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CLOGHAN SET |
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© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from County Offaly, Ireland. |
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Ladies chain: ladies give right hands at waist-level 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 he continues to | |
| face into the set; ladies again chain with right hands in the center and then dance | |
| on to their partner; couples take left hands and again form an arch; the lady | |
| dances under the arch to-place as the gent again continues to face into the set. | |
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Swing in waltz hold. |
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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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Edition of October 2, 2006 -- Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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| Top couples: | |
| pass through with gents in the center; turn clockwise to-place at home4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8; | |
| ladies chain (see header)8; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| Top couples: | |
| then turn clockwise to face each other2; swing in waltz hold in the center4; | |
| reverse to-place2; | |
| lead around inside the set in sweetheart hold8; | |
| partners face one another and take right-hand-in-right; dance in-place with an | |
| ordinary or battering step8; | |
| swing in waltz hold8; | |
| ladies chain8; | |
| swing in waltz hold8; | |
| All couples: | repeat from |
| second side lady then second side gent and first side lady leading144. |
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| Top couples | |
| swing in waltz hold8; | |
| gents place hands on lady's waist and ladies place hands on gent's shoulders; | |
| with gents back-to-back, gallop (sevens, beginning with weight on the | |
| trailing foot) to opposite 4; | |
| dance in-place, without turning2; | |
| with ladies back-to-back, gallop to home4; | |
| dance in-place, without turning2; | |
| swing in waltz hold8; | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; |
| lead around anticlockwise in sweetheart hold8; | |
| lead around anticlockwise in sweetheart hold8; | |
| repeat from |
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| lead around anticlockwise in sweetheart hold8; | |
| take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |