Category: Irish Set
Description:
This set is associated with the Crusheen Set Dancers in County Clare. It should be danced in a light style, without jumping or battering.
Description and overall dance notes originally added from Toss the Feathers by Pat Murphy. Reproduced with permission.
1st side couple are on 1st tops’ left.
Traditionally smooth steps are used throughout, with minimal heel lift.
Figure 1: Square, Pass through (Reel)
152 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
 |
 |
| 1 | Everyone Lead around and swing All couples lead around anticlockwise holding hands in front. On the last two bars, ladies turn clockwise under the gents' arms (8b) and swing (8b). |
16 |
| 2 | 1st Tops Advance and swing First top gent and opposite lady past left shoulder to left in the center (2b), turn clockwise (2b) and swing (4b). They finish the swing with their backs to their own positions. |
8 |
| 3 | Top Couples Square Top couples square, gents clockwise, ladies anti-clockwise. They cross right shoulder to right with the opposite person, turn (clockwise gents, anti-clockwise ladies), dance through opposite end, passing their parner left shoulder to left. They cross back, right shoulder to right with the opposite person and dance past their partners left shoulder to left. |
8 |
| 4 | Everyone Swing your corner Ladies face right, gents face left and swing the person in the corner. All finish the swing facing towards their own positions. |
8 |
| 5 | Swing your partner All dance back to their partners (2b) and swing (6b) | 8 |
| 6 | 2nd Tops Dance 2 to 5 Top lady and opposite gent dancing the Advance and Swing. |
32 |
| 7 | 1st Sides Dance 2 to 5 First side gent and opposite lady dancing the Advance and Swing. |
32 |
| 8 | 2nd Sides Dance 2 to 5 First side lady and opposite gent dancing the Advance and Swing. |
32 |
| 9 | Everyone House doubling the last two bars |
8 |
Figure 2: Turn the Lady (Reel)
184 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
Show the lady, make her dizzy, advance in two lines
|
|
| 1 | Everyone Lead around and swing All couples lead around anticlockwise holding hands in front. On the last two bars, ladies turn clockwise under the gents' arms (8b) and swing (8b). |
16 |
| 2 | 1st Tops House inside |
8 |
| 3 | Turn the lady Holding right hand in right, first top lady turns clockwise four times under her parner's arm, while he dances on the spot. | 8 |
| 4 | Dance into line Facing each other, top couple cross to the opposite side, turn clockwise (4b), dance back past each other again and both top couple line up next to side positions. There should now be four facing four in side positions. | 8 |
| 5 | Everyone Advance and retire twice All advance, retire, advance and side couples retire while top couples dance the last two bars in place. |
8 |
| 6 | Swing | 8 |
| 7 | 2nd Tops Dance 2 to 6 2nd top couple leads |
40 |
| 8 | 1st Sides Dance 2 to 6 1st side couple leads. |
40 |
| 9 | 2nd Sides Dance 2 to 6 2nd side couple leads. |
40 |
| 10 | Everyone House doubling the last two bars. |
8 |
Figure 3: Big Wheel (Reel)
136 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
|
|
| 1 | Everyone Lead around and swing All couples lead around anticlockwise holding hands in front. On the last two bars, ladies turn clockwise under the gents' arms (8b) and swing (8b). |
16 |
| 2 | Ladies Ladies advance and retire twice |
8 |
| 3 | Gents Gents advance and retire twice During the second retire, gents form a + and take left hands in the center and put right arms around partner's waist, lady puts her left hand on his right shoulder. |
8 |
| 4 | Everyone Lead around & back Lead around anti-clockwise back to place. Turn in towards partners during bars 7 & 8 and lead back clockwise, gents holding right hands with the opposite gent. Gents reverse into their own positions and all form a circle of eight. |
16 |
| 5 | Big Christmas Swing in eight, first clockwise (8b) then anti-clockwise (8b). | 16 |
| 6 | Swing partners | 8 |
| 7 | Repeat 2 to 6 | 56 |
| 8 | House doubling the last two bars. | 8 |
Figure 4: Lead Around, Little Christmas (Reel)
184 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
|
|
| 1 | Everyone Lead around and swing All couples lead around anticlockwise holding hands in front. On the last two bars, ladies turn clockwise under the gents' arms (8b) and swing (8b). |
16 |
| 2 | 1st Tops House inside |
8 |
| 3 | Top Couples Lead around Holding crossed hands in front, both top couples lead around clockwise inside the set, dancing through their own positions to join right hands in a star with the side couple on their left. |
8 |
| 4 | Everyone Wheel around clockwise with right hands in (4b), turn, join left hands and dance back to their own side (4b) |
8 |
| 5 | Swing in four Both groups swing in four (8b) and, without stopping, all break away on the last bar to swing their own partners back to place (8b). | 16 |
| 6 | 2nd Tops Dance 2 to 5 this time, second top couple leads the movement and top couples lead around anti-clockwise to join with the side couple right of their own positions. |
40 |
| 7 | 1st Sides Dance 2 to 5 with first sides leading |
40 |
| 8 | 2nd Sides Dance 2 to 5 with second sides leading |
40 |
| 9 | Everyone House doubling the last two bars. |
8 |
Figure 5: Swing, Chain, Lineup (Reel)
184 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
For the lineup, couples not at the head or foot of the line should head right of center when joining the line.
|
|
| 1 | Everyone Lead around and swing All couples lead around anticlockwise holding hands in front. On the last two bars, ladies turn clockwise under the gents' arms (8b) and swing (8b). |
16 |
| 2 | Chain and line-up All face partners, take right hands and chain all round, gents anti-clockwise, ladies clockwise. Partners swing one turn in opposite position (2b) then continue the chain (6b). All dance into a line-up, each lady in front of her own partner. For the first line-up, first top couple face out of their own position, first side couple (on the left) are behind them, second side couple (on the right) are third and second top couple are fourth. | 16 |
| 3 | Slide From the line, ladies step to the right and gets step to the left with a 1 2, 1 2, 1 2, 1 2 3 pattern in 4b. Then they step back, going in the opposite direction, passing though the other line, turning on the last bar and taking hands so that the four ladies are facing the four gents. | 8 |
| 4 | Advance and retire twice | 8 |
| 5 | Dance home and swing All dance back home to their own partner (4b) and swing (4b) | 8 |
| 6 | Repeat 2 to 5 This time the second top couple face out of their position to lead the line-up, second side couple behind them. | 40 |
| 7 | Repeat 2 to 5 This time the first side couple face out of their position to lead the line-up, second top couple behind them. | 40 |
| 8 | Repeat 2 to 5 This time the second side couple face out of their position to lead the line-up, first top couple behind them. | 40 |
| 9 | House doubling the last two bars. | 8 |
Added on 2011-07-05 13:06:46.
Modified on 2017-11-27 15:24:55.
Sign in to see who added or last modified this dance.
Modified on 2017-11-27 15:24:55.
Sign in to see who added or last modified this dance.