ARMAGH  LANCERS  SET
	© 2008   Larry E. Taylor
	First side couple is left of the first top couple.
	Swing in waltz hold.
	Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot.
	Bar counts for dance patterns are shown in bold.
	The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music.
	A traditional jig step (down-2-3) is to be danced;  if hornpipes are danced for the
	final figure, dance an ordinary step (lift-2-3-4).
	Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Patrick O’Dea in Cleveland,
	Ohio USA on May 2, 2000.
	Edition of March 03, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com

FIGURE 1 -- JIGS (136 BARS)

Top couples:	first top lady and second top gent advance and swing in waltz hold in the
	center6; reverse to home2;
	square inside the set, passing right-shoulder-to-right each time, and dance
	to near corner partner8.
All couples:	near-corner partners swing in waltz hold8;
	original partners swing in waltz hold8.
Top couples:	second top lady and first top gent advance and swing in the center6;
	reverse to home2;
	square inside the set, passing right-shoulder-to-right each time, and dance
	to near corner partner8.
All couples:	near corner partners swing in waltz hold8;
	original partners swing in waltz hold8;
Side couples:	repeat from     64.

FIGURE 2 -- JIGS or SINGLE REELS (136 BARS)

Top couples:	first top couple:
	advance, right-hand-in-right2; retire and pull-the-hand
	and turn the lady anticlockwise to-place2; swing in waltz hold4;
	square inside the set, passing right-shoulder-to-right each time; as top
	couples end facing into the set, side couples separate and form
	four-facing-four lines with the top couples8.
All couples:	holding closer (uncrossed) hands, the lines advance and retire twice8;
	swing in waltz hold8.
Top couples:	second top couple:
	advance, right-hand-in-right2; retire and pull-the-hand
	and turn the lady anticlockwise to-place2; swing in waltz hold4;
	square inside the set, passing right-shoulder-to-right each time; as top
	couples end facing into the set, side couples separate and form
	four-facing-four lines with the top couples8.
All couples:	holding closer (uncrossed) hands, the lines advance and retire twice8;
	swing in waltz hold8.
Side couples:	repeat from      64.

FIGURE 3 -- JIGS (136 BARS)

All couples:	big Christmas clockwise4,   then anticlockwise4.
Top couples:	take right-hand-in-right and advance to the center2; advance from
	the center to the couple originally on their right2; reverse to their original
	opposite position2; advance and give right hands (pinwheel pattern)
	to the couple originally on their left2;
	same couples:  pinwheel (star) with the right hand4; pinwheel with the left hand4;
	little Christmas and on bar six, the top gents release left hands so top
	couples end in their opposite positions8  .
All couples:	big Christmas clockwise4,   then anticlockwise4.
Top couples;	repeat from     through      , swinging with the other side couple
	and ending at their own home positions32.
Side couples:	repeat from     64.

FIGURE 4 -- JIGS (136 BARS)

All couples:	ladies advance and retire twice, no touch8;
	gents advance and retire twice, no touch8;
	ladies pinwheel with the right hand, then with the left hand while the gents dance
	four clockwise turns and dance anticlockwise around the house (a solo
	full house)8;
	near-corner partners swing  in waltz hold and the gent remains as that
	lady's partner8;
	repeat from      until original partners swing96.

FIGURE 5 -- JIGS or HORNPIPES (168 BARS)

All couples:	chain12,  gents dance anticlockwise and ladies dance clockwise;  take
	open-waltz hold and file-up behind the first top couple4;
	(for each file-up:  the leading couple faces out from their position, the couple
	originally to the left of the leading couple is next, the couple originally to
	the right of the leading couple is next and the couple opposite the
	leading couple is last;)
	cast-off, lead up the center and form lines -- that is, ladies pass in front of
	partners anticlockwise as gents dance clockwise; meet partners
	at the back (bottom) of the files and all dance no touch up the center of
	the files then separate to form two facing lines with gents in one line
	and ladies in the other line8;
	holding closer (uncrossed) hands, the lines advance and retire twice8;
	lines advance and original partners take waltz hold2; swing in waltz
	hold to-place6;
	repeat from      with the second top couple, then the first side couple, then
	the second side couple leading120.

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