Table of Contents

A

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The American Husband		Pat Shaw 1977	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Aviator		Carola Fischer 2011		Triple Minor

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Buzzards Bay		Pat Shaw ~1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cacao		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2017		Triple Minor
Chased Lovers		Tim Wilson 2015		Triple Minor

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Dancing Master		John Drewry 1989		J4×96 Square
Dandelion in the Green		Jenna Simpson 2024		Duple Minor

E

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Eileen Watt's Reel		John Wilkinson 2005		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ferla Mor		John Drewry 1981		Triple Minor

G

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Gambols		Jenna Simpson 2014	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142
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
Her Man		Pat Shaw 1977	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

I

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
In Mr. McGregor's Garden		Audrey Ramsay Prest 2016		Triple Minor
The Intruders		Jeff Altman 2015		Triple Minor

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
Movement Afoot		Alan Winston 2018		Duple Minor
Mulberry Lane		Jenna Simpson 2020		Duple Minor

O

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Orca ~ SCD		Barry Skelton 1994		Triple 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
Play On		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 2018		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

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Reflections		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2009		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Rock the Boat		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2009		Triple Minor

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sally by the Pond		Brooke Friendly/Chris Sackett 2008		Duple Minor
Scott Meikle		Alice McLean ~2004		4 Couple Longways permutation: 2341

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Thank You Patricia		Deb Lees ~2025		Triple Minor
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day		Victor Skowronski 2006		Duple Minor
Top & Bottom Top & Bottom ~ Beer Johnson ~1733 Jenny Beer 2000 Colin Hume Duple Minor
Travelers		Chris Sackett/Brooke Friendly 2011		Duple Minor

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

Also known as: Shadow Hey, Shetland Hey.

An online definition may be found here.

Bars: 8.

The Fletts give several different versions of Shetland Reels, I'm only showing one. In all the 3 couple reels, each couple acts as a unit with the woman leading her partner. They follow the normal figure eight pattern of three person reels, except that each unit in the dance is a woman followed by her man.

History

The Fletts, in their Traditional Dancing in Scotland, 1964, say that this Shetland Reel seems to have been current as far back as living memory extends in the Sandwick and Cunningsburgh districts, which would be about the 1880s?.

Pat Shaw devised a few dances containing Shetland Reels in 1977 (see The American Husband).

John Drewry is the first I know of who only had one couple in tandem during the reels, see his dance Ferla Mor, 1981

See Also

• Reel
• Reel of Three
• Dolphin Reel

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