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ROSCOMMON SET |
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© 2008 Larry E. Taylor |
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This set from County Roscommon, Ireland is also known as the NORTH ROSCOMMON SET. |
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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 for dance 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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Dance it out : Partners face one another and dance on-the-spot, without touching. |
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First side is on the right of First Top. |
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The traditional step for reels is two heel-bounces with two opposite toe-taps then |
| down with the front (tapping) foot1; repeat beginning with the opposite foot | |
| leading1. For jigs, the traditional step is back/down on the leading foot (gents | |
| right, ladies left), batter-down; repeat beginning with the opposite foot leading. | |
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Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Gerard Butler in Chicago, Illinois, |
| USA in January 2006. | |
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Edition of December 25, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
| FIGURE 1 --
REELS (272 BARS) |
| Dance and ordinary reel step for swings and steps as shown. | |
| Top couples: |  ladies crossover to opposite, passing right-shoulder-to- |
| right-shoulder2; | |
| gents crossover to opposite, passing left-shoulder-to-left-shoulder2; | |
| repeat the two lines above to respective homes4; | |
| dance it out (as in the heading; dance the steps twice then down-flat, | |
| down-flat, down-flat, one-two-three2) 8; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from 24. |
| Top couples: | first top gent/second top
lady: beginning
right-shoulder-to-right, |
| dance a back-to-back in the center and end facing one another8; | |
| swing in ceili hold in the center6; non-swinging partners dance in and | |
| tops take hands in a circle2; | |
| Top couples: | contrary clockwise (right shoulders into the circle, dancing in a file |
| formation)6; reverse directions to have left shoulders into the circle2; | |
contrary anticlockwise in file formation6; dance to home2; |
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| dance it out8; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Repeat: | repeat from with the first
side gent & the second side lady, |
| second top gent and the first top lady, then the second side | |
| gent and the first side lady leading144. | |
| All couples: | ladies give right hands in the center at shoulder-height (pinwheel) and |
| dance to and give left hands to the opposite gent at waist-level; | |
| couples dance around one another anticlockwise then the ladies | |
| again pinwheel as they dance to home8. | |
| dance it out8; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. |
| FIGURE 2 --
JIGS (168 BARS) |
| Dance down-batter/down, down-batter/down, down-batter/down | |
| or an ordinary jig step (down-2-3). | |
| Top couples: | take right-hand-in-right and advance2; still holding right hands, gents retire straight |
| back and ladies dance anticlockwise to face partners2; | |
| crossover on the left with the ladies dancing backward to-place and the gents | |
| dancing forward then turning anticlockwise to-place (backs-into place)4. | |
| Side couples: | repeat the four lines above8. |
| All couples: | beginning right-hand-in-right, chain all around (gents anticlockwise, ladies clockwise)12; |
| dance it out4; | |
| swing in ceili hold8; | |
| Top couples: | as above, take right-hand-in-right and advance2; still holding right hands, gents |
| retire straight back and ladies dance anticlockwise to face partners2; | |
| as above, crossover on the left with the ladies dancing backward to-place and | |
| the gents dancing forward then turning anticlockwise to-place | |
| (backs-into place)4. | |
| Side couples: | repeat the four lines above to have all four couples return home8. |
| All couples: | swing in ceili hold8. |
| Top couples: |
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ladies crossover right-shoulder-to-right2; gents crossover left-shoulder- |
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| to-left and tops form a circle-of-four in the center2; | |
| little Christmas6; gents retire to home, taking the opposite lady to-place | |
| beside him2; | |
| ladies chain with the right hands at waist-level, making one and one-half | |
| turns in the center, and dance to original partners8; | |
pass through with ladies in the center and turn-in to one another4; ladies |
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crossover right-shoulder-to-right2; gents crossover left-shoulder-to-left2; |
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dance it out8; |
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| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat
from
except all finally swing48. |
| FIGURE 3 --
REELS (192 BARS) |
| Top couples: |
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| couple2; second top lady moves beside the first top gent, taking his left | |
| hand in her left hand; the first top gent pulls-the-hands to an across-the- | |
| shoulders hold while the second top gent takes the ladies’inside hands2; | |
| as a trio-and-one (T-formation or wheelbarrow), dance across the set2; | |
| the second top gent pulls the hands to an across-the-shoulders hold with | |
| the first top gent holding the ladies’ inside hands2; | |
the new trio-and-one: dance across the set2; dance on-the-spot2; |
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| dance to the center2; | |
| ladies face one another and all form a circle-of-four2; | |
| little Christmas6; reverse to home2. | |
| dance it out8; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. | |
| All couples: | repeat
from with
the first side couple, second top
couple then the |
| second side couple dancing across the set first120. | |
| all ladies chain (pinwheel) to the opposite gent; give right hands at | |
| shoulder-height in the center then left forearms to the opposite gent2; | |
| partners dance around one another anticlockwise2; | |
| ladies dance home, touching right hands in the center (pinwheel)4; | |
| dance it out8; | |
| swing in ceili hold8. |
| FIGURE 4 --
POLKAS (192 BARS) |
| Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3) and as shown below. | |
| All couples: | long quarterhouse (body) : |
| in waltz hold, dance in-place (or slightly in and out) twice4; | |
| turning clockwise, dance to the next position on the right2; | |
| dance on-the-spot with a lively--but low-to-the-floor--tap and tap, | |
| tap and tap and tap-tap-tap (heel emphasis)2; | |
| repeat the preceding eight-bar pattern three times24; | |
| Top couples: | in waltz hold, house around each other8; |
| gents dance past one another right-shoulder-to-right to the next lady on the | |
| right and take waltz hold4; | |
| make one turn with the lady and face into the set2; dance tap and tap, tap | |
| and tap and tap-tap-tap2; | |
| [Alternative for the preceding four bars: swing in waltz hold.] | |
| gents repeat the preceding eight-bar pattern with each lady-on-the-right | |
| to re-establish original partners at home24. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from 72. |
| All couples: | long quarterhouse, as above32; |
| full house8. |
