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GLENCORRIB SET |
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© 2008 Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from County Mayo, Ireland. |
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Swing in ceili hold in Figures 1-4 and in waltz hold in Figures 5-6. |
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Ladies chain -- pull-the-hand and face-in: ladies grasp right hands at waist-level in the |
| center and dance on to the opposite gent (who has danced into his partner's | |
| position); couples take left hands and form an arch; the lady dances under the | |
| arch and around the gent as the gent continues to face into the set; the ladies | |
| also take right hands in the center when dancing to home. | |
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Gents dance forward 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 right of the first top couple. |
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Edition of October 6, 2006 -- Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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| Dance an ordinary jig step--down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| crossover clockwise (to the left) with the lady turning clockwise once under the | |
| gents hands; end the turn with gents dancing clockwise (outside) around | |
| the lady to-place (the gents dance forward into place)4; | |
| holding crossed-hands, advance and retire once4; | |
| crossover clockwise (to the left again) with the lady turning clockwise once | |
| under the gents hands; end the turn with gents dancing anticlockwise | |
| (inside) around the lady to-place (the gents back into place)4; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Dance an ordinary jig step--down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| ladies right-arm link in center for one full clockwise turn then dance under the | |
| opposite gents left arm and anticlockwise to-place beside him (on his | |
| right) as he continues to face into the set8; | |
| ladies right-arm link in center for one full clockwise turn then dance under their | |
| partner's left arm and clockwise to-place beside him (on his left) as he | |
| continues to face into the set8; | |
| swing in ceili hold--beginning in partner's position and ending in one's | |
| own position8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Dance an ordinary jig step--down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| ladies right-arm link in center for one full turn then dance under the opposite | |
| gents left arm and clockwise to-place beside him (on his left) as he | |
| continues to face into the set8; | |
| swing new partner in ceili hold--beginning in partner's position and ending in | |
| one's own position8. | |
| same partners: lead around clockwise in open waltz hold8; | |
| ladies right-arm link in center for one full turn then dance under their partner's | |
| left arm and clockwise to-place at his left as he continues to face | |
| into the set8; | |
| swing original partner in ceili hold--beginning in partner's position and ending | |
| in one's own position8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Dance an ordinary jig step--down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| taking right-hand-in-right, the first top couple dance to face the second top | |
| couple in the center2; | |
| second top gent steals the first top lady, left-hand-in left and the trio and the | |
| solo gent retire2; | |
| as the gents dance in-place, the ladies turn-in under the second top gents arms | |
| to an across-the-shoulders hold2; | |
| trio and solo gent advance to the center2; first top gent steals both ladies, | |
| grasping their inside hands and the trio and the solo gent retire2; | |
| as the gents dance in-place, the ladies turn-in under the first top gents arms | |
| to an across-the-shoulders hold2; | |
| trio and solo gent advance to the center2; ladies turn out to place their hands | |
| on the gents shoulders in a circle-of-four2; | |
| little Christmas8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
| swing in ceili hold8. |
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| Dance ordinary polka steps--down-2-3 and slide 1-2, 1-2. | |
| All couples: | in waltz hold, slide in and out twice8; |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| pass through to opposite, with the first top couple in the center; turn in to one | |
| another to-place (gents to the lady's place, lady to the gent's place)8; | |
| pass through to home, with the second top couple in the center; turn in to | |
| one another to-place (standard place for each dancer)8; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Dance ordinary polka steps--down-2-3 and slide 1-2, 1-2. | |
| All couples: | in waltz hold, slide in and out twice8; |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| ladies change places; meet in the center right-shoulder-to-right and | |
| dance two bars in place; dance on and turn clockwise to-place8; | |
| gents change places; meet in the center left-shoulder-to-left and dance | |
| two bars in place; dance on and turn anticlockwise to-place8; | |
| repeat the preceding crossovers (ladies then gents change places)16. | |
| All couples: | swing in waltz hold8. |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
| All couples: | in waltz hold, slide in and out twice8; |
| swing in waltz hold8. |
