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KILFENORA PLAIN SET |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor![]() |
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This set is from County Clare, Ireland. |
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Set to partner: Partners face one another, in respective home positions, and |
dance in-place without touching. | |
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Swing and house in waltz hold. |
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Chain: low hand follow: With a waist-level hold for all contacts, ladies grasp right |
hands in the center and dance on to the opposite gent (who has danced into | |
his partner's position); partners take left hands and dance anticlockwise around | |
one another (no arch) and the ladies dance to home without chaining in the center. | |
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Interlacing: two couples dance four bars of a movement and as they begin the |
next four bars, the other two couples begin the four bars of the initial | |
movement; interlacing in this set involves multiple movements (patterns). | |
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The set is danced very gently, with no battering. |
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First side couple is on the left of the first top couple. |
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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 (quantities of measures) for 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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Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Jim Barry at Ellenville, |
New York USA on March 29, 2003. | |
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Edition of December 25, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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or REELS, danced lift-2-3-4 ] (96 BARS) |
All couples: | lead around in open waltz hold8; |
set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4. | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
shoulder-to-left-shoulder to-place4; | |
pass through to home as above4; | |
ladies chain8; | |
pass through as above4; | |
crossover anticlockwise to home in open waltz hold4. | |
All couples: | set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4. |
Side couples: | repeat from ![]() |
All couples: | full house in waltz hold8. |
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All couples: | lead around in open waltz hold8; |
set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; | |
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side couples should be near the center on the eighth bar8; | |
interlacing crossover anticlockwise then turn the lady under anticlockwise to | |
place -- tops begin as sides retire above8; | |
repeat the interlacing advance and retire and crossover/turn the lady under | |
to home positions16; | |
set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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then the crossover/turn the lady under 40; | |
full house in waltz hold8. |
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All couples: | lead around in open waltz hold8; |
set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
and dance a full-circle clockwise to end facing one another, with backs to | |
respective home positions8; | |
swing in waltz hold (four revolutions)8; | |
dancing couple : | |
grasp left hands and dance a full-circle anticlockwise4; | |
retain left hands and collect partners right-hand-in-right | |
and dance as a line-of-four to opposite positions (release | |
left hands when past set-center)4; | |
solo dancers advance and retire once (acknowledge one another | |
with a nod or bow)4; | |
Top couples: | pass through to opposite, ladies-in-center, then partners pass left |
shoulder-to-left-shoulder to place4; | |
second
top gent and first top lady repeat from
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All couples: | set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; |
Side couples: | repeat
from ![]() |
then by the second side gent and first side lady 64. | |
All couples: | set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; |
full house in waltz hold8. |
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All couples: | lead around in open waltz hold8; |
set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; | |
first top couple house inside and leave the lady at the second top gents left side, | |
forming a wheelbarrow formation -- ladies give outside hands to the | |
second top gents closest hand and the first top gent takes the ladies' | |
inside hands underneath the trios joined hands8. | |
trio and one : | |
advance and retire twice and ladies dance in beside the solo gent | |
on the final two bars (no arches)8; | |
new trio and one : | |
advance and retire twice and ladies dance to face one another | |
on the final two bars and all form a circle-of-four8; | |
little Christmas8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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second little Christmas; instead, reverse to-place on the final two | |
bars)48. | |
All couples: | set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; |
Side couples: | repeat from ![]() |
Christmas by the Side Couples). | |
All couples: | set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; |
full house in waltz hold8. |
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All couples: | lead around in open waltz hold8; |
set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; | |
Top couples: | ![]() |
dance sevens anticlockwise to opposite2; dance sevens clockwise to face-in2; | |
ladies chain (from the opposite positions)8; | |
set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; | |
dance sevens in and out (waltz hold, weight on the trailing foot)4; | |
dance sevens anticlockwise to opposite2; dance sevens clockwise to face-in2; | |
All couples: | set to partner4; swing in waltz hold (two revolutions)4; |
Side couples: | repeat from ![]() |
All couples: | full house in waltz hold8. |
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or HORNPIPES, danced lift-2-3-4 (160 BARS) |
All couples: | advance and retire twice in a hand-holding circle8; |
swing in waltz hold (four revolutions)8; | |
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advance and retire once in a hand-holding circle4; | |
ladies right-hand pinwheel three-quarters around the set4; | |
swing new partner (four revolutions)8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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full house in waltz hold8 (or advance and retire twice in a hand-holding circle). |