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BORLIN JENNY -- 1 SET |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor![]() |
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This set is from County Cork, Ireland. |
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Swing in ceili hold. |
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Other versions are danced. |
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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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Documentation is based upon a workshop led by Yutaka Usui at North Olmsted, Ohio |
USA on September 10, 2002. | |
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Edition of April 1, 2008 -- Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
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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 ![]() |
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Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
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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 ![]() |
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Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
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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 ![]() |
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Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
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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 ![]() |
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Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
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clockwise and ladies dance anticlockwise16; | |
swing in ceili hold8; | |
square the house as in Figure One16; | |
full house, still in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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Except for square the house, dance ordinary polka steps -- down-2-3. | |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding right hand in right8; |
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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; | |
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