ROSCOMMON  HALF  SET
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	This set from County Roscommon, Ireland is also known as the NORTH ROSCOMMON
	HALF SET.
	Dance the same step as that of the ROSCOMMON  LANCERS on all movements
	except the swings:  Two heel-bounces with two opposite toe-taps then down
	with the front foot.
	Swing in ceili hold.
	Chain:  Low follow  --  With hands at waist-level for all contacts, the ladies give
	right-hand-in-right in the center then left-hand-in left with the opposite gent
	(who has danced into his partner's position) and they dance around one
	another (no arch).  The ladies also chain with one another when dancing to home.
	Dance it out:  Partners face one another and dance on-the-spot, without touching.
	First couple:    In this half set, the First couple begins with backs to the music (as does
	First Top Couple in a full set).   However, if established before the music starts,
	the couples-orientation can be otherwise.
	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.
	Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Gerard Butler in Chicago, Illinois
	USA in January 2004.
	Edition of October 20, 2006 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com

FIGURE 1 -- REELS (152 BARS)

Ladies:	crossover to opposite, passing right-shoulder-to-right (change places)2.
Gents:	crossover to opposite, passing left-shoulder-to-left (change places)2.
Ladies:	crossover to home, passing right-shoulder-to-right (change places)2.
Gents:	crossover to home, passing left-shoulder-to-left (change places)2.
Both couples:	dance it out (see heading)8;
	swing in ceili hold8;
Opposites:	first gent and second lady:
	beginning right-shoulder-to-right, dance a back-to-back in the center8;
	swing in the center6;
Both couples:	the other two of the half-set dance into the center and all take hands in
	a circle2.
	contrary anticlockwise, dancing in file, (left shoulders into the circle)6;
	reverse directions to have right shoulders into the circle2;
	contrary clockwise dancing in file6; dance to home2. [At some sites,
	the contrary movement begins clockwise.]
Both couples:	dance it out8;
	swing in ceili hold8;
	repeat from      with the second gent and the first lady leading48.
Ladies:	chain8.
Both couples:	dance it out8;
	swing in ceili hold8;

FIGURE 2 -- REELS (112 BARS)

First couple:	first couple take right hand in right and dance across to the opposite
	couple2; second lady moves beside the first gent, taking his
	left hand in her left hand; the first gent pulls-the-hands to an
	across-the-shoulders (sweetheart) hold  while the second gent
	takes the ladies’ inside hands2; dance across the set2; the second
	gent pulls the hands to a sweetheart hold with the first gent
	holding the ladies’ inside hands2.
	The new trio-and-one:  dance across the set2;
	dance on-the-spot2;
	dance to the center2;
	ladies face one another and all form a circle-of-four2;
	little Christmas6; reverse to home2.
Both couples:	dance it out8;
	swing in the center in ceili hold6.
Repeat	repeat from      with the second couple leading40.
Ladies:	chain8.
Both couples:	dance it out8;
	swing in ceili hold8;