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GLENGARRIFF (LONG) SET |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor![]() |
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This set, also known as the GLENGARRIFF POLKA SET, is from County Cork, Ireland. |
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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 for dance 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 left of the first top couple. |
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Swing in waltz hold. |
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Edition of December 25, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
Top couples: | ![]() |
house inside the set in waltz hold8; | |
still in waltz hold, slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2)4; | |
dance at home (one clockwise revolution)4. | |
All couples: | quarterhouse (body, in-out-and-around) in waltz hold16; |
full house in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
Top couples: | ![]() |
house inside the set in waltz hold8; | |
still in waltz hold, slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2)4; | |
dance at home (one clockwise revolution)4; | |
ladies chain: ladies give right hands at waist-height to one another in the center | |
then left hands at waist height to the opposite gent (who has danced into | |
his partner's position); ladies dance around the gent and he follows; chain | |
right-to-right in the center then give left hand to original partner; form an | |
arch and the lady dances under the arch to-place8. | |
All couples: | slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; |
still in waltz hold, house halfway around to opposite4; | |
repeat the preceding in/out and house halfway8; | |
full house in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
Top couples: | ![]() |
house inside the set in waltz hold8; | |
still in waltz hold, slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2)4; | |
dance at home (one clockwise revolution)4. | |
All couples: | slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; |
still in waltz hold, house halfway around to opposite4; | |
repeat the preceding in/out and house halfway8; | |
full house in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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Dance an ordinary hornpipe step (lift-2-3-4). | |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
Top couples: | ![]() |
slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; | |
still in waltz hold, house halfway around to opposite4; | |
repeat the preceding in/out and house halfway8; | |
house around each other in waltz hold8 | |
advance and retire once with gent's right arm at lady's waist behind and lady's | |
left hand on gent's right shoulder4; | |
ladies crossover right-shoulder-to-right-shoulder, give left hand to opposite | |
gent at waist-level and couples dance one anticlockwise turn4; | |
repeat the advance and retire once as above4; | |
ladies repeat the preceding crossover -- except turn with partners4. | |
All couples: | slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2) in waltz hold4; |
still in waltz hold, house halfway around to opposite4; | |
repeat the preceding in/out and house halfway8; | |
full house in waltz hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat from ![]() |
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Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3). | |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
Top couples: | ![]() |
house inside the set in waltz hold8; | |
still in waltz hold, slide in and out once (1-2, 1-2)4; | |
dance at home (one clockwise revolution)4. | |
All couples: | ladies dance inside the set to the next gent on the right2; all new |
swing partners in waltz hold6; | |
New partners: | quarterhouse in waltz hold16; |
full house in waltz hold8. | |
All couples: | repeat from ![]() |