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PLAIN [POLKA] SET |
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© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This County Clare, Ireland set is the ancestor of the PLAIN [REEL] SET. |
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Swing in waltz hold. |
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The polka music should be relatively slow (Clare-style). |
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Chain: With a waist-level hold for the first two contacts, ladies first give right hands |
| in the center and dance to and give left hands to the opposite gent (who has | |
| danced into his partner's position); partners dance around one another | |
| anticlockwise (no arch) and the ladies dance to home without chaining in the | |
| center; at home, the gent takes right-hand-in-right with his partner and forms | |
| an arch and the lady dances under the arch anticlockwise to-place. | |
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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 left of the first top couple. |
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Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Pat Murphy in Milwaukee, |
| Wisconsin USA in August 1997. | |
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Edition of December 25, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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FIGURE 1 -- POLKAS (112 BARS) |
| Dance a gentle (non-lively) polka step, down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands (rights on top) and lead around anticlockwise6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise to-place with only the right hand2; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: |  pass through to opposite with
ladies in the middle; pass left-shoulder-to- |
| left-shoulder to-place4; | |
| repeat pass through to home as above4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8; | |
| ladies chain; gents turn their partner under anticlockwise to-place, | |
| right-hand-in-right8; | |
| take crossed-hands and crossover anticlockwise to opposite and turn the | |
| lady under clockwise to-place, right-hand-in-right4; | |
| pass through to home as above4. | |
| All couples: | swing in waltz hold8. |
| Side couples: | repeat from
40. |
| All couples: | full house in waltz hold8. |
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FIGURE 2 -- POLKAS
(128 BARS) |
| Dance a gentle (non-lively) polka step, down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands (rights on top) and lead around anticlockwise6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise to-place with only the right hand2; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: | take
right-hand-in-right and advance and retire once4; |
| still right-hand-in-right, cross anticlockwise to opposite, turning the lady | |
| twice clockwise under-the-finger -- the lady leads4; | |
| repeat the advance and retire and crossover, as above, to home8; | |
| swing in waltz hold8; | |
| repeat from
-- except all couples swing24. |
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| Side couples: | repeat from
and all couples swing finally48. |
| All couples: | full house in waltz hold8. |
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FIGURE 3 -- POLKAS
(176 BARS) |
| Dance a gentle (non-lively) polka step, down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands (rights on top) and lead around anticlockwise6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise to-place with only the right hand2; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: | first top lady and the second top gent change places, passing right-shoulder- |
| to-right2; turn clockwise to place2; | |
| first top lady and the second top gent change places again, as above4; | |
| first top lady and the second top gent take left-hand-in-left in the center for | |
| one turn then also take right-hand-and-right with their original partners4; | |
| as a line-of-four, lead around to respective opposite positions, drop left hands | |
| and turn the lady under clockwise to-place and partners bow to one another4; | |
| first top lady and the second top gent advance and retire twice, bowing | |
| on the sixth bar8; | |
| in waltz-hold, dance sevens (gallop, beginning weight on the back foot) in and | |
| out of the set once4; with gents back-to-back, dance sevens to home | |
| and turn clockwise to-place4; | |
| repeat from
with the second top lady
and the first top gent leading32. |
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| All couples: | swing in waltz hold8. |
| Side couples: | repeat from
72. |
| All couples: | full house in waltz hold8. |
| FIGURE 4 -- POLKAS (240
BARS) |
| Dance a gentle (non-lively) polka step, down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands (rights on top) and lead around anticlockwise6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise to-place with only the right hand2; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: | ladies chain -- gents
turn their partner under anticlockwise to-place, right- |
| hand-in-right8; | |
| swing in waltz hold8; | |
| first top couple house inside and leave the lady beside the second top gent who | |
| takes both ladies' outside hands and the first top gent takes no hands8; | |
| as the first top gent retires and stays at home, the trio advance and retire twice; | |
| the second top gent pulls-the-hands up and turns the ladies to the first top | |
| gent and he grasps the ladies' outside hands; the second top gent grasps the | |
| ladies' inside hands underneath as the quartet takes a wheelbarrow hold8; | |
| advance and retire twice and pull-the-hands up to a circle of four8; | |
| little Christmas8; | |
| repeat from
with the second top couple leading48. |
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| All couples: | swing in waltz hold8. |
| Side couples: | repeat from
104. |
| All couples: | full house in waltz hold8. |
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FIGURE 5 -- JIGS (128 BARS) |
| Dance a gentle (non-lively) jig step, down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | take crossed-hands (rights on top) and lead around anticlockwise6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise to-place with only the right hand2; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| full house in waltz hold8. | |
| NEXT: interlacing crossovers and ladies chains/partner changes then | |
| full house around with new partners | |
| top couples gallop in waltz hold (sevens, begin with weight
on |
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| trailing foot, gents back-to-back) to opposite2; | |
| side couples gallop in waltz hold to opposite2; | |
| tops then sides repeat gallop to home (ladies back-to-back)4; | |
| with waist-level contacts for all, ladies chain to opposite then dance to a side | |
| man, with top ladies beginning and side ladies beginning two bars later; | |
| the opposite gent dances around the lady (no arch) as she dances to the | |
| position on the opposite gent’s left; the receiving gents do not | |
| turn the lady under to-place8; | |
| new partners full house in waltz hold8; | |
| with the original top ladies and their current partner leading each time, | |
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repeat from
until original partners full house72. |
| FIGURE 6 -- FLINGS (168
BARS) |
| Dance an ordinary fling step, lift-2-3-4. | |
All couples: |
lead around anticlockwise, with crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; |
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swing in waltz hold (four revolutions)8. |
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Top couples: |
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double around at home, still in waltz hold (one revolution)2; |
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dance in-place (or slightly in and out) in waltz hold2; |
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double half-way around to opposite2; |
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dance in-place at opposite2; |
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double around at opposite2; |
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dance in-place at opposite2; |
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double half-way around to home2; |
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left-arm hook around with the opposite partner in center2; |
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dance to home2; |
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dance in-place2; |
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double around at home2; |
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house each other, doubling the final two bars8. |
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Side couples: |
repeat from |
All couples: |
repeat from
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dance at home8; |
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full house8. |
| FIGURE 7 -- HORNPIPES (160
BARS) |
| Dance an ordinary hornpipe step, lift-2-3-4. | |
| All couples: | quarterhouse16; |
| full house in waltz hold8; | |
| dance in and out, still in waltz hold2; | |
| as gents dance clockwise at home, ladies dance inside the set to the next | |
| gent on the right2; | |
| dance at home as new partners (waltz hold, one revolution)4; | |
| repeat from
three time to re-establish original
partners128. |
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| quarterhouse16; | |
| full house in waltz hold8. |
