S E T    F O R M A T I O N   SUMMIT  SET
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    This is NOT a traditional set of Ireland.  The set was composed in May 2005 in
              Summit County, Ohio.   ©  Larry E.Taylor, 2005
    All four couples dance simultaneously throughout the set.  All Figures have
              the same quantity of measures.
    Long body:   couples in waltz hold, dancing a lively step (for both IN and OUT: 
              1 and 2 and 1-2-3), dance the following eight-bar pattern four times: 
              dance in-and-out once (not a slide)4; house to the next position on
              the right, making two clockwise revolutions4.
    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 February 21, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com 
 
  S E T    F O R M A T I O N   FIGURE 1 -- POLKAS (112 BARS)
In waltz hold for all the Figure, dance an ordinary polka step
          (down-2-3) and a polka-batter for the long body (1 and 2 and 123).
All couples: long body (see heading)32;
while side couples dance at home (turning once), top couples house to opposite4;
while top couples house in-place (turning once), side couples house to opposite4;
while side couples house in-place (turning once), top couples house to home4;
while top couples dance at home (turning once), side couples house to home4;
partners face and dance around one another twice, without touching; dance
          anticlockwise (begin left-shoulder-to-left-shoulder) while individually
          turning clockwise;  make a one-half revolution clockwise to each
          position of a small diamond8;
while top couples dance at home (turning once),  side couples house to opposite4;
while side couples house in-place (turning once),  top couples house to opposite4;
while top couples house in-place (turning once),  side couples house to home4;
while side couples dance at home (turning once),  top couples house to home4;
long body32;
full house6; double2.
  S E T    F O R M A T I O N   FIGURE 2 -- REELS (112 BARS)
Dance ordinary reels steps (lift-2-3-4) and, when advancing and
          retiring, the five-step (step, step, 3-4-5).
All  couples: in waltz hold, back the lady to the position on the right2;  house in-place
          (turning once)4;  repeat the preceding six-bar pattern until original
          partners dance at home (turning once)18;
as in Figure One, partners face and dance around one another anticlockwise
          twice, without touching, while individually turning clockwise8;
Top couples: REPEAT  "MARKER" with the couple on their left :
          house around each other in waltz hold8;
          advance and retire once, right-hand-in-right, and ladies pass across
                    anticlockwise to the gent’s left side during the retire4;
          pass through, gents left-shoulder-to-left, and partners turn into one
                    another to-place4;
          advance and retire once, right-hand-in-right, and ladies pass across
                    anticlockwise to the gent’s left side during the retire4;
          pass through, gents left-shoulder-to-left, and partners turn into one
                    another to-place4;
          house around each other in waltz hold8.
Sides couples: repeat from   REPEAT  "MARKER"   32.
All couples: full house6; double2.
  S E T    F O R M A T I O N   FIGURE 3 -- JIGS (112 BARS)
Dance an ordinary jig step (down-2-3).
All couples: lead around anticlockwise; the gent places his right hand behind and takes the
          lady’s right hand at her waist and they hold left hands in-front; dance
          one clockwise revolution while dancing to the next position on the
          right2; dance in-place (no turns)2; repeat the preceding four-bar
          pattern three times12;
interlacing ladies chain (tops begin and sides begin two bars later); giving
          hands at waist-level to all, ladies chain right hands in the center then left
          hands to then around (no arch) the opposite gent and dance to the gent
          on the right6;
          the receiving gents take right-hand-in right with the lady; they form an
          arch and the lady turns anticlockwise under the arch to-place2;
partners grasp right forearms and dance around one another once clockwise4;
grasp left forearms and dance around one another once anticlockwise4;
interlacing ladies chain (from present locations  original sides begin and
          tops begin two bars later), as above8;
partners dance right forearm then left forearm dance around as above8;
interlacing ladies chain (from present locations  original tops begin and
          sides begin two bars later), as above8;
partners dance right forearm then left forearm dance around as above8;
interlacing ladies chain (from present locations  original sides begin and
          tops begin two bars later), as above8;
partners dance right forearm then left forearm dance around as above8;
as above, lead around anticlockwise16;
  S E T    F O R M A T I O N   FIGURE 4 -- REELS (112 BARS)   
Dance an ordinary reels step (lift-2-3-4).
All couples: take hands in a circle and dance anticlockwise (facing forward, left shoulders into
          the set) then reverse direction4; still holding hands, dance clockwise
          to-place (right shoulders into the set) and release hands4;
couples form an arch with gent’s left and lady’s right hands (the high hands);
          the gent dances anticlockwise under the arch as partners change
          places2;   repeat this two-bar pattern three times6;
as ladies pinwheel clockwise in the center with the right hand (4-bars), then
          pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hand (4-bars), gents dance
          anticlockwise around the set then reverse direction2; dance clockwise
          then reverse direction4; dance anticlockwise to home and partners take
          right-hand-in-right2;
chain to opposite (gents dance anticlockwise, ladies clockwise)6; right-hand-in-
          right, turn the lady under anticlockwise2;
continuing the same directions, chain to home6; right-hand-in-right, turn the
          lady under anticlockwise2;
swing in waltz hold8;
as above, couples form an arch with gent’s left and lady’s right hands; the gent
          dances anticlockwise under the arch as partners change places four times8;
as gents pinwheel clockwise in the center with the right hand (4-bars), then
          pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hand (4-bars), ladies dance clockwise
          around the set then reverse direction2; dance anticlockwise then reverse
          direction4; dance clockwise to home and take partner right-hand-in-right2;
chain to opposite (gents dance anticlockwise, ladies clockwise)6; right-hand-in-
          right, turn the lady under anticlockwise2;
continuing the same directions, chain to home6;  right-hand-in-right, turn the
          lady under anticlockwise2;
swing in waltz hold8;
as above, couples form an arch with gent’s left and lady’s right hands; the gent
          dances anticlockwise under the arch as partners change places four times8;
full house6; double2.
         

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