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FERMANAGH QUADRILLES SET |
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Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from Fermanagh County, Ireland. |
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Swing in ceili hold. |
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Chain: Pull-the-hand and face-in -- Ladies give right hands at waist-level in the |
| center and dance on to the opposite gent. The gent takes the ladys left hand, | |
| forms an arch and she dances under and around the gent as he continues to face | |
| into the set; ladies chain on the way to home; gents pull-the-hand for an arch | |
| and under/around for original partners also. | |
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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 at Milwaukee, |
| Wisconsin USA in July 1997. | |
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Edition of December 19, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| ladies: crossover (change places), passing right-shoulder-to-right2; | |
| gents: crossover (change places), passing right-shoulder-to-right also2; | |
| ladies then gents crossover to home as above4; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
| Top couples: | |
| house each other, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)8; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| still right-hand-in-right, face and dance in-place (or slightly in-and-out); ladies | |
| face into the set on the first and third bar and out of the set on the | |
| second and fourth bar; on the fourth bar, gents turn the lady | |
| anticlockwise to-place and couples take a sweetheart hold | |
| (across the shoulders)4; | |
| crossover anticlockwise, still in sweetheart hold; pull-the-hand (rights, | |
| up/over) to a right-hand-in-right hold for the following advance and | |
| retire4; | |
| repeat from |
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| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
| Top couples: | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| house each other, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)8; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| right-shoulder-to-right2; turn clockwise2; dance to the center2; | |
| turn clockwise to face each other2; | |
| swing in ceili hold and end facing original partners8; | |
| while still in the center, left-arm hook around4; | |
| right-arm hook around and return to home positions4; | |
| original partners swing in ceili hold8. | |
| All couples: | repeat from |
| gent/first top lady, then second side gent/first side lady leading96. | |
| Top couples: | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from |
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| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
| turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Top couples: | |
| in-place, right-hand-in-right with the lady facing out of the set and the | |
| gent facing into the set(6) then crossover and steal the first top lady, | |
| with the gent holding inside hands of both ladies(2); | |
| while the first top gent dances in-place, the trio cross to the second top gents | |
| position2; the gent pulls the ladies' hands to a sweetheart hold (across | |
| the shoulders)2; the trio and one then dance to the first top gent who | |
| pulls the ladies' inside hands up to a circle-of-four4; | |
| little Christmas, with the ladies resting their hands on the gents shoulders and | |
| gentsarms at the ladies waists6; reverse to home2; | |
| ladies chain8; | |
| swing in ceili hold8; | |
| All couples: | repeat from |
| second side couple swinging first. All couples dance for the | |
| final swing120. |
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| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; |
| full house in waltz hold8; | |
| to-place at the next position on the right on the last two bars8; | |
| new partners full house in waltz hold8; | |
| repeat from |
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| gents: dance to the center and grasp crossed-hands with the opposite man, | |
| with top couple's hands on top4; | |
| ladies: link arms with her partner and the gent originally on her right4; | |
| big Christmas, making two clockwise revolutions8. |
