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D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Dandelion in the Green		Jenna Simpson 2024		Duple Minor

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Golden Dolphins		Sue Carter 2005	Colin Hume	5 Couple Longways permutation: 24153
Grunion Run Grunion Run George Williams 2026 Triple Minor Grunion Run ~ 4 Couple George Williams 2026 4 Couple Longways Grunion Run ~ Triple/Triple George Williams 2026 Triple Minor

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Halsway Manners		Mary Devlin 2001	Frank Hoppe	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

J

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jacqui's Dolphin Yey		Seth Tepfer 2018	Bonnie Insull and Susan McNeill	Becket

K

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Kevin's Celebration Waltz		Colin Hume 2018	Colin Hume	5 Couple Longways permutation: 25413

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Melanie's Maggot		Bob Lilley 2007		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Mirror Test		George Williams 2019		Four Face Four
Movement Afoot		Alan Winston 2018		Duple Minor

O

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Orca ~ ECD		Barry Skelton 1994 Ron Coxal 2005	Goldcrest	Duple Minor
Orcas Rising		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 2006		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Pelorus Jack		Barry Skelton 1993		Triple Minor
Play On		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 2018		Duple Minor
The Potter's Wheel		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 2009		Duple Minor
Pour Me Another		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2017		Duple Minor

Q

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
A Quick Romp in the Hey		Gary Roodman 2003	Cilantrio (Karen Axelrod, Peter Barnes, and Mary Lea)	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sapphire Sea		Christine Robb 2015	Bonnie Insull and Susan McNeill	Duple Minor

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Travelers		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 2011		Duple Minor

U

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Under the Influence		Jenna Simpson 2013		4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Wink		Renée Camus 2022		Duple Minor

Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.

Tandem Reel Switching Leads

Also known as: Dolphin Hey, Dolphin Reel.

Bars: 8.

In a dolphin reel two people act as one unit of the reel, they move across the set together, one behind the other, and when at the end of they reel they switch leads. In the example at left the first couple forms one unit with the woman in front, they pass the second woman by the right shoulder and turn around in such a way that the man is now in front, they go back across the set passing the second man by the right, second woman by the left, turn around at the bottom so that the woman is again in the lead and pass the second man by the left.

History

As far as I know the origin of the term "Dolphin Reel", and the first dance to use the figure are the same: Pelorus Jack, 1993. Pelorus Jack was a dolphin from New Zealand who liked to guide ships.

See Also

• Reel
• Reel of Three
• Tandem Reel

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