CLOGHAN SET | |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from County Offaly, Ireland. | |
Ladies chain: ladies give right hands at waist-level and dance on to the opposite gent | |
(who has danced into his partner's position); couples take left hands and form | |
an arch; the lady dances under the arch and around the gent as he continues to | |
face into the set; ladies again chain with right hands in the center and then dance | |
on to their partner; couples take left hands and again form an arch; the lady | |
dances under the arch to-place as the gent again continues to face into the set. | |
Swing in waltz hold. | |
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. | |
First side couple is on the left of the first top couple. | |
Edition of October 2, 2006 -- Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com | |
FIGURE 1 -- REELS (72 BARS) |
Top couples: | pass through with ladies in the center; turn clockwise at opposite4; |
pass through with gents in the center; turn clockwise to-place at home4; | |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
ladies chain (see header)8; | |
swing in waltz hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from 32. |
FIGURE 2 -- REELS (200 BARS) |
Top couples: | first top gent and second top lady pass in the center right-shoulder-to-right |
then turn clockwise to face each other2; swing in waltz hold in the center4; | |
reverse to-place2; | |
lead around inside the set in sweetheart hold8; | |
partners face one another and take right-hand-in-right; dance in-place with an | |
ordinary or battering step8; | |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
ladies chain8; | |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
All couples: | repeat from with second top gent and first top lady, first side gent and |
second side lady then second side gent and first side lady leading144. |
FIGURE 3 -- REELS (72 BARS) |
Top couples | ladies chain8; |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
gents place hands on lady's waist and ladies place hands on gent's shoulders; | |
with gents back-to-back, gallop (sevens, beginning with weight on the | |
trailing foot) to opposite 4; | |
dance in-place, without turning2; | |
with ladies back-to-back, gallop to home4; | |
dance in-place, without turning2; | |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
Side couples: | repeat from 32. |
FIGURE 4 -- REELS (96 BARS) |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; |
lead around anticlockwise in sweetheart hold8; | |
swing in waltz hold6; ladies dance inside the set to the next gent on the right2; | |
lead around anticlockwise in sweetheart hold8; | |
repeat from until original partners are again at home48; | |
lead around anticlockwise in sweetheart hold8; | |
take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |