Category: Irish Set
Description:
This set was given to me by Ciarán Condron. He received the notes in July 2000 from Tomás O’Dea, who collected the set in London from a lady from Dungarvan. Ciarán was teaching at the South Silgo Summer School in Tubbercurry at the time.
Originally added from notes by Pat Murphy, from Set Dancing News issue Oct/Nov 2014.
Figure 1: Crossover (Polka)
144 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Everyone Advance & retire 2x All four couples begin facing into the set. They advance and retire twice in waltz hold. |
8 |
| 2 | Tops Advance & retire, crossover Top couples dance to the centre and back once in waltz hold, then ladies cross right shoulder to right followed by gents, who cross left shoulder to left. |
8 |
| 3 | Advance & retire, cross home Top couples dance to the centre and back once in opposite positions, then ladies cross right shoulder to right followed by gents, who cross left shoulder to left back to home. | 8 |
| 4 | Ladies chain Top ladies chain with right hands low in the centre, turn anticlockwise left hand in left around the opposite gent and dance back home, passing right shoulder to right. | 8 |
| 5 | House Top couples house around each other. | 8 |
| 6 | Sides Dance 2 to 5 |
32 |
| 7 | Tops Dance 2 to 5 |
32 |
| 8 | Sides Dance 2 to 5 |
32 |
| 9 | Everyone Advance & retire 2x All four couples advance and retire twice in waltz hold. |
8 |
Figure 2: Ladies chain (Polka)
96 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Tops Pass through Top couples pass through to opposite positions and turn anticlockwise to face back towards the opposite lady or gent. Ladies pass between the opposite couple while gents pass on the outside (4 bars). All now take left hand in left with the opposite dancer and pass back to face their own partners, taking their partner’s right hand in right (2 bars) and finally turn clockwise around their own partners into place (2 bars). |
8 |
| 2 | Ladies chain Top ladies chain with right hands low in the centre, turn anticlockwise left hand in left around the opposite gent and dance back home, passing right shoulder to right. | 8 |
| 3 | House Top couples house around each other. | 8 |
| 4 | Sides Dance 1 to 3 |
24 |
| 5 | Tops Dance 1 to 3 |
24 |
| 6 | Sides Dance 1 to 3 |
24 |
Figure 3: The star (Polka)
96 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Everyone Ladies star All four ladies join right hands in a star in the centre and dance three-quarter way around to turn left hand in left with the gent right of their own position, then take their own partner’s right hand in right to turn into place beside him. |
8 |
| 2 | Gents star Gents form a star with left hands and dance three quarter way around to turn right hand in right with the lady left of their own positions (6 bars) and dance back to place, taking their own partners in waltz hold. | 8 |
| 3 | Advance & retire, dance to the right In waltz hold, all couples dance to the centre and back once, then move one position to the right turning twice. | 8 |
| 4 | Advance & retire, dance to the right - to home Continue the movement until back home. | 24 |
| 5 | Repeat 1 to 4 | 48 |
Figure 4: Ladies move on (Polka)
56 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Everyone Advance & retire 2x in a circle Taking hands in a circle, all advance and retire twice. |
8 |
| 2 | Advance & retire, ladies move left All advance and retire once, then as gents dance on the spot, ladies move inside their partners to the position on their left and circle again. | 8 |
| 3 | Advance & retire, ladies move left (3x) All advance and retire again (4 bars), then ladies move on the inside to the next position on the left. Repeat until ladies are back home (4 bars). | 24 |
| 4 | Advance & retire 2x in a circle Taking hands in a circle, all advance and retire twice. | 8 |
| 5 | Swing All couples swing in céilí hold to finish. | 8 |
Added on 2015-11-26 23:19:44.
Modified on 2015-12-29 00:14:12.
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