Byrnes' Reel

(Four-couple; in a square set)


1-4

All turn partner by right hand halfway, join hands with corners and set (men face out women face in).
5-8

All turn partner by right hand halfway, join hands with corners and set (men face in, women face out).

9-10

Women cast behind partner and into middle.

11-12

Women right hands across halfway.
13-14

Women pass opposite man by right shoulder, cast to right to face the next man to face the next man on the right (1st woman with 4th man, 2nd woman with 1st man, 3rd woman with 2nd man, 4th woman with 3rd man).
15-16

All turn new partner by right hand to face clockwise in promenade hold.
17-24

All couples promenade clockwise around the set to women's progressed position flowing into
25-32

Eight hands around to left and





Repeat, three more times until women are back with original partners.

Devised by Charles Snowdon for Jen and Dick Byrne of St. Andrews upon starting Scottish Country Dance Classes in Fall, 1996.
Madison Scottish Country Dancers