Reel Archive

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All these articles come from past issues of The Reel. To subscribe currently please contact
Rita Marlow, 17 West Farm Close, Ashtead, Surrey KT21 2LH.


Issue 272 (May 2010 - August 2010)
Articles include: - Winter School, Newcastle 2010, The Diary of a Spring Flinger, John W Mitchell analyses some modern dances, Letters to the Editor, Where do Diplomats dance?

Issue 271 (February 2010 - April 2010)
Articles include: - Around the birth of the Branch, The Demonstration, New Recordings, Fiddlers Rally Round, Letters to the Editor.

Issue 270 (December 2009 - February 2010)
Articles include: - 80th Anniversary, Summer School 2009, Music and the Dance, New Recordings, Letters to the Editor.

Issue 269 (September 2009 - November 2009)
Articles include: - New Committee members, Musical May, New Recordings, Going on-line without a computer, Letters to the Editor.

Issue 268 (May 2009 - August 2009)
Articles include: - Irene Caithness (Grant), The Musicians’ Day,A Further Call from New Zealand, Dancing in Antartica, Letters to the Editor.

Issue 267 (February 2009 - April 2009)
Articles include: - Taking the heat out of warm-ups, Keeping feet fit and avoiding dance injuries, Dancing through the ages,  The art(fulness) of writing scottish dances, Letters to the Editor, New Recordings.

Issue 266 (December 2008 - February 2009)
Articles include: - London Branch awards, Youth Workshop, Dem Team activities,  Scottish dancing pre-history, Letters to the Editor, New Recordings.

Issue 265 (September 2008 - December 2008)
Articles include: Scottish dancing - a pre-history, John Mitchell biography, New recordings, Letters to the Editor.

Issue 264 (May 2008 - August 2008)
Articles include: RSCDS Winter School, Scottish Dancing Prehistory, New Recordings, Letters to the Editor.

Issue 263 (February 2008 - April 2008)
Articles include: The Chelsea Reel Club - Adieu, Ladies Step Dances, New Recordings, Letters to the Editor.

Issue 262 (December 2007 - February 2008)
Articles include: Roy Goldring - an appreciation, International news, New recordings, Dance Scottish, Letters to the Editor.

Issue 261 (September 2007 - November 2007)
Articles include: Mary Isdale McNab, Programmes, Have train will travel, Obituaries, Letters to the Editor, New recordings.

Issue 260 (May 2007 - August 2007) - 3Mb
Articles include: Five couple dances, Will you MC our next dance, The Adamsons of Fife, Bill Clement highlights, Scottisches, Letters to the Editor, New recordings.

Issue 259 (March 2007 - May 2007) - 1.5Mb
Articles include: Burns Night Ceilidh, Mini Crib, Rural Dances in Eastern Scotland, Letters to the Editor, New recordings.

Issue 258 (December 2006 - March 2007) - 663Kb
Articles include: The MacLennans: Dancers and Pipers, The 19th Shetland Fiddle and Accordion Festival, On first looking into James Smith’s animations, The Waltz Cotillion, Letters to the Editor, New recordings.

Issue 257 (September 2006 - Nov 2006) - 433Kb
Articles include: Polesden Lacey dance review, Folk Virgins fiddle in London, Mary Stoker reminisces, James Scott Skinner - Dancing Master, So What’s in your loft?, Letters to the Editor, New recordings.

Issue 256 (May 2006 - August 2006) - 1.1Mb
Articles include: Members Abroad, The Sash - is it here to stay?, Mary Stoker reminisces, Joseph Lowe: A Royal Dancing Master, Letters to the Editor, New recordings.

Issue 255  (February 2006 - April 2006) - 818kB
Articles include: A Dancing Master Remembered, Local Heroes, Thomas Wilson: A Dancing Master, Letters to the Editor, Our Quadrilles, New recordings, Members Abroad.

Issue 254  (December 2005 - February 2006) - 1Mb
Articles include: CCPR  - On show at the Albert Hall, Summer School 2005, Obituaries, Letters to the Editor, Article on Francis Peacock- Dancing Master, Dancing in Provence, New Recordings.

Issue 253  (September 2005 - Nov 2005) - 652kB
Articles include: Fifty Years On, Polesden Lacey review, Highland Fling, Dancing in Auckland, Letters to the Editor, New Recordings.

Issue 252  (May 2005 - August 2005) - 556kB

Issue 251  (February 2005 - April 2005) - 769kB

Issue 250  (December 2004 - February 2005) - 544kB

Issue 249  (September 2004 - Nov 2004) - 557kB

Issue 248  (May 2004 - August 2004) - 827kB

Issue 247 (February 2004 - May 2004) - 298kB

Issue 246 (December 2003 - February 2004) - 289kB

Issue 245 (September 2003 - November 2003) - 451kB

Issue 244 (May 2003 - August 2003) - 224kB

Issue 243 (February 2003 - May 2003) - 453kB

Issue 242 (December 2002 – February 2003) - 532kB

Issue 241 (September 2002 – November 2002) - 790kB

Issue 240 (May 2002 – August 2002) - 217kB

Issue 239 (February 2002 – May 2002) - 440kB

Issue 238 (December 2001 – February 2002) - 576kB

Issue 237 (September 2001 – November 2001) - 223kB

Issue 236 (May 2001 – August 2001) - 187kB

Issue 235 (February 2001 – April 2001) - 133kB

Issue 234 (December 2000 – February 2001) - 181kB

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Old Reels - from the early days

Here is a selection of the earliest issues of The Reel in pdf format (approx 1Mb each)

Issue 1 (September 1951)

Issue 2 (October 1951)

Issue 3 (November - December 1951)

Issue 4 (January - February 1952)

Issue 5 (March 1952)

Selected other Reels

Reel 229 - (Sep 1999 - Nov 1999)