Ballingeary Jig Set

Category: Irish Set
Description:


Danced quite fast. Use waltz hold throughout.
Notes from Pat Murphy via Set Dancing News “This traditional set from west Cork is danced to slides. I first learned it at a class in the Piper’s Club in Dublin.  It has previously been published by Eileen O’Doherty in her set dancing collection The Walking Polka.”

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Figure 1: Diamond (Slide)

112 Bars + 8 bar lead-in

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1 Everyone
Quarterhouse All dance 1,2,123 into the center (2) and back,2,123 (2) and turn 2 full turns into the next place on the R (4). Gents step in (1) on the left foot, ladies on the right.

One alternate form uses a sliding motion into the center as (gents) left-together, left, right-up (with a small hop) , back out on the right, then left, step in place three times 123 (RLR).  Ladies start on the right foot, end on the left.

Repeat until you get back home.
32
2 Top Couples
Tops House
8
3 Tops Diamond Slide step as in 1 in a diamond formation dance toward the couple to the right, reverse to opposite side, repeat to home. 8
4 Tops Swing at home 8
5 Everyone
Quarterhouse halfway
16
6 Side Couples
Dance 2 to 4
24
7 Everyone
Quarterhouse halfway
16

Figure 2: Gents cross (Slide)

128 Bars + 8 bar lead-in

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1 Everyone
Quarterhouse
32
2 Top Couples
Tops House
8
3 Tops Diamond 8
4 Gents cross and swing with opposite lady. Two bars to get across. 8
5 Gents cross home Swing with partner 8
6 Everyone
Quarterhouse halfway
16
7 Side Couples
Dance 2 to 5
32
8 Everyone
Quarterhouse halfway
16

Figure 3: Ladies Wheel (Slide)

144 Bars + 8 bar lead-in

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1 Everyone
Quarterhouse
32
2 Top Couples
House
8
3 Tops Diamond 8
4 Ladies wheel All 4 ladies wheel right and left hand 8
5 Gents wheel 8
6 Everyone
Swing with your parner
8
7 Quarterhouse halfway 16
8 Side Couples
Dance 2 to 6
40
9 Everyone
Quarterhouse halfway
16

Figure 4: Swing the ladies (Slide)

160 Bars + 8 bar lead-in

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1 Everyone
Quarterhouse
32
2 Top Couples
Tops House
8
3 Tops Diamond 8
4 Swing the ladies Top gents swing the lady on the left, move all the way around the set. 32
5 Everyone
Quarterhouse halfway
16
6 Side Couples
Dance 2 to 4
48
7 Everyone
Quarterhouse halfway
16

Figure 5: Chain (Slide)

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1 Everyone
Quarterhouse
32
2 Top Couples
Tops House
8
3 Tops Diamond 8
4 Everyone
All chain halfway Chain halfway around the set by turning with hands around your partner, gents chain CW, ladies CCW. Use only hands.
8
5 Swing with your partner 8
6 Quarterhouse halfway 16
7 Side Couples
Dance 2 to 5
32
8 Everyone
Quarterhouse halfway
16
Added on 2011-06-19 14:34:43.
Modified on 2016-03-27 08:55:02.
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