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SKIRDAGH SET |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor![]() |
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This set is from County Mayo, Ireland. |
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Chain: With a waist-level hold for all contacts, ladies grasp and release right hands in |
the center and take left hands with the opposite gent (who has danced to his | |
partners position); couples dance around one another (no arch); the ladies do | |
not chain when going home. | |
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Swing in ceili hold in Figures One and Two and in waltz hold in Figure Three. |
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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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First side couple is on the left of the first top couple. |
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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, 2006 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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Dance an ordinary jig step, down-2-3. | |
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holding crossed-hands in front, rights on top; begin side-by-side then the ladies | |
must reverse crisply in front of the gents to avoid an in-center collision; | |
at opposite, gents dance anticlockwise backing-into place4; | |
repeat the crossover above to home4; | |
ladies chain8; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat
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All couples: | dance no-touch in file (each faces the back of the next dancer) clockwise (to the left) |
around the set8; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Top couples: | ![]() ![]() |
first top gent and second top lady: advance to center2; swing4; reverse to place2; | |
second top gent and first top lady: advance to center2; swing4; reverse to place2; | |
crossover clockwise to opposite, holding crossed-hands in front as above4; | |
repeat the crossover to home4; | |
ladies chain8; | |
crossover clockwise to opposite again, holding crossed-hands in front as above4; | |
repeat the crossover to home4; | |
ladies chain into a circle-of-four: ladies lightly grasp right forearms in the center and | |
dance a full turn then crossover and chain around the opposite gent; | |
the gent keeps left-hand-in-left with the lady and turns her (sweep out, no arch) | |
anticlockwise to his left to a circle-of-four8; | |
little Christmas6; reverse to place2. | |
Side couples: | repeat
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All couples: | swing in ceili hold8. |
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Dance an ordinary jig step, down-2-3 and sevens, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7, with | |
beginning weight on the leading foot. | |
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back-to-back when crossing the set)8; | |
still in waltz hold, again dance sevens around each other8; | |
ladies chain8; | |
swing in ceili hold8. | |
Side couples: | repeat
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Top couples: | repeat
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Side couples: | repeat
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Dance an ordinary reel step, lift-2-3-4. | |
All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice (five-step is traditional but at |
some sites, ordinary threes are danced)8; | |
For the following, gents dance in-place (no turns) when the ladies | |
pinwheel and ladies dance in-place (no turns) when the gents pinwheel. | |
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pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hand and dance to the position originally on the right4; | |
gents pinwheel clockwise in the center with right hands, reverse direction4; | |
pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hand and dance to home to meet a new partner4; | |
swing new partner in waltz hold8; | |
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right with each iteration)96; | |
lead around clockwise (to the left) in open waltz hold8; | |
take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. |
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Dance an ordinary Irish waltz step, down-2-3. | |
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out: down-2-3, down-2-3); ladies dance to the next gent on the right | |
full house in waltz hold with new partners8; | |
repeat
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take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8. | |
Alternatively, after dancing the line above, dance as couples anticlockwise around | |
the dance floor (in the line of dance) until the music ends or until dancers | |
choose to stop. |