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ARDGROOM SET |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor![]() |
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This set is from the Béara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland. |
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First side couple is left of first top couple. |
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Swing in waltz hold. |
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Ladies chain: with a waist-level hold for all contacts, ladies grasp right hands in the |
center and dance on to the opposite gent; couples take left hands and dance | |
around one another (no arch); ladies do not chain when returning home. | |
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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 (quantities of measures) for 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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Half-diamond: crossover anticlockwise to opposite in four bars of music dancing a |
slide-close step; in waltz hold, with the gent on the inside, slide sideways to the | |
position on the right and turn so the lady is on the inside (two bars); slide to | |
opposite (two bars). | |
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Edition of March 03, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice; dance a gliding-sliding- |
walking step: in 1-2, 1-2; out 1-2, 1-2 8. | |
First top couple: | ![]() |
half-diamond (see heading)4; | |
still in waltz hold, house to home4; | |
All couples: | quarterhouse (standard polka body)16; |
full house in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice; dance a gliding-sliding- |
walking step: in 1-2, 1-2; out 1-2, 1-2 8. | |
First top couple: | ![]() |
Top couples: | ladies chain (see heading)8. |
All couples: | slide in and out once in waltz hold (in 1-2, 1-2; out 1-2, 1-2 as above); with |
each retire, couples end slightly to the right of home; thus when all repeats | |
end, all couples will have rotated approximately half-way around the set4; | |
still in waltz hold, house to opposite4; | |
repeat the slide in/out and house to home8; | |
full house in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice; dance a gliding-sliding- |
walking step: in 1-2, 1-2; out 1-2, 1-2 8. | |
First top couple: | ![]() |
half-diamond4; | |
still in waltz hold, house to home4; | |
All couples: | in waltz hold, walk-the-quarter (walking polka): |
walk in-2-3, on (anticlockwise toward opposite)-2-3, in-2-3, on-2-3, | |
in-2-3, on-2-3 6; | |
turn clockwise to-place at opposite2; | |
walk in-2-3, on (anticlockwise toward home)-2-3, in-2-3, on-2-3, | |
in-2-3, on-2-3 6; | |
turn clockwise to-place at home2; | |
full house in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice; dance a gliding-sliding- |
walking step: in 1-2, 1-2; out 1-2, 1-2 8. | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
slide in and out once in waltz hold (in 1-2, 1-2; out 1-2, 1-2 as above)4; | |
still in waltz hold, house to opposite4; | |
repeat the slide in/out and house to home8; | |
repeat the preceding sixteen bars16; | |
All couples: | quarterhouse (standard polka body)16; |
full house in waltz hold8; | |
Side couples: | repeat from ![]() |
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All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice; dance a gliding-sliding- |
walking step: in 1-2, 1-2; out 1-2, 1-2 8. | |
First top couple: | ![]() |
half-diamond4; | |
still in waltz hold, house to home4; | |
All couples: | gents swing the lady on the left (corner partner) in waltz hold8; |
quarterhouse (standard polka body) as new partners16; | |
full house in waltz hold as new partners8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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leading; the leading gent is to be with a new partner to begin | |
the house inside144. |