DOWN  CALEDONIAN  SET
	© 2008   Larry E. Taylor
	This set is from county Down, Ireland.
	Swing in waltz hold.
	Ladies chain:  with a waist-level hold for all contacts, ladies grasp right hands in the
	center and dance on to the opposite gent (who has danced into his partner’s
	position); couples hook left arms and dance around one another twice; ladies
	also take right hands when dancing to home.
	Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot.  Note
	the exception in Figure 5 wherein all begin on the right foot.
	Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
	Dance a walking step (1-2, 1-2, 1-2, etc.) throughout the set.
	The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music.  Bow to
	Partner then to Corner during the introduction.
	First side couple is on the right of the first top couple.
	Edition of November 22, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com .

FIGURE 1 -- SINGLE REELS (80 BARS)

	Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2.
Top couples:	pinwheel (star) clockwise — right hands only8;
	swing in waltz hold8;
	ladies chain (see heading)8;
	swing in waltz hold8.
Side couples:	repeat from     32.
All couples:	stand (sometimes clapping)8.

FIGURE 2 -- SINGLE REELS (112 BARS)

	Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2.
Top couples:	gents, passing left-shoulder-to-left, make two anticlockwise revolutions
	dancing to the next lady on the left8;
All couples:	as new partners (corner-partners) swing in waltz hold8;
	gents give lefts in center (pinwheel) and rights at new partner’s waist behind;
	lead around (big wheel)8.
Top couples:	repeat from     24.
Side couples:	repeat from     48.
All couples:	stand (sometimes clapping)8.

FIGURE 3 -- SINGLE REELS (80 BARS)

	Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2.
Top couples:	pinwheel (star) clockwise — right hands only8;
	swing in waltz hold8;
	ladies chain8;
	swing in waltz hold8.
Side couples:	repeat from        32.
All couples:	stand (sometimes clapping)8.

FIGURE 4 -- SINGLE REELS (112 BARS)

	Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2.
Top couples:	first top lady and second top gent advance to the center2; swing in waltz
	hold4; reverse to place2;
	pass through :
	first top take inside hands and dance through second top, release hands
	and turn out from one another;
	while second top dance across on the outside of first top and turn in
	to one another4;
	repeat the preceding pass through except second top pass through
	the middle4.
All couples:	swing corner-partner in waltz hold8;
	repeat from     with second top lady/first top gent, first side lady/second
	side gent then second side lady/first side gent leading72;
	stand (sometimes clapping)8.

FIGURE 5 -- SINGLE REELS (208 BARS)

	Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2.
1st top couple:	take waltz hold and back the lady to the center2;
	house to home6.
All couples:	all ladies advance and retire once (no-touch; 1-2-3-kick, back on left, kick right,
	back on right, kick lefts then back on lefts beside rights)4.
	all gents advance and retire once (no-touch; face into the set when advancing and
	face out of the set when retiring)4;
	swing in waltz hold8;
	chain to opposite; partners begin right-hand-in-right (gents thus dance
	anticlockwise and ladies dance clockwise)8;
	take crossed hands (rights on top) and lead around to home4;
	still holding crossed hands, dance (turn) clockwise twice in-place4;
	partners release left hands; form a hand-holding circle with the gents facing out
	of the set and ladies facing into the set; and all dance in-place :
	kick rights, kick lefts, kick rights, kick lefts)4;
	gents turn their partner anticlockwise under their raised right arm to-place4;
	repeat from        with second top couple, first side couple then second side
	couple leading144;
	stand (sometimes clapping)8.

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