BORLIN JENNY -- 1 SET | |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from County Cork, Ireland. | |
Swing in ceili hold. | |
Other versions are danced. | |
Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot. | |
Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold. | |
The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music. | |
Documentation is based upon a workshop led by Yutaka Usui at North Olmsted, Ohio | |
USA on September 10, 2002. | |
Edition of April 1, 2008 -- Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com | |
FIGURE 1 -- SINGLE REELS (96 BARS) PINWHEEL |
Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
advance and retire twice, still holding right hand in right8; | |
Top couples: | pinwheel with the couple on their left : first dance clockwise with the right hands3; |
change hands and direction1; pinwheel anticlockwise to home4. | |
All couples: | square the house in waltz hold : dance step and hop, step and hop, 1-2-3, |
1-2-3 (a four-bar pattern) to each right (anticlockwise) position : | |
dance a lively, bouncing, almost skipping style; | |
facing forward, step out then lift the heel of the trailing foot | |
(a gentle hop) and continue forward on the hopping foot; repeat the | |
step and hop to reach the first position2; dance in-place turning slightly | |
anticlockwise to face the next position2; | |
repeat the four-bar pattern three more times to home12; | |
full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from with side couples leading (pinwheel with their left couple)40. |
FIGURE 2 -- SINGLE REELS (96 BARS) LEAD AROUND |
Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
advance and retire once, still holding right hand in right; pull the lady's right hand | |
to her right shoulder at the end of the retire4; | |
lead around anticlockwise to opposite; turning the lady clockwise, pull the right | |
hands up/out/down to a right hand in right hold as partners both dance | |
to face into the set4; | |
repeat the preceding advance and retire and lead around to home8; | |
square the house as in Figure One16; | |
full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from 40. |
FIGURE 3 -- SINGLE REELS (96 BARS) CORNER SWING |
Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
advance and retire once, still holding right hand in right4; | |
near corner partners swing in ceili hold4; | |
new couples advance and retire once, holding right hand in right4; | |
original partners swing in ceili hold4; | |
square the house as in Figure One16; | |
full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from 40. |
FIGURE 4 -- SINGLE REELS (80 BARS) CHANGE OVER |
Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
facing into the set, partners exchange sevens and threes (sidestep); the partner | |
dancing to the right dances behind his/her partner [the right-rear rule; | |
dance sevens to the side2 then two bars in place2; repeat to the other | |
side4]8; | |
square the house as in Figure One16; | |
full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from 32. |
FIGURE 5 -- SINGLE REELS (112 BARS) CHAIN |
Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
chain : right-hand-in-right, partners make a half-turn so gents dance | |
clockwise and ladies dance anticlockwise16; | |
swing in ceili hold8; | |
square the house as in Figure One16; | |
full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from 48. |
FIGURE 6 -- SINGLE REELS (112 BARS) WHEEL |
Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
ladies pinwheel : first dance clockwise with the right hands3; change hands | |
and direction1; pinwheel anticlockwise to home4. | |
gents pinwheel : first dance clockwise with the right hands3; change hands and | |
and direction1; pinwheel anticlockwise to home; retain left hands in the | |
center and give right hands to partner and pull hands up/over to have them | |
rest atop her right shoulder; the lady places her left arm on the gent's waist4; | |
lead around anticlockwise in a big-wheel, holding hands as above; release left | |
hands and pull the right hands up/out/down to a waltz hold on the final | |
two bars8; | |
square the house as in Figure One16; | |
full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from 48. |