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BORLIN JENNY -- 1 SET |
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© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from County Cork, Ireland. |
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Swing in ceili hold. |
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Other versions are danced. |
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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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Documentation is based upon a workshop led by Yutaka Usui at North Olmsted, Ohio |
| USA on September 10, 2002. | |
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Edition of April 1, 2008 -- Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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| Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
| Top couples: | pinwheel with the couple on their left : first dance clockwise with the right hands3; |
| change hands and direction1; pinwheel anticlockwise to home4. | |
| All couples: | square the house in waltz hold : dance step and hop, step and hop, 1-2-3, |
| 1-2-3 (a four-bar pattern) to each right (anticlockwise) position : | |
| dance a lively, bouncing, almost skipping style; | |
| facing forward, step out then lift the heel of the trailing foot | |
| (a gentle hop) and continue forward on the hopping foot; repeat the | |
| step and hop to reach the first position2; dance in-place turning slightly | |
| anticlockwise to face the next position2; | |
| repeat the four-bar pattern three more times to home12; | |
| full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
| repeat from |
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| Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
| to her right shoulder at the end of the retire4; | |
| lead around anticlockwise to opposite; turning the lady clockwise, pull the right | |
| hands up/out/down to a right hand in right hold as partners both dance | |
| to face into the set4; | |
| repeat the preceding advance and retire and lead around to home8; | |
| square the house as in Figure One16; | |
| full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
| repeat from |
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| Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
| near corner partners swing in ceili hold4; | |
| new couples advance and retire once, holding right hand in right4; | |
| original partners swing in ceili hold4; | |
| square the house as in Figure One16; | |
| full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
| repeat from |
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| Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
| dancing to the right dances behind his/her partner [the right-rear rule; | |
| dance sevens to the side2 then two bars in place2; repeat to the other | |
| side4]8; | |
| square the house as in Figure One16; | |
| full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
| repeat from |
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| Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
| clockwise and ladies dance anticlockwise16; | |
| swing in ceili hold8; | |
| square the house as in Figure One16; | |
| full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
| repeat from |
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| Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
| and direction1; pinwheel anticlockwise to home4. | |
| gents pinwheel : first dance clockwise with the right hands3; change hands and | |
| and direction1; pinwheel anticlockwise to home; retain left hands in the | |
| center and give right hands to partner and pull hands up/over to have them | |
| rest atop her right shoulder; the lady places her left arm on the gent's waist4; | |
| lead around anticlockwise in a big-wheel, holding hands as above; release left | |
| hands and pull the right hands up/out/down to a waltz hold on the final | |
| two bars8; | |
| square the house as in Figure One16; | |
| full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
| repeat from |