Another Reel of Six ~ Wilson#2

Another Reel of Six ~ Wilson#2 is an old Scottish Country Dance. It was devised by Thomas Wilson in 1820 and published in The Complete System of English Country Dancing. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2025. It is a 3 Couple Longways dance with the 1s, 3s improper. The minor set lasts 32 bars.

This is one of Thomas Wilson's "New Reels" (which means he devised them). For the threesome, foursome and fivesome reels he also provides a traditional version, but he does not do so for the reel of six.

Wilson published one reel of six in 1808, in 1820 he republished the first, and provided a second. Wilson writes:

Another Reel of six.

To be danced by three Ladies and three Gentlemen.

The Gentleman at B moves in the direction b, heys with the Lady and Gentleman at g h, and fall in at b (between them); at the same time the Lady at A moves in the direction d and heys with the Gentlman and Lady at e f and falls in at c (between them).

The Lady at c moves in the direction a, heys with the Gentlemen at g e, and falls into her former situation at A; while the Gentleman at b moves in the line d, heys with the Ladies at h f, and falls in at his former situation at B; the Lady at A sets alternately to the two Gentlemen, and the Gentleman at B to the Ladies, and the Chain-Figure six round, which finishes the Reel.

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
An online description of the dance may be found here.

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A1	1-8	Center two dancers pass 2nd corner right, reel of three at ends, center dancer finishing between the other two
A2	1-8	Center dancers pass 4th corner left, reel of three on the sides, everyone ends home
B1	1-8	All set, center dancers alternating between setting to the two dancers beside them
B2	1-8	Top couple face, others face neighbor, grand chain