.
17 - 24	1st lady. 1st and 3rd men dance reel of three.  1st lady beginning by giving left shoulder to 1st man.
25 - 32	​1st lady remains in centre;  repeat bars 1-8
33 - 48	1st lady repeats bars 9-24 with 2nd and 4th  men. At the end of the reel                  1st lady returns to place and 2nd lady into centre.

​Repeat seven times with 2nd 3rd and 4th ladies and all men each having their turn in the centre. Then repeat the introduction dance