> This dance was written for <<ddp:Campbell Tyler#3772>> on the occasion of his 80th birthday in February 2026.
> There are echoes in the dance name and some of the formations to the dance ‘De’il amang the tailors’
> which has been one of Campbell’s favourite dances to end an evening programme of lively dancing.
>
> The reel in bars 9-16 dances /depicts the pattern of eighty - the numerals the 8 – the reel of four in the
> middle and the zero with those exiting the reel and dancing around the outside.
>
> When teaching Campbell spends a good deal of time explaining and introducing 2 and 3 couple
> progressions. Although this dance is written as a 3-couple dance it is also designed to be adjustable to a 3-
> couple dance in a 4-couple set. To accommodate this the Poussette in bars 29-32 is simply adjusted from a
> 3-couple poussette to a 2-couple Poussette (or even an Allepousse where 1st couple dances a 2C Allemande
> while 2nd couple dances as 2C Poussette.)
>
> Don’t forget the circle to finish bars 33-40, a nod to the final flourish in “<<ddd:Jaywalking#17769>>”.