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@SchuggiesCeilidhs 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic to hear Happy Hooligans of Wembley being played. Probably not the tunes' official name, but I was singing along. Great tutorial as well🎉

@humanharddrive1 7 ай бұрын

I wish I could take part in this

@humanharddrive1 7 ай бұрын

they really had fun in the middle sections, love that, i didn't know you could bust it down like that, we never had that at our classes

@KalebLettau 8 ай бұрын

I help run a dancing group and I was wondering what tune you dance to.

@LondonReels 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. This particular tune is the Eightsome Reel by the Cavendish Dance Band, on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/track/5l1NX0tqjLOzcxai8ykLc2?si=4682b3ec5e174715 Hope that helps!

@KalebLettau 8 ай бұрын

@@LondonReels Thank you!

@grovercarson3659 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the upload!!! Wow, you need to research S M Z E U S!!

@morrisminors9750 Жыл бұрын

Looks like you are all having a Merry Christmas already!

@keacoq Жыл бұрын

Good one. Merry Christmas

@ianwilson6417 Жыл бұрын

Unoordinated young kids, probably pissed, that don`t know exactly what tey are doing.

@dylanwright238 Жыл бұрын

Love this xx

@francisgoudie9199 Жыл бұрын

NY Scottish Ball tonight, had to stop in for a refresher. Thanks, London Reels!

@mariawildman1299 Жыл бұрын

As a Scottish Dancer I find this extraordinary! Its certainly nothing like the true Scottish dance.

@tedwina25 Жыл бұрын

I know! agreed.

@doubtingthomas3456 Жыл бұрын

Now that is fun xxx

@JennyB8158 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!

@davideos_4u Жыл бұрын

This is very good and I'll reference it when I revise my Scottish Reeling eBook.

@giadalascialfari798 Жыл бұрын

Omg! I've been waiting for this since dancing in Durham during my erasmus, I will spread these dances in Italy now! ❤

@frankdsouza2425 Жыл бұрын

Marvellous. Greetings from Koprivnice in the Czech Republic. ## My knowledge of a few moves made me "a hit" with the lovely lassies there, without any resentment from the lads.

@becky3983 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I needed this!

@frankdsouza2425 Жыл бұрын

Superb Instruction.

@juanmigueluy793 2 жыл бұрын

This is fun!

@lady.evenstar 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting how the couples are numbered going to the left instead of to the right. Also, HOW does set work?

@GuyDawson 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely to see so many young folks enjoying the dances and making them their own.

@jennybyers1705 2 жыл бұрын

It's obviously fun but they're all so intent on putting their own variations and twists onto their performance (which is what it is) that the symmetry and lovely simplicity of the dance is completely lost and it just looks a huge mess.

@richardpaxman8519 Жыл бұрын

Fair point, but of course they aren't doing it to create pleasing symmetrical patterns, they are doing it to have fun, and the spins and twirls that are added to 'Scottish Country Dancing' to make 'Reeling', are what make it more fun and attract younger people.

@AfonNoria 2 жыл бұрын

This is an interesting variation if you haven't enough people for another full set, so you can "distribute" those dancers to other sets. Thank you for that idea.

@johnduheaume6650 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining this dance so clearly, I have to call it next week when our classes start again. I thought the "Postie " was a postman, dancing on his rounds!

@astrothsknot 2 жыл бұрын

live your life like headband guy.

@soren5213 2 жыл бұрын

hvor kan få noderne til de melodier

@frankdsouza2425 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, but would it be any less good if the dancers went at it at one half of the speed, - or even lesser?

@amyrettke-grover6258 3 жыл бұрын

@daweshorizon 3 жыл бұрын

Speed the Plough? More like turbo-charge the plough! Nice dancing though! Love and peace.

@parisdrake8802 3 жыл бұрын

what does "set to your partner" mean? I've watched people do it multiple times and I still don't understand. Can someone explain how many steps and what you do exactly. Thank you!

@LondonReels 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Paris, you either set TO or set WITH your partner. This happens at some point in almost all of the popular 10 or so reels these days. Whilst facing your partner, you both take a step to YOUR right (so you both move apart) then back to YOUR left, then you clap and turn with crossed hands. There are multiple variations of the "set", some reelers start by just stepping to the right, others hop to the right, others do a full highland set. In more formal Royal Scottish Country Dance Society dances, the set can be a Pas de Basque shown here but this is definitely an optional extra! kzbin.info/www/bejne/laXNZ5yOetWEr80. One final thing to note - the set done in lines of 3 during Hamilton House is different because you hold hands with 2 others in a line and set right/left as a line. I've noticed when doing Hamilton House in Scotland, that the lines of 3 move forwards and backwards, rather than right and left. I prefer this but for whatever reason this doesn't happen much south of the border in that particular dance. Hope that helps! John C

@parisdrake8802 3 жыл бұрын

@@LondonReels This is all enormously helpful, thank you!

