CROOKED  RIVER  SET
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	This is NOT a traditional set of Ireland.
	This set was composed in April 2004 in Summit County Ohio USA, one of the counties
	where the Crooked (Cuyahoga) River flows.  ©  Larry E. Taylor
	Sweetheart hold:  A couple stands side-by-side, facing the same direction, with the gent
	on the left.  The gent places his right arm across the lady’s shoulder and they take
	right-hand-in-right at the lady’s right shoulder and left-hand-in-left in front.
	Hand and arm positions are reversed during the turn of the advance and retire
	of Figure Three.
	A five-step pattern (walk, walk, 3-4-5) is danced for advancing and retiring.
	Alternatively, dance the lift-2-3-4 step instead of a doubled step in all figures.  Light
	(gentle, quiet) battering only may be danced throughout the set.
	Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot.
	Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
	The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music.
	Edition of October 2, 2006 -- Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com

FIGURE 1 -- HORNPIPES (184 BARS)

All couples:	lead around anticlockwise, in open-waltz hold8;
	dance at home, in waltz hold (two revolutions) -- retain waltz hold until
	the corners dance below8;
	back the lady to the next position on the right2;
	double to the next position on the right (original opposite)2;
	back the lady to the next position on the right2;
	double to the next position on the right (original home)2;
	repeat the four lines above (square-the-set again)8;
	near-corner partners dance around one another clockwise, right-forearm to
	right-forearm4;
	original partners dance around one another anticlockwise, left-forearm to
	left-forearm4;
	take hands in a circle and advance and retire once (five-step)4;
	dance at home, in waltz hold (one revolution) and turn-the-lady-under clockwise
	to the next gent on the left--as the turn is completed, form an arch with
	the high hands (gent’s left, lady’s right) and the lady dances under to
	her new partner4; [next is a quarterhouse pattern];
	new partners dance in-place (no turning), in waltz hold2;
	double to the next position on the right2;
	repeat the two lines above three times to end at the gents’ home12;
	full house in waltz hold8;
	repeat from     until original partners full house96;
	full house, doubling the step8.

FIGURE 2 -- REELS (184 BARS)

All couples:	lead around anticlockwise in open-waltz hold8;
	dance at home in waltz hold (two revolutions)8.
Top couples	house around each other in waltz hold8;
	advance and retire once, right-hand-in-right and ladies pass across partner
	to his left side (retain hands, turn anticlockwise)4;
	pass through to change places, with gents in the middle, and partners turn into
	one another to-place4;
	repeat the four lines above to home8;
	dance at home in waltz hold (two revolutions)8;
	with the couple on their left:
	repeat the patterns of the preceding seven lines32.
Side couples:	repeat from     --  except all couples dance the final dance at home64.
All couples:	take right hand-in-right and chain to opposite6; reverse direction, right-hand-in-right2;
	chain to home6; turn the lady under anticlockwise as partners dance to-place2;
	dance at home, in waltz hold (two revolutions)8;
	full house in waltz hold, doubling the final two bars8.

FIGURE 3 -- HORNPIPES (184 BARS)

All couples:	lead around anticlockwise in open-waltz hold8;
	dance at home in waltz hold (two revolutions)8;
	facing-in for advancing and facing-out for retiring, advance and retire in sweetheart
	hold four times16;
	ladies :
	pinwheel clockwise with the right hands3; change direction and hands1;
	pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hands and dance behind partner to the
	next position on the right4;
	gents :
	pinwheel clockwise with the right hands3; change direction and hands1;
	pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hands and return home4;
	new partners dance at home in waltz hold (two revolutions)8;
	lead around counterclockwise in sweetheart hold--pull-the-lady’s hand up and toward
	the center at home8;
	repeat from      until original partners lead around96;
	square the house in waltz hold dancing sevens (gallop-style with beginning weight on
	the trailing foot:  1-2-3-4-5-6-7)8;
	full house in waltz hold, doubling the step8.