KEADUE LANCERS SET | |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from County Roscommon, Ireland. | |
Swing in ceili hold. | |
Corner-partners: While in set formation, gents turn left and ladies turn right to | |
begin dancing with one another in their respective nearest corner. | |
Jazz, Jazzing: In waltz hold couples dance anticlockwise around the set for sixteen | |
bars of music, combining clockwise turns and straight-line dancing. The | |
jazzing step is a gentle walk (1-2, 1-2, 1-2, etc.) with a tiny bit of sway or | |
lilt with each step. Only when jazzing with corner-partners, gents initially | |
step backward on the right foot and ladies dance forward on the left foot. | |
Dancers also Jazz in the TUBBERCURRY LANCERS and the | |
CLOONADIVEEN LANCERS sets. | |
Except as shown for Jazzing with corner-partners, gents begin (dance) on the left foot | |
and ladies begin 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 August, 1998. | |
Edition of December 25, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com | |
FIGURE 1 -- REELS (168 BARS) |
Dance a gliding/shuffling p o l k a step, down-2-3. | |
Top couples: | first top gent and second top lady dance clockwise around one another |
(no touch) and end in the center facing their opposite positions8; | |
swing in ceili hold6; reverse to home2; | |
pass through to opposite; first top, holding inside (closest) hands, dance | |
between second top; partners turn-in to one another (gents turn | |
clockwise and ladies turn anticlockwise) at opposite4; | |
as above, repeat the pass through to home but with second top couple | |
in the middle, holding inside hands4; | |
corner-partners jazz around the set16. | |
All couples: | repeat from with the second top gent/first top lady, the first side |
gent/second side lady, then the second side gent/first side | |
lady leading120. |
FIGURE 2 -- JIGS (200 BARS) |
Dance a gentle batter-step (step-heel-toe-down, step-heel-toe-down) | |
when advancing and retiring. | |
Top couples: | take crossed hands (rights on top) and advance and retire once4; |
still holding crossed-hands, crossover clockwise with the lady leading; | |
the lady dances backward to-place and the gent crosses in front of | |
the lady as he too dances backward to-place (the lady begins to turn | |
anticlockwise even as she leaves home for opposite)4; | |
as above, repeat the advance and retire and crossover to home8; | |
swing in ceili hold; on bar six, the side couples split-off (partners separate) | |
to form lines-of-four with the top couples8; | |
All couples: | lines-of-four: advance and retire twice, holding inside hands8. |
jazz around the set, with original partner16. | |
Top couples: | repeat from 48. |
Side couples: | repeat from 96. |
FIGURE 3 -- JIGS (104 BARS) |
Dance a gliding/shuffling jig step, down-2-3. | |
Top couples: | take crossed hands and advance and retire once4; |
still holding crossed-hands, crossover clockwise, with the lady leading; | |
the lady dances backward to-place and the gent crosses in front of | |
the lady as he too dances backward to-place (the lady begins to turn | |
anticlockwise even as she leaves home for opposite)4; | |
from the opposite position, face left and pinwheel with the side couple, | |
first with the right hands (three bars forward, reverse direction one | |
bar) then pinwheel with the left hands (four bars); ladies are to | |
have their hands overhead during the pinwheels8; | |
same couples: little Christmas (ladies hands on the gents shoulders)6; | |
reverse to-place at home2; | |
take crossed hands and advance and retire once4; | |
still holding crossed-hands, crossover anticlockwise, with the gent | |
leading; the gent dances backward to-place and the lady crosses | |
in front of the gent as she too dances backward to-place (the gent | |
begins to turn anticlockwise even as he leaves home for opposite)4; | |
from the opposite position, face right and pinwheel with the side couple, | |
first with the right hands (three bars forward, reverse direction | |
one bar) then pinwheel with the left hands (four bars); ladies are to | |
have their hands overhead during the pinwheels8; | |
same couples: little Christmas (ladies hands on the gents shoulders)6; | |
reverse to-place at home2; | |
Side couples: | repeat from except they crossover first anticlockwise |
(on the right)48. |
FIGURE 4 -- REELS (232 BARS) |
Dance a gliding/shuffling p o l k a step, down-2-3, and a batter- | |
step, heel-toe, down, heel-toe, down, down, heel-toe down. | |
All couples: | chain (gents dance anticlockwise and ladies clockwise)16; |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
First top couple: | take crossed-hands and advance and retire once4; |
turn the lady under anticlockwise as both partners change places and the | |
other couples form a horseshoe or U-shape with the first top | |
couple at the open end of the formation4; | |
All couples: | holding closest hands in the horseshoe formation, dance a batter step |
in-place8; | |
jazz around the set as original partners16. | |
repeat from with the second top couple, the first side couple, then | |
the second side couple leading168. |
FIGURE 5 -- POLKAS (128 BARS) |
Dance a gliding/shuffling polka step, down-2-3. | |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; |
jazz around the set16; | |
take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice; | |
ladies move inside the set to the next position on the right during | |
the final retire8; | |
jazz around the set as new partners16; | |
repeat from until original partners jazz around the set again72. |