Virginia Reel

The Virginia Reel was the most popular dance amongst the Mormon pioneers who came across the plains to Utah.

[kstepko]

We learned this in third grade and performed it at our Christmas concert.

[rosemarybauman]

the tune they are dancing to is Soldiers Joy

[maggiep]

The best Virginia Reel.I've seen so far..I didn't know the Mormons danced

[jocelynbocook]

It was beautiful! Even though me and my class learned it a different way, it was still sooo beautiful!!

[tavibld]

I love this dance! The only thing my friends and I do different is we immediately grab the right hand and turn all the way around, we don't step in and bow twice. We also dance to a song that's like Yankee Doodle but super sped up and the dance is VERY fast, it's a blast.

[cacasalsaisstupid]

i remember doing this at school and leading was so fun

[alexlight]

We were trying to do this by memory after church today. Super helpful video right here

[InspirationalThoughtsyou]

I recently learned this dance at a mommy's retreat. Such fun!!!

[rmqeoqx]

I do love this culture of dance !!!!
Though, I am Vietnamese, but I appréciate the Irish Culture and Custom !

[Lordpeyre]

Popular with Mormon pioneers? Well that explains something. When I was in elementary school in CA (1970s), we learned square dancing and the Virginina Reel. It always seemed a little out of place for an east-coast dance to be taught like that on the west coast, but it makes sense that it would have been brought by LDS folks, since there was a Mormon Batallion that spent time out here (plus, of course, plenty of LDS migrated here over time).

FWIW, I always liked this dance a lot better than square dancing. It was a hoot to see it again tonight after all these years.

[lieslpalmer]

Well done! My husband and I attend civil war balls regularly, and I love the precision in this video. Your movements are clear and I was able to set up my call sheet for an upcoming trek dancing mini class using y'all as an example. Now if y'all could just demonstrate a grand march, carolina promenade, the 1st quadrille (windmill dance), and the german waltz- it would be SO helpful!

[basiq-culture]

Does anyone know what version of "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" is playing in this video? Grateful for a link on spotify, youtube, or website?

[ceilidh.___.]

what was the name of the song you guys used?

[brewster]

A time when women didn't have many rights, but got a whole lot of respect

[HopeNazir]

I really need to find a re-enactment dance group

[whitneystandlea]

What is the name of the song playing in this video?

[WWAHP]

Gone With The Wind brought me here. BTW the man dressed in the black suit, is supposed to be a doctor or an undertaker?

[gmcahn]

Does anyone know what version of "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" is playing in this video? Grateful for a link on spotify, youtube, or website?