Alameda Ceili


Wedding Reel
2-Couple Sets

Opening
Lead Around & Back (16 bars)

Body

    Swing Square (16 bars)
    Men turn 1/4 to the left (back to partner) & do 7s to the right (across the set) while ladies set, turning once to the right in place (2 bars)
    Meet on the corner & swing, trading places, then men give ladies a courtesy turn to face in while turning themselves to face out, ready to continue on around the square (2 bars)
    Repeat twice more – 7s, then swing/turn (with partner next, then again with opposite) (8 bars)
    For the last side of the square, 7s toward home, but meet your partner by raised right hands, men giving ladies an underarm turn as you both return to your place (4 bars)

    Back Star (16 bars)
    Men turn 1-1/4 in the center by raised left hand while ladies do a fancy hopping step:
    Hopping on left foot, turn to the right with right foot pointed out: touch, touch;
    then, facing center, touch, hop-back, switch, switch, switch-touch, hop-back (4 bars)
    Men turn opposite lady by raised right hand & meet again in the middle,
    all 4 lining up on the ladies’ diagonal with touching hands raised (4 bars)
    Rotate this line half way around (180), men moving forward, stopping sharply while still in a line (4 bars)
    Ladies loop backward to grasp hands below the men’s, rotating toward the other diagonal (2 bars)
    Men loop out onto their own diagonal, ladies adjusting so that all 4 are in a straight line (2 bars)
    Rotate this line half way around, ladies moving forward (4 bars)
    Ladies drop hands, men lasso (his arm goes over his head) opposite lady around, toward her partner (4 bars)
    Finish next to your partner, in shadow position

    Shadow Around the House (16 bars)
    Around the House, in shadow position: Standing next to your partner, both right hands on her hip, left hands clasped in front of his chest. Use a step similar to the Redowa.

Fig. 1: Windows (32 bars)
Starting from shadow position, so that you still have right in right, left in left.
First man turns his lady underarm twice, ending in windows position (4 bars)
In this position, top couple 7s across set, then both couples half turn to the right –
top couple still in windows, bottom couple with right to right (4 bars)
Top man lasso lady around to the right to make an arch, while bottom couple underarm turn lady with a quarter turn to her right, then send her backwards under the arch (4 bars)
Petronella once to the right – top lady in place, bottom man in between the ladies (2 bars)
Holding hands in a circle, men turn opposite lady into the circle (backwards) & out again (2 bars)
Men turn into the circle, shoulder to shoulder, & hold (4 bars)
Men back out of the circle, then turn own lady to her right as she travels home (4 bars)
Repeat, led by bottom couple (it’s the same after the Petronella) (24 bars)

Body (as above)

Fig. 2: Southern Cross (32 bars)
Men turn 1/4 to the left (back to partner) & do 7s to the right (across the set), & set, turning to face center,
while ladies jump in, meet by raised right hands, turn 3/4 right, jump out (into partner’s place) (4 bars)
Now ladies do 7s to the right (into other woman’s place), & set, turning to face center,
while men jump in, meet by raised right hands, turn 3/4 right, jump out (into other man’s place) (4 bars)
Repeat to home (8 bars)

Body (as above)