fintown set

	FINTOWN SET
	© 2008 Larry E. Taylor
	This set is from County Donegal, Ireland.
	Chain: ladies give right hands at shoulder-height to one another in the center and
	high-hands-left to the opposite gent; dance around the gent (no arch) and give
	high-hands-right on the way home; partners do not chain to-place.
	*Swing* in ceili hold.
	The ordinary polka step (down-2-3) is to be danced for Figure One and the ordinary reel
	step (lift-2-3-4) is to be danced for Figure Two.
	Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot.
	Bar counts (measures of music) 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 Mick Mulkerrin
	at Ellenville, New York USA on April 16, 2005.
	Edition of December 19, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com

FIGURE 1 -- POLKAS (224 BARS)

All couples:	quarterhouse in waltz hold16;
	interlacing advance and retire twice, holding inside hands (top couples begin
	and side couples begin two bars later)8;
	swing in ceili hold8.
Top couples:	pass through to opposite (ladies between the opposite couple) and pass one
	another right-shoulder-to-right-shoulder to-place4;
	pass through to home (ladies between the opposite couple) and pass one another
	right-shoulder-to-right-shoulder to-place4;
	chain around *opposite* partners in the center, right-hand-in-right (one-half turn)4;
	while still in the center, give left hands to original partners and chain around
	to-place at home (one full turn)4;
	swing in ceili hold8.
Side couples:	repeat from 24.
Top couples:	repeat from 24.
Side couples:	repeat from 24.
Top couples:	advance and retire once, right-hand-in-right4;
	advance again, form a trio-and-one and retire (first top gent takes the second top
	lady’s left hand as she dances anticlockwise ending at the first top gent’s left
	side, raise hands to her left shoulder; first top gent pulls-the-hand of his
	partner to her right shoulder and the second top gent takes the ladies’
	inside hands)4.
Trio and one:	advance to the second top position2;
	ladies dance under the second top gent’s arms and the first top gents retains
	the ladies’ inside hands2;
	dance to the center2;
	form a circle-of-four (gents’ hands high on the ladies’ backs and ladies hands
	resting on the gents’ shoulders)2;
	little Christmas clockwise8;
	little Christmas anticlockwise6; reverse to-place2.
Side couples:	repeat from 32.
	[ Second top and second side couples do not lead the pattern.]
All couples:	take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8;
	swing in ceili hold8;
	take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice, raising hands on bars five
	and six and lowering them on the last two bars (sometimes verbally
	whoop or squeal when raising hands)8.

FIGURE 2 -- REELS (184 BARS)

Top couples:	house around each other in waltz hold8.
Side couples:	house around each other in waltz hold8.
All couples:	swing in ceili hold8.
Top couples:	holding inside hands, advance and retire once4; advance to the center, drop
	hands and individual partners face respective side couples (that is, face
	out of the set)4;
	pass through the side couples (gents dance through the couple originally on the left
	and ladies dance through the couple originally on the right)2; turn toward
	respective homes and dance to home2; advance, no touch, to the center2;
	form a circle-of-four (gents’ hands high on the ladies’ backs and ladies hands
	resting on the gents’ shoulders as in Figure One)2;
	little Christmas clockwise6; reverse to-place2.
Side couples:	repeat from 24.
All couples:	ladies give right hands to the center and pinwheel around to the opposite
	gent4; give left hands to the opposite gent and both turn one and one-half
	times to-place at the ladies’ opposite position4;
	swing new partner in ceili hold8;
	gents give left hands to the center and pinwheel around to partners at the opposite
	position4; give right hands to partners and turn one and one-half times
	to-place at the opposite position4;
	swing original partner in ceili hold8;
	repeat from until original partners swing at home32.
All ladies:	take hands in a circle and advance and retire once, raising hands on bars one and
	two and lowering them on the last two bars (sometimes verbally whoop
	or squeal when raising hands)4.
All gents:	take hands in a circle and advance and retire once, raising hands on bars one and
	two and lowering them on the last two bars (sometimes also verbally
	whoop when raising hands)4.
All couples:	take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8;
	swing in ceili hold8;
	take hands in a circle; second top couple form an arch and first top couple leads
	all couples under the arch to-place at home (first top couple release inside
	hands only after passing under the arch and the top gent leads the gents to
	the left and the top lady leads the ladies to the right; second top couple also
	turn under their own arch)8;
	take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice, raising hands on bars five and
	six and lowering them on the last two bars (sometimes verbally whoop or
	squeal when raising hands)8.

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