40 bar reel for five couples in a square set.
For Graham Fleming for many years a teacher at Whangarei Club who likes to fit in
an extra dance if a few couples are still around at the end of an evening.
| 1-8 | Fifth couple set, turn with right hand for four bars, and set facing up while the supporting couples dance eight hands round and back. |
| 9-12 | Fifth, first and third couples dance parallel right shoulder half reels of three, fifth couple finish facing fourth couple, lady on man’s left. |
| 13-16 | Fifth, fourth and second couples dance parallel right shoulder half reels of three, fifth couple finish facing first couple (in third place), lady on man’s right. |
| 17-24 | Repeat back to original places. |
| 25-28 | Fifth and first couples set and dance half right hands across, first couple finish facing fourth couple. |
| 29-32 | First and fourth couples set and dance half right hands across, fourth couple finish facing third couple. |
| 33-36 | Fourth and third couples set and dance half right hands across, third couple finish facing second couple. |
| 36-40 | Third and second couples set and dance half right hands across, second couple finish facing in the centre ready to begin the new turn. |
Repeat in new positions
Suggested recorded music : "Lieutenant Shortland’s Reel", played by Robert Whitehead and the Danelaw Band on the CD "Strictly Scottish Volume 2".
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