VIRGINIA REEL, a lively American country-dance, for merly very popular in the United States, derived from the Sir Roger de Coverley. Originally intended for six couples only, in longways formation, it later became common practice to form in one long set, the men and women in separate lines facing each other. The steps include the usual country-dance, march and
galop steps, best danced to the music of the violin, with the fid dler "calling" the figures, the partners advancing and swinging each other and other couples in turn, in a pattern in which the reel is most prominent.