MULLAGH  HALF  SET
       © 2008   Larry E. Taylor

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    Couples dance in waltz hold.
    Documentation for the single Figure below is based upon a video made in 1973.
              If you have documentation for additional figures, please send the notes to the
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    Video of the dance may be available at:
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDC2yJTzbfU&NR=1
    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 the Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music.
    Edition of July 22, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com 
 
  SET FORMATION   FIGURE 1 -- REELS (160 BARS)
Dance ordinary reel steps, lift-2-3-4 and battering.
Both couples: take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8;
dance at home in waltz hold making two clockwise revolutions8;
advance and retire once, still in waltz hold4;
house to opposite (house away, house half-way)4;
advance and retire once4;
house to home (house half-way)4;
REPEAT "MARKER" house around each other8;
dance at home8;
advance and retire once4;
gents crossover anticlockwise turning twice clockwise (solo house to
          opposite)   while  ladies dance one clockwise turn in-place4;
New couples: house around each other8;
dance at home8;
advance and retire once4;
gents crossover anticlockwise turning twice clockwise (solo house to home)
          while  ladies dance one clockwise turn in-place4;
Both couples: repeat from   REPEAT "MARKER"   48;
: house around each other8;
dance at home8;
house around each other8.
  SET FORMATION   FIGURE 2 -- MUSIC? (? BARS)
This figure may not have been created.
Both couples: REPEAT "MARKER"
  
  
  
  
  
  SET FORMATION   FIGURE 3 -- MUSIC? (? BARS)
This figure may not have been created.
Both couples: REPEAT "MARKER"
  
  
  
  
  
  SET FORMATION   FIGURE 4 -- MUSIC? (? BARS)
This figure may not have been created.
Both couples: REPEAT "MARKER"
  
  
  
  
  

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