GLENCORRIB SET | |
© 2008 Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from County Mayo, Ireland. | |
Swing in ceili hold in Figures 1-4 and in waltz hold in Figures 5-6. | |
Ladies chain -- pull-the-hand and face-in: ladies grasp right hands at waist-level in the | |
center 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 the gent continues to face into the set; the ladies | |
also take right hands in the center when dancing to home. | |
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 right of the first top couple. | |
Edition of October 6, 2006 -- Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com | |
FIGURE 1 -- JIGS (72 BARS) |
Dance an ordinary jig step--down-2-3. | |
All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | holding crossed-hands, advance and retire once4; |
crossover clockwise (to the left) with the lady turning clockwise once under the | |
gents hands; end the turn with gents dancing clockwise (outside) around | |
the lady to-place (the gents dance forward into place)4; | |
holding crossed-hands, advance and retire once4; | |
crossover clockwise (to the left again) with the lady turning clockwise once | |
under the gents hands; end the turn with gents dancing anticlockwise | |
(inside) around the lady to-place (the gents back into place)4; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from except all couples dance on the swing24. |
FIGURE 2 -- JIGS (88 BARS) |
Dance an ordinary jig step--down-2-3. | |
All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | holding crossed-hands, advance and retire twice8; |
ladies right-arm link in center for one full clockwise turn then dance under the | |
opposite gents left arm and anticlockwise to-place beside him (on his | |
right) as he continues to face into the set8; | |
ladies right-arm link in center for one full clockwise turn then dance under their | |
partner's left arm and clockwise to-place beside him (on his left) as he | |
continues to face into the set8; | |
swing in ceili hold--beginning in partner's position and ending in one's | |
own position8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from except all couples dance on the swing32. |
FIGURE 3 -- JIGS (120 BARS) |
Dance an ordinary jig step--down-2-3. | |
All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | holding crossed-hands, advance and retire twice8; |
ladies right-arm link in center for one full turn then dance under the opposite | |
gents left arm and clockwise to-place beside him (on his left) as he | |
continues to face into the set8; | |
swing new partner in ceili hold--beginning in partner's position and ending in | |
one's own position8. | |
same partners: lead around clockwise in open waltz hold8; | |
ladies right-arm link in center for one full turn then dance under their partner's | |
left arm and clockwise to-place at his left as he continues to face | |
into the set8; | |
swing original partner in ceili hold--beginning in partner's position and ending | |
in one's own position8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from except all couples dance on the swing48. |
FIGURE 4 -- JIGS (104 BARS) |
Dance an ordinary jig step--down-2-3. | |
All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | holding crossed-hands, advance and retire twice8; |
taking right-hand-in-right, the first top couple dance to face the second top | |
couple in the center2; | |
second top gent steals the first top lady, left-hand-in left and the trio and the | |
solo gent retire2; | |
as the gents dance in-place, the ladies turn-in under the second top gents arms | |
to an across-the-shoulders hold2; | |
trio and solo gent advance to the center2; first top gent steals both ladies, | |
grasping their inside hands and the trio and the solo gent retire2; | |
as the gents dance in-place, the ladies turn-in under the first top gents arms | |
to an across-the-shoulders hold2; | |
trio and solo gent advance to the center2; ladies turn out to place their hands | |
on the gents shoulders in a circle-of-four2; | |
little Christmas8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from 32. |
All couples: | take crossed-hands in front (rights on top) and advance and retire twice8; |
swing in ceili hold8. |
FIGURE 5 -- POLKAS (88 BARS) |
Dance ordinary polka steps--down-2-3 and slide 1-2, 1-2. | |
All couples: | in waltz hold, slide in and out twice8; |
swing in waltz hold8. | |
Top couples: | in waltz hold, slide in and out twice8; |
pass through to opposite, with the first top couple in the center; turn in to one | |
another to-place (gents to the lady's place, lady to the gent's place)8; | |
pass through to home, with the second top couple in the center; turn in to | |
one another to-place (standard place for each dancer)8; | |
swing in waltz hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from except all couples dance on the swing32. |
FIGURE 6 -- POLKAS (136 BARS) |
Dance ordinary polka steps--down-2-3 and slide 1-2, 1-2. | |
All couples: | in waltz hold, slide in and out twice8; |
swing in waltz hold8. | |
Top couples: | in waltz hold, slide in and out twice8; |
ladies change places; meet in the center right-shoulder-to-right and | |
dance two bars in place; dance on and turn clockwise to-place8; | |
gents change places; meet in the center left-shoulder-to-left and dance | |
two bars in place; dance on and turn anticlockwise to-place8; | |
repeat the preceding crossovers (ladies then gents change places)16. | |
All couples: | swing in waltz hold8. |
Side couples: | repeat from 48. |
All couples: | in waltz hold, slide in and out twice8; |
swing in waltz hold8. |