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DUNMANWAY SET |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor![]() |
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This set from County Cork, Ireland is also known as the DUNMANWAY POLKA SET. |
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Take waltz hold for swings, quarterhouses, houses and when dancing slide in/outs. |
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Chain: Low follow -- With a waist-height hold for all contacts, ladies grasp right |
hands in the center and dance to the opposite gent (who has danced to his partner's | |
position); couples grasp left hands and dance around one another anticlockwise | |
(no arch); ladies chain with the right hands on the way home also. | |
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Slide in and out: Gents dance toward the center LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT then toward home |
RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT. Ladies dance toward the center RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, | |
LEFT then toward home LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT. | |
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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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First side couple is on the right of the first top couple. |
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Documentation is based upon the DUNMANWAY SET having been danced fall |
2000 at North Olmsted, Ohio USA. | |
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Edition of December 19, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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All couples: | ![]() |
Top couples: | house each other8; |
ladies chain8; | |
swing8; | |
Side couples: | repeat from
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All couples: | quarterhouse16. |
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slide in/out4; house half-way around4. | |
Top couples: | first top couple : house inside8; |
slide in/out4; | |
dance at home (one revolution)4. | |
All couples: | repeat from ![]() |
slide and change as above16. |
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All couples: | quarterhouse16. |
Top couples: | ![]() |
ladies chain8; | |
swing8; | |
in waltz hold, dance in-place (no turns)4; | |
dance at home, still in waltz hold (one revolution)4; | |
cross, steal a lady then form a center-circle : | |
first top couple cross the set right-hand-in-right where second top | |
couple stand right-hand-in-right2; | |
second top gent takes the crossing lady's left hand and pulls both ladies | |
under his arms, keeping hands at the shoulders2; | |
first top gent takes ladies' inside hands and all dance to the center, pull | |
hands up to form a circle and all bow4. | |
little Christmas6; reverse to home2; | |
ladies chain8; | |
swing8. | |
All couples: | repeat from ![]() |
quarterhouse16. |
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All ladies: | pinwheel clockwise with the right hand, making one and one-half turns, |
ending with the opposite gent8; | |
swing new partner8; | |
slide and change as in Figure Two16; | |
All gents: | pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hand, making one and one-half turns, ending |
with original partner (at opposite)8; | |
swing original partner8; | |
All couples: | repeat from
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slide and change as in Figure Two16. |
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All couples: | lead around anticlockwise in open waltz hold, dancing two bars on-the-spot |
at each position16. | |
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All ladies: | pinwheel clockwise with the right hand3; drop hands and reverse direction1; |
pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hand, ending one position to the right | |
of their starting position4; | |
All gents: | pinwheel with the right hand3; drop hands and reverse direction1, pinwheel |
with the left hand, ending at the gents' home position4; | |
New couples: | swing8; |
repeat from
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All couples: | quarterhouse16; |
lead around anticlockwise in open waltz hold, dancing two bars on-the-spot | |
at each position16. |