WILSON FIVE-HAND REEL
via Heiner Fischle on trad-dance-callers
THE COMPLETE SYSTEM OF ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING
BY THOMAS WILSON, Teacher of Dancing

Reel of five
To be danced by three Ladies and two Gentlemen,
or three Gentlemen and two Ladies

	C

E	B	D

	A

The Lady in the middle at B, heys with the ladies at A C, then sets to them,
then heys with the two Gentlemen at F D, and takes the place of the
Gentleman at E, who will then occupy the centre: he then finishes the Reel
by setting to the persons at E D, then hey with the Ladies at C A, and
leaves one of them in the centre, so that they all progressively occupy
every situation in the Figure.
N.B. This is the common Reel of Five, which I have added to those invented
by the author, to render the work more complete.
This Reel will take a tune repeated in long measure, as the Morpeth Rant or
Fisher's Hornpipe, and the Figure must be applied to the music as follows:
The heying with the Ladies at C A will take the first strain, and the
setting will take another strain, which will be the first strain repeated,
the heying across will take the first strain of the second part, and the
setting will take another strain, which will repeat the second part, and
finish the Reel.

Alan's modern rendition:
Five dancers.
Music: 64-count hornpipes or reels (AABB), although jigs or polkas should
       be fine.


A diamond shape with four on the outside (12, 3, 6, 9) and one in the 
middle.

Middle faces 12 to start.

A1: Right shoulder hey-for-three along the 12-6 axis.  (Chasse [skip-change]
    step; jete-assemblee at counts 8 and 16.)

A2: 1-4: Middle and 12 set / rigadoon / beaten step 
    5-8: Middle and 6  set /rigadoon / beaten step; middle finishes facing
         9.

B1: Right shoulder hey for three on the 9 - 3 axis, PLUS AN EXTRA CHANGE
    that leaves 9 in the middle.

B2: 1-4: New middle and 9 set / rigadoon / beaten step
    5-8: New middle and 3 set / rigadoon / beaten step

On the next round, that new middle changes with the old 12.  Anyone who finds
themselves middle twice needs to change out on the second hey.

(Call: Hey up, set up, set down, hey across).