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CÚCHULAINN SET |
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© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set dance is from the Cooley Peninsula of County Louth, Ireland. |
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Swing in waltz hold in Figures 1 and 2 and in ceili hold in Figure 3. |
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Throughout the set, gents dance first on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the |
| right foot. | |
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Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold. |
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The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music. |
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First side couple is on the left of the first top couple. |
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Abbreviations are used in a version recorded below. |
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Documentation is based upon a posting on the Newcastle Irish Set Dancers website. |
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Edition of October 25, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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FIGURE 1 -- JIGS
(136 BARS) Lead up the Lady |
| Dance ordinary jig steps, down-2-3 and 1-2-3-kick. | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice (1-2-3-k, 1-2-3-123)8; |
| swing (see heading) original partner in waltz hold8. | |
 HOUSE INSIDE—ADVANCE, CHANGE PLACES—TO-HOME, CHANGE PLACES |
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| First top couple: |  house inside in waltz hold8; |
| take right-hand-in-right and advance to the center (1-2-3-lift)2; | |
| form an arch and the lady dances under anticlockwise as partners | |
| change places to face out of the set2; | |
| dance to home, still right-hand-in-right2; | |
| again turn the lady under anticlockwise as partners change places and face | |
| into the set2. | |
| SWING—EACH COUPLE REPEATS CENTRAL PATTERNS |
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| All couples: | swing original partner in waltz hold8. |
| repeat from with first side couple,
second top couple, then second |
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| side couple leading72. | |
| ADVANCE AND RETIRE—SWING |
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| take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice, as above8; | |
| swing original partner in waltz hold8. |
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FIGURE 2 -- REELS
(152 BARS) Back
to Back |
| Dance reel steps, lift-2-3-4 stamping the last beat and five-step. | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice (5-step)8; |
| swing original partner in waltz hold8. | |
| CROSSOVERS AND RETURN BY GENTS THEN LADIES—SWING |
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| Top couples: | gents crossover: meet in the
center right-shoulder-to right; |
| dance to the opposite gent’s position and dance on-the-spot, | |
| without turning4; | |
| dance backward toward home, meeting the opposite gent in the center left- | |
| shoulder-to-left; continue backward diagonally to and then in-place4. | |
| ladies dance crossovers as above -- except: begin left-shoulder-to-left | |
| and face partner after having returned to home8; | |
| swing original partner in waltz hold8; | |
| BACK-TO-BACK AS COUPLES—LADIES CHAIN—LITTLE CHRISTMAS—SWING |
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| crossover twice as above -- except as couples: begin right-shoulder-to-right; | |
| partners turn clockwise to-place at home8; | |
| ladies chain: after taking right-hand-in-right in the center, give left hand to the | |
| opposite gent; couples form an arch and the lady dances around | |
| and the gent dances after her; ladies do not touch dancing to home; | |
| take right-hand-to-right-hand with partner for an arch; the lady | |
| dances under the arch anticlockwise and top couples form a | |
| circle-of-four8; | |
| little Christmas (basket)6; reverse to home2. | |
| All couples: | swing in waltz hold8. |
| Side couples: | repeat from 56. |
| ADVANCE AND RETIRE—SWING |
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| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; |
| swing original partner in waltz hold8. |
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FIGURE 3 -- REELS
(136 BARS) Queen
Maeve |
| Dance reel steps, lift-2-3-4 stamping the last beat and five-step. | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice (5-step)8; |
| swing original partner in ceili hold6; dance out facing into the set2. | |
| HOUSE INSIDE—DANCE FREE IN-PLACE—SWING |
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| First top couple: | house inside, holding crossed-hands
(rights on top)8. |
| All couples: | dance free (face partner, dance in-place without touching or turning; |
| jump lightly to-place on both feet on the final beat)8; | |
| swing original partner in ceili hold; dance out facing into the set2; | |
| repeat from with
first side couple, second
top couple then second |
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| side couple leading72. | |
| ADVANCE AND RETIRE—SWING |
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| take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; | |
| swing original partner in ceili hold8. |
| FIGURE 4 -- HORNPIPES (128 BARS) |
| Dance lift-2-3-4 and as shown. | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice (5-step)8. |
| LADIES DVANCE AND CHANGE PARTNERS—GENTS PINWHEEL—LEAD AROUND |
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| All ladies: | advance toward the center (lift-2-3-4
twice)2; turn right while dancing |
| in-place2; | |
| dance to-place (left-shoulder-to-left, dance behind the gent) beside the gent | |
| originally on the right4. | |
| All gents: | pinwheel clockwise then anticlockwise (each gent grasps the wrist of the gent |
| he follows – Bridget’s Cross)8. | |
| All couples: | keeping left hands linked in the center, gents collect the lady at his home with the |
| right arm at the lady’s waist behind and lead around to the gent’s home8. | |
| repeat from three times to have original partners at their
respective |
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| homes72. | |
| ADVANCE AND RETIRE—FULL HOUSE, DOUBLING THE FINAL TWO BARS |
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| take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; | |
| full house in waltz hold6; double2. |
CÚCHULAINN SET 1S is LEFT F1 JIGS 136 bars down-2-3 and 1-2-3 k ALL: A&RHHC (1-2-3-k)8 SWGW8 ADVRnR(1-2-3-k)2 TLU ACW CHGg PLs2 RPT HO4 ALL: SWGW8 RPT FR ALL: A&RHHC8 SWGW8 F2 REELS 152 bars Clare-style lift-2-3-4 AL: A&RHHC (1-2-3-k)8 SWGW8 BKWD: MEET L2L1 DIAG TO & I-P AT HO3)8 Ls BK2BK AS ABOVE EXC BEGIN L2L & FC PART AT HO8 SWGW8 BK2BK AS PAIRs (BEGIN R2R. TRN CW TO-PL AT HO)8 L CHN, NO-TCH HO BUT Gs TRN PART RnR TO-PL8 L-XMAS6 TO HO2 ALL: SWGW8 SS: RPT FR ALL: A&RHHC8 SWGW8 F3 REELS 136 bars Clare-style lift-2-3-4 ALL: A&RHHC (1-2-3-k)8 SWGC8 ALL: DANCE FREE (FACE, NO-TCH, DN BOTH FT ON 8)8 SWGC8 RPT FR ALL: A&RHHC (1-2-3-k)8 SWGC8 F4 HORNPIPES 128 bars lift-2-3-4 ALL: A&RHHC (1-2-3-k)8 BEHIND G TO NEXT R4 Gs PW (Hs ON WRISTS) R/L KEEP Ls, Rs NEW WAIST8
LA GENTs’ HO8 RPT FR A&RHHC (5-step)8 FHW6 DBL2
