FERMANAGH QUADRILLES SET | |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from Fermanagh County, Ireland. | |
Swing in ceili hold. | |
Chain: Pull-the-hand and face-in -- Ladies give right hands at waist-level in the | |
center and dance on to the opposite gent. The gent takes the ladys left hand, | |
forms an arch and she dances under and around the gent as he continues to face | |
into the set; ladies chain on the way to home; gents pull-the-hand for an arch | |
and under/around for original partners also. | |
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. | |
Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Pat Murphy at Milwaukee, | |
Wisconsin USA in July 1997. | |
Edition of December 19, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com | |
FIGURE 1 -- REELS (120 BARS) Dance lift-2-3-4. |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | advance and retire twice, right-hand-in-right8; |
ladies: crossover (change places), passing right-shoulder-to-right2; | |
gents: crossover (change places), passing right-shoulder-to-right also2; | |
ladies then gents crossover to home as above4; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from 24. |
Top couples: | ladies chain8; |
house each other, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)8; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from 24 -- except all couples dance for the final swing. |
FIGURE 2 -- JIGS (152 BARS) Dance down-2-3. |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | advance and retire once, right-hand-in-right4; |
still right-hand-in-right, face and dance in-place (or slightly in-and-out); ladies | |
face into the set on the first and third bar and out of the set on the | |
second and fourth bar; on the fourth bar, gents turn the lady | |
anticlockwise to-place and couples take a sweetheart hold | |
(across the shoulders)4; | |
crossover anticlockwise, still in sweetheart hold; pull-the-hand (rights, | |
up/over) to a right-hand-in-right hold for the following advance and | |
retire4; | |
repeat from 12; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from 32. |
Top couples: | ladies chain8; |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
house each other, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)8; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from 32 -- except all couples dance for the final swing. |
FIGURE 3 -- REELS (184 BARS) Dance lift-2-3-4. |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | first top gent and second top lady : crossover (change places), passing |
right-shoulder-to-right2; turn clockwise2; dance to the center2; | |
turn clockwise to face each other2; | |
swing in ceili hold and end facing original partners8; | |
while still in the center, left-arm hook around4; | |
right-arm hook around and return to home positions4; | |
original partners swing in ceili hold8. | |
All couples: | repeat from with first side gent/second side lady, then second top |
gent/first top lady, then second side gent/first side lady leading96. | |
Top couples: | ladies chain8; |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from 16 -- except all couples dance for the final swing. |
FIGURE 4 -- JIGS (184 BARS) Dance down-2-3. |
All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
turn the lady under clockwise with four hands2; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | first top couple swing in ceili hold8 while the second top couple dance |
in-place, right-hand-in-right with the lady facing out of the set and the | |
gent facing into the set(6) then crossover and steal the first top lady, | |
with the gent holding inside hands of both ladies(2); | |
while the first top gent dances in-place, the trio cross to the second top gents | |
position2; the gent pulls the ladies' hands to a sweetheart hold (across | |
the shoulders)2; the trio and one then dance to the first top gent who | |
pulls the ladies' inside hands up to a circle-of-four4; | |
little Christmas, with the ladies resting their hands on the gents shoulders and | |
gentsarms at the ladies waists6; reverse to home2; | |
ladies chain8; | |
swing in ceili hold8; | |
All couples: | repeat from with the first side couple, the second top couple, then the |
second side couple swinging first. All couples dance for the | |
final swing120. |
FIGURE 5 -- JIGS (104 BARS) Dance down-2-3. |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; |
full house in waltz hold8; | |
take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice and ladies dance inside | |
to-place at the next position on the right on the last two bars8; | |
new partners full house in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from until original partners full house48; | |
gents: dance to the center and grasp crossed-hands with the opposite man, | |
with top couple's hands on top4; | |
ladies: link arms with her partner and the gent originally on her right4; | |
big Christmas, making two clockwise revolutions8. |