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THE
HAYMAKERS' JIG
FORMATION
Five
couples form two lines, ladies and gents facing each other.
(X
= gent O = lady)
O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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1
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Advance
and retire:
the lines advance and retire twice (8 bars), all dance the Rise and
Grind on the R foot then the L foot (4 bars) and the lines advance
and retire again (4 bars).(see ENDNOTE)
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16
bars
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2
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R
and L hand turn:
the 1st gent and 5th lady dance into the
centre, half turn each other R hand and dance back to place (4 bars).
The same movement is then danced by the 5th gent and 1st
lady (4 bars).
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8
bars
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The
same couples repeat the movement but this time half turn L hand.
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8
bars
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3
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Swing:
the 1st gent and 5th lady dance into the
centre, swing with céilí hold (see ENDNOTE) and dance
back to place.
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8
bars
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The
same movement is then danced by the 5th gent and 1st
lady.
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8
bars
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4
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Lace
the shoe:
the 1st gent and lady link R elbows (see ENDNOTE) and
dance one full turn (2 bars), link L with the next couple, gent with
the lady and lady with the gent, and turn once in place (2 bars),
meet again to link R and turn in the centre (2 bars), link L to turn
the next couple (2 bars), meet, link R and turn in the centre and so
on until the dancing couple have turned all other couples.
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16
bars
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The
dancing couple meet again in the centre and swing back to separate
and end in their original positions.
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8
bars
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5
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Arch:
the dancing couple cast off, gent L and ladies R, and march down to
the bottom of the set where they join both hands to form an arch (4
bars). The other dancers follow, gents the gent and ladies the lady,
and, on meeting their partners, take inside hands and pass under the
arch and back up the set so that the 2nd couple is now in
1st couple's original place and the 1st couple
is in 5th place (4 bars)
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8
bars
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The
sequence is repeated until each couple has danced it from the 1st
position.
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ENDNOTE
I have also seen this movement danced : Advance and retire (4 bars),
advance, retire and pass through R to R and half turn in place (4
bars); repeat the whole movement back home (8 bars). 16 bars
The published source would have all swings done with crossed hand
hold, but I have never seen this hold used by céilí
dancers.
When dancing the turns in the Lace the shoe movement, some
dancers find it more comfortable to take R arm, rather than R elbow
hold. This is done by laying the R forearms alonside each other, the
hand gripping the other's elbow. This hold both facilitates a quick
turn and also avoids the vice-like grip which some dancers exert
when linking elbows.
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PUBLISHED
SOURCE
"Ár Rinncidhe Foirne Thirty Popular Figure Dances
Leabhar 1, 2, 3" page 45
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