This is dance #16969 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Butterfly Reel Revisited

by Don Lennartson

Permission: full

Based on: "Butterfly Reel" by Ted Sannella

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Neighbor do-si-do

(8) Neighbor swing

A2

(8) Ones do-si-do; face out

(8) Neighbor mirror allemande 1 & 1/2 (twos split ones)

B1

(4) Partner lead down (twos follow ones)

(1) Ones turn alone

(2) Twos arch, ones dive

(1) Twos turn alone

(4) Partner lead up (twos follow ones)

(4) Ones cast down || Twos lead up

B2

(8) Ones do-si-do

(8) Ones swing

Calling Notes:

B1 may keep going into B2.
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