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DOWN CALEDONIAN SET |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor![]() |
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This set is from county Down, Ireland. |
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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 (who has danced into his partners | |
position); couples hook left arms and dance around one another twice; ladies | |
also take right hands when dancing to home. | |
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Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot. Note |
the exception in Figure 5 wherein all begin on the right foot. | |
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Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold. |
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Dance a walking step (1-2, 1-2, 1-2, etc.) throughout the set. |
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The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music. Bow to |
Partner then to Corner during the introduction. | |
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First side couple is on the right of the first top couple. |
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Edition of November 22, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com . |
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Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2. | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
ladies chain (see heading)8; | |
swing in waltz hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat
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All couples: | stand (sometimes clapping)8. |
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Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2. | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
dancing to the next lady on the left8; | |
All couples: | as new partners (corner-partners) swing in waltz hold8; |
gents give lefts in center (pinwheel) and rights at new partners waist behind; | |
lead around (big wheel)8. | |
Top couples: | repeat
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Side couples: | repeat
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All couples: | stand (sometimes clapping)8. |
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Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2. | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
ladies chain8; | |
swing in waltz hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from ![]() |
All couples: | stand (sometimes clapping)8. |
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Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2. | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
hold4; reverse to place2; | |
pass through : | |
first top take inside hands and dance through second top, release hands | |
and turn out from one another; | |
while second top dance across on the outside of first top and turn in | |
to one another4; | |
repeat the preceding pass through except second top pass through | |
the middle4. | |
All couples: | swing corner-partner in waltz hold8; |
repeat
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side gent then second side lady/first side gent leading72; | |
stand (sometimes clapping)8. |
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Except when swinging, dance a walking step, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2. | |
1st top couple: | ![]() |
house to home6. | |
All couples: | all ladies advance and retire once (no-touch; 1-2-3-kick, back on left, kick right, |
back on right, kick lefts then back on lefts beside rights)4. | |
all gents advance and retire once (no-touch; face into the set when advancing and | |
face out of the set when retiring)4; | |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
chain to opposite; partners begin right-hand-in-right (gents thus dance | |
anticlockwise and ladies dance clockwise)8; | |
take crossed hands (rights on top) and lead around to home4; | |
still holding crossed hands, dance (turn) clockwise twice in-place4; | |
partners release left hands; form a hand-holding circle with the gents facing out | |
of the set and ladies facing into the set; and all dance in-place : | |
kick rights, kick lefts, kick rights, kick lefts)4; | |
gents turn their partner anticlockwise under their raised right arm to-place4; | |
repeat
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couple leading144; | |
stand (sometimes clapping)8. |