Category: Irish Set
Description:
Also known as the Derry Set.
This set was composed by Frank Roddy of Derry some years ago. Music for the set was recorded by Matt Cunningham during Easter 1999. Thanks to Anne O’Donnell for her help in teaching me the set and to Frank Roddy for his notes and advice.
Notes by Pat Murphy from A Flowing Tide. Reproduced with permission.
Figure 1: Pass through, wheel around (Reel)
120 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Everyone Lead around Lead around holding crossed hands. Each lady turns clockwise under her partner’s raised hands during the last two bars. |
8 |
| 2 | Swing Swing in waltz hold | 8 |
| 3 | Tops House House around each other. |
8 |
| 4 | Pass through, back and wheel around Leading couples face the side couple on their left. All pass through, with ladies in the centre, and reverse back with gents in the centre (4b), then the four dancers join right hands and dance a full turn clockwise back to their own places (4b). | 8 |
| 5 | Everyone Swing Swing in waltz hold. |
8 |
| 6 | Sides House House around each other. |
8 |
| 7 | Everyone Pass through, back and wheel around Repeat pass through, back and wheel with side couples turning left and top couples turning right. |
8 |
| 8 | Swing Swing in waltz hold. | 8 |
| 9 | Repeat 3 to 8 | 48 |
| 10 | House All couples house around. | 8 |
Figure 2: High gates (Reel)
152 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Everyone Lead around Lead around holding crossed hands. Each lady turns clockwise under her partner’s raised hands during the last two bars. |
8 |
| 2 | Swing Swing in waltz hold | 8 |
| 3 | Tops House House around each other. |
8 |
| 4 | Advance & retire, gent pass under Advance and retire once, holding inside hands (4b), then the leading couple form an arch and the second gent crosses under the arch to the leading gent’s position while the second lady moves forward, giving her right hand to the leading gent’s left (4b). | 8 |
| 5 | High gates Leading gent and the two ladies dance the arches or high gates. The leading lady passes under the arch first, then the second lady and, finally, the leading lady again. During the last two bars, the three of them face the second gent and form a group of four in the centre. | 8 |
| 6 | Swing in four Couples swing in four in the centre (6b) and reverse to place (2b). | 8 |
| 7 | Sides Dance 3 to 6 The first side couple, on the left of the first top couple, lead. |
32 |
| 8 | Tops Dance 3 to 6 With second top couple leading |
32 |
| 9 | Sides Dance 3 to 6 With second side couple leading |
32 |
| 10 | Everyone House All couples house around. |
8 |
Figure 3: Arch across (Reel)
136 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Everyone Lead around Lead around holding crossed hands. Each lady turns clockwise under her partner’s raised hands during the last two bars. |
8 |
| 2 | Swing Swing in waltz hold | 8 |
| 3 | Tops Ladies chain Ladies chain with right hands in the centre, turn with left arms around the opposite gent and chain with right hands as they dance back to place. |
8 |
| 4 | House House around each other. | 8 |
| 5 | Everyone Advance, retire, arch across Top couples face the side couple on their left, all holding inside hands. They advance and retire once (4b), then change places, top couples forming an arch and side couples passing under the arch (4b). They repeat the movements three times as they dance around the set to home. Top couples move left each time and side couples move right. |
32 |
| 6 | Swing Swing in waltz hold | 8 |
| 7 | Repeat 4 to 6 With side couples leading. They turn left to form the arch in the Arch movement. | 56 |
| 8 | House All couples house around. | 8 |
Figure 4: Ladies on (Jig)
96 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Everyone Lead around Lead around holding crossed hands. Each lady turns clockwise under her partner’s raised hands during the last two bars. |
8 |
| 2 | Swing Swing in waltz hold | 8 |
| 3 | House All couples house around. | 8 |
| 4 | Gents Ladies take new partners All gents advance (1 2 3, 1 2 3) and retire once while ladies dance on the spot (1 2 3,1 2 3), ladies then dance to the position on the right and turn clockwise to face the next gent (4b). All couples, with new partners, dance halfway around the set from where they are (4b). |
8 |
| 5 | Everyone Swing all swing. |
8 |
| 6 | Repeat 4 and 5 Repeat three times until swinging their own partners at home. | 48 |
| 7 | House All couples house around. | 8 |
Figure 5: Dance at home and double on (Hornpipe)
144 Bars + 8 bar lead-in
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| 1 | Everyone Advance, retire, ladies move on Taking hands in a circle, all couples advance and retire once, then dance at home, turning once. During the last two bars, ladies turn clockwise under their partner’s left hand and move to join the next gent on their left. |
8 |
| 2 | Dance at home and double on All dance on the spot with their new partners (2b), then double to the next position on their right (2b). They repeat this movement (dance on the spot & double on) three times until back in the gents’ original position (12b) | 16 |
| 3 | House All couples dance around the house. | 8 |
| 4 | Repeat 1 to 3 Until all housing with their own partners again. | 96 |
| 5 | Advance, retire, dance at home Taking hands in a circle again, all advance and retire once, then dance at home. | 8 |
| 6 | House All couples house around. | 8 |
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