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WEST KERRY SET |
© 2008
Larry E. Taylor![]() |
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This set is from County Kerry, Ireland. An earlier version of the set is |
the WEST KERRY OLD STYLE. | |
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Swing in waltz hold. |
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Chain: With a waist-level hold for all contacts, ladies grasp right hands in the |
center then dance on to the opposite gent (who has danced into his partner's | |
position); couples take left hands (or forearms) and dance around one another | |
(no arch); the ladies grasp right hands as they dance to home. | |
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House: back (reverse) the lady for the first two bars of all houses except the |
doubled-house in the hornpipe Figure. | |
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Stamp the leading foot on the last beat before all Houses and Lead Arounds and |
clap on the last beat of all Figures except the last one. | |
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Dance a gliding/low-to-floor polka step (down-2-3) with gents beginning on the left |
foot and ladies beginning 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 Mary Fox at Milwaukee, |
Wisconsin USA in August 2004. | |
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Edition of December 25, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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All couples: | ![]() |
back the lady2; full house6 again; | |
lead around anticlockwise, in open waltz hold8; | |
ladies pinwheel clockwise with the right hand and return home4; | |
swing original partner in waltz hold12. | |
Top couples: | ladies chain8; |
in waltz hold, back the lady2; house around each other6; | |
Side couples: | repeat from ![]() |
All couples: | full house twice and lead around as above (remember to clap)24. |
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All couples: | ![]() |
First top couple: | house inside twice (back the lady2 and house6)16. |
All couples: | repeat from ![]() |
full house twice and lead around as in Figure One24. |
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All couples: | ![]() |
still in waltz hold, house half-way around4; | |
repeat the preceding patterns to home8; | |
lead around anticlockwise, in open waltz hold8. | |
Top couples: | ladies chain8; |
in waltz hold, back the lady2; house around each other6; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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Side couples: | repeat from ![]() |
All couples: | slide and change to opposite and to home as above16; |
lead around anticlockwise, in open waltz hold8. |
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All couples: | lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (rights on top)8; |
turn the lady under with both hands while continuing to dance anticlockwise2; | |
lead around anticlockwise, holding crossed-hands (lefts on top)6. | |
First top couple: | ![]() |
Top couples: | still in waltz hold, slide in (to the left) and out4; |
house half-way around4; | |
repeat the preceding four-bar patterns to home8. | |
All couples: | repeat from ![]() |
couple leading. Side couples slide and change to opposite / home | |
when a side couple leads96. |
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All couples: | ![]() |
take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; | |
ladies: pinwheel with the right hand three-quarters around ending at the next | |
position on their right4; | |
gents: pinwheel with the left hand full-circle and meet new partners | |
at the gents home4; | |
swing in waltz hold8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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full house twice and lead around as in Figure One24. |
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The Figure is often omitted. Dance ordinary hornpipe steps, lift-2-3-4 | |
and double (step-1, step-2, etc). | |
All couples: | ![]() |
full house, doubling (in either waltz hold or with gent's hands on the lady's waist | |
and her hands on the gent's shoulders, a hug hold)8; | |
as gents stand, ladies walk to the next position on their right8; | |
repeat from ![]() |
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in waltz hold, back the lady2; full house6; | |
full house, doubling the step8. |
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The following patterns are inserted after Figure 2 at some sites. | |
Subsequent Figures would thus be re-numbered 4 through 7. | |
All couples: | full house twice and lead around as in Figure One24. |
Top couples: | ![]() |
swing in waltz hold in the center (dance in2, swing6)8; | |
still in waltz hold, back the lady2 and house inside4; reverse to homes2. | |
All ladies: | pinwheel clockwise with the right hand and return home4. |
All couples: | swing in waltz hold12; |
lead around anticlockwise in open waltz hold with a walking | |
step (1-2, 1-2, etc.)8. | |
repeat
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side lady, then second side gent / first side lady leading120. |