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GLENGARRIFF (SHORT) SET |
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© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set, also known as the GLENGARRIFF POLKA SET, is from County Cork, Ireland. |
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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 for dance 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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Swing in waltz hold. |
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Edition of December 25, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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| Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
| Top couples: | |
| dance at home (one clockwise revolution)4; | |
| pass through twice : | |
| first top couple take right-hand-in-right and pass through second top4; | |
| at opposite, partners turn into one another to face into the set; | |
| second top couple take right-hand-in-right and pass through first top4; | |
| at home, partners again turn into one another and take waltz hold. | |
| All couples: | quarterhouse in waltz hold16; |
| full house in waltz hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
| Top couples: | |
| dance at home (one clockwise revolution)4; | |
| ladies chain: ladies give right hands at waist-height to one another in the center | |
| then left hands at waist height to the opposite gent (who has danced into | |
| his partner's position); ladies dance around the gent and he follows (no | |
| arch); chain right-to-right in the center then take waltz hold with original | |
| partner; couples dance once clockwise to-place8. | |
| All couples: | slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; |
| still in waltz hold, house halfway around to opposite4; | |
| repeat the preceding in/out and house halfway8; | |
| full house in waltz hold8; | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
| Top couples: | |
| dance at home (one clockwise revolution)4; | |
| repeat the preceding in/out and dance at home8. | |
| All couples: | slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; |
| still in waltz hold, house halfway around to opposite4; | |
| repeat the preceding in/out and house halfway8; | |
| full house in waltz hold8; | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
| Top couples: | |
| slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; | |
| still in waltz hold, house halfway around to opposite4; | |
| repeat the preceding in/out and house halfway8; | |
| house each other in waltz hold8; | |
| advance and retire once with gent's right arm at lady's waist behind and lady's | |
| left hand on gent's right shoulder4; | |
| ladies crossover right-shoulder-to-right-shoulder, give left hand to opposite | |
| gent at waist-level and couples dance one anticlockwise turn4; | |
| repeat the advance and retire once as above4; | |
| ladies repeat the preceding crossover -- except turn with partners4. | |
| All couples: | slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; |
| still in waltz hold, house halfway around to opposite4; | |
| repeat the preceding in/out and house halfway8; | |
| full house in waltz hold8; | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
| Top couples: | first top couple: |
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| slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; | |
| dance at home (one clockwise revolution)4; | |
| All couples: | ladies dance inside the set to the next gent on the right2; all new |
| swing partners in waltz hold6; | |
| New partners: | quarterhouse in waltz hold16; |
| full house in waltz hold8. | |
| All couples: | repeat from |
