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The Polygamous Reel
Reel, 48 bars
For one man and two women; in sets of five people
| 1-4
| All three set, then second woman dances up to first man's place
while first man and first woman turn by the left once and a half times to
end with first man in first woman's place and first woman in second woman's
place.
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| 5-8
| All three set, then first woman dances up to first man's place
while second woman and first man turn by the left once and a half times to
end with second woman in first woman's place and first man in second woman's
place.
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| 9-12
| All three set, then first man dances up to first man's place
while first woman and second woman turn by the left once and a half times to
end with first woman in first woman's place and second woman in second
woman's place.
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| 13-16
| All three set, then second woman dances up to first man's
place while first man and first woman turn by the left once and a half times
to end with first man in first woman's place and first woman in second
woman's place.
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| 17-24
| First man and second woman dance down the middle and up, casting to
second place, first man finishing behind first woman.
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| 25-32
| Left shoulder reel for three across the dance.
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| 33-36
| First woman dances up, behind, and around her partner.
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| 37-40
| First woman followed by first man dances up, behind, and
around second woman. First couple ends in progressed places on their own
sides.
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| 41-43
| All dance left hands across halfway. First couple crosses by the right.
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| 44-48
| First and second woman turn once and a half by the left.
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Notes
2nd man steps up on odd-numbered interations of the dance and down on
even-numbered iterations. As in normal Scottish dances, one a woman has
danced the dance twice through, she needs to step to the bottom to allow the
lower-most woman into the dance.
This is not the first of the Odd Dances. The first was the Boston Reel,
written in Boston, MA during the CFP (Computer Freedom and Privacy)
conference in the spring of 1996. Unfortunately I have misplaced it.
In this dance, the man dances equally with the women and, indeed, there
is no concept of "partner" -- he is partnered with both women and dances
with both of them.
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