@jadakowers4727 3 жыл бұрын

What fun!

@jadakowers4727 3 жыл бұрын

Great Instructions!

@chelseaset8953 3 жыл бұрын

will this be on the programme for 21 sep, pls? my scottish reeling ebook says its less common than the other ones. author points out the rarer ones all appear alphabetically - machine without horses, mairis wedding, posties jig. is that true? it would be good to know which of the 11 dances in the book I should concentrate on beforehand. thx for your your videos

@1963salvator 3 жыл бұрын

Not the right way to do this dance ...

@chelseaset8953 3 жыл бұрын

I'm reading the Scottish Reeling eBook and its exactly described like this. the author does point out the differences with how scottish country dancers dance it though. maybe that's what you mean?

@1963salvator 3 жыл бұрын

@@chelseaset8953 the dance wasn't written like that - it originated in a Prisoner of War camp in Germany in the Second World War, where the 51st Division were incarnated. Apparently, the Gestapo on finding it spent much of the war trying to work out the "code". So I am saying it is not how it was written, nor how it was presented to the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - which is the way I dance it.

@1963salvator 3 жыл бұрын

sorry that should read "incarcerated" - my phone does not like that word it would seem.

@davideos_4u 3 жыл бұрын

@@1963salvator You're right about the origins where the dancers cast two places not one as in reeling, dance it in sets rather than Aberdonian style and balance-in-line rather than spinning. All of the reelers core eleven dances originate there. In fact, as I explain in my Scottish Reeling eBook, three are danced exactly the same - Machine Without Horses, Mairi's Wedding and Postie's Jig - and six others country dancers will easily recognise if they fancy giving reeling a try! It's only this one and the Inverness Country Dance (Speed the Plough) which as John explains on this video (00:23) have marked differences because they are danced Aberdonian.

@davideos_4u 3 жыл бұрын

@@1963salvator You may be interested/surprised that the RSCDS is in fact reviewing my eBook in the next edition of their member's magazine, Scottish Country Dancer (Oct, 2021)! Everyone else is welcome to review it themselves, of course! Links under this promo video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5Cyf2d6n7Cmeas

@chelseaset8953 3 жыл бұрын

thx! swotting up for this month's restart. ur gr8 videos mentioned in the ace Scottish Reeling ebook i found on Amazon. anyone else seen it?

@charliemaan5566 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant.. I love it…this is on my to do list!

@frankdsouza2425 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the brilliant work, John. You have a pretty fair idea of how hugely your dance sessions at Pont Street were enjoyed, by everyone who attended.

@bridgettecampbell1018 4 жыл бұрын

*I have seen Tamsin deliberately lose her partner who she has decided she didn’t like in the middle of an Eightsome reel. When the dance floor is full and dance partners are changing continuously it is the easiest thing in the world to lose one's partner, then the dance descends into full disarray and that is what Tamsin takes advantage of* *Her partner finding they are standing outside the toilets desperately searching for her while she has paired off with someone else* *I’ve even seen people wandering around the car park looking for her, or questioning people giving a brief description of her, like distinguishing marks,moles and stuff* *She is terrible like that. Four different partners during an Eightsome reel are too silly for words*

@RenaissanceEarCandy 3 жыл бұрын

Who's Tamsin?

@thomaskurth8335 4 жыл бұрын

A Triple minor

@edgware9 4 жыл бұрын

what they lack in style they have in uncontrolled abandon. I prefer to see a little more care from the males to their partners.

@davidthaler7018 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed...the stocky guy in the white shirt personifies "oaf."

@ppierrettevens 4 жыл бұрын

Que de danseurs 🙂

@marklesalle 4 жыл бұрын

Could you mentioned the names of the tunes, please. (I know that the last one is Mari's wedding tune).

@johnrussell5381 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@astrothsknot 5 жыл бұрын

definitely prefer clapping and stamping rather than the RSCDS more sedate style. A ceilidh is meant to be fun, not perfect

@chelseaset8953 3 жыл бұрын

agree. you'd enjoy the scottish reeling ebook I'm reading which has 'stamp x3' on this one's diagram, something you won't see on the rscds version. the book's got a special set of these diagrams just for reeling. with its crib and tips, alongside these videos, i feel very prepared now.

@charlieglaisher3420 3 жыл бұрын

@@chelseaset8953 what’s the ebook called ?

@SeymourSunshine 5 жыл бұрын

This chanel is brilliant for me. I live in a barn-dance desert. I used to be a caller in my university days and want to take it up again. This is reminding me of all the dances I used to do and adding a few more. Brilliant! Thanks so much.

@LondonReels 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it, thanks for the feedback :-)