This is dance #3555 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Virginia Reel {No. 1}

by Traditional

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FormationBase: Longways for N couples
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Ones to bottom
PhraseStructure: unphrased

Figures:

A1

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(8) Partner allemande right 1 (in center)

A2

(8) Partner allemande left 1 (in center)

(8) Partner two-hand turn 1 (in center)

B1

(8) Partner do-si-do (in center)

(8) Ones arm right 1 & 1/2

B2

(Unphrased) Ones reel down the set:

(?) Ones and twos arm left 1

(?) Ones arm right 1

(?) Ones and threes arm left 1

(?) Ones arm right 1

(?) Ones continue pattern to bottom

C1

(8) Ones lead up

(8) Ones cast down to bottom, inverting lines. Others follow

C2

(8) Ones lead up to top, inverting lines. Others follow

(8) Ones lead down to bottom

Calling Notes:

Very loosely phrased.

Sets should be 5-6 couples max.

During the end of the C2, others can form an arch.
Or for the C2, Ones can make an arch, others go under, and ones stay at bottom.
Appearances: The Contra Dance Book, p 101
The Caller/Teacher Manual for Contras, p 81
Contra Dance Calling: A Basic Text, p 210
The Country Dance Book, p 114
David Kaynor: Living Music and Dance, p 193
website ACDOL
website Callerlab
website Contralab
website Goodyear programs
website King
website Krackau
website Lloyd Shaw
American Square Dance, vol 1948, no Feb, p 10
American Square Dance, vol 1984, no Jun, p 53
American Square Dance, vol 2000, no Jul, p 32
American Square Dance, vol 2007, no Sep, p 47
Community Dance Journal, vol 2015, no Mar, p 2
Mikeside Management, vol 1993, no Jul, p 7
Mikeside Management, vol 1997, no Oct, p 7
New England Caller, vol 1966, no Apr, p 142
New England Caller, vol 1993, no Aug, p 17
New England Caller, vol 2008, no Jan, p 14
2006 RPDLW syllabus, p 17
Kentucky Dance Institute, vol 1960, p 35
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1952, p 76
OtherNames: Hemp-Dresser's Dance
Haymakers
Irish Trot
Saroca
Sir Roger de Coverly
Strip the Willow
Mcdonald's Reel
White Cockade
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VariantVideos:
Ones sashay down and back before reel the set
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