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NORTH KERRY SET
published
instructions for this dance may differ slightly. Other sources include Pat
Murphy's "Toss the Feathers", Tom
Quinn's "Irish Dancing", Terry
Moylan's "Irish Dances" and Volume 8 of the video series "The Magic of Irish Set Dancing".
 FORMATION
Square Set of four
couples, Gents on the left of their partners. First Top Couple have their
backs to the band, with Second Top Couple opposite them. First Side Couple
are on the left of First Top Couple (when facing into the set) and Second
Side Couple are opposite them (to the right of First Tops).
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FIGURE 1: POLKA
(152 BARS) - Hands around
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All Couples
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In Waltz hold,
dance the body, dance in to the centre and back (123-123) [2 bars];
then turn clockwise to the next position [2 bars]; repeat three
times to home.
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Right
hand star in the centre [4 bars], then left hand star back to
place [4 bars]
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8 bars
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Top
Couples
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Waltz
hold - Swing in place
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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Right
hand star, left hand star to home + Swing in place
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Right
hand star, left hand star + Swing in place
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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Right
hand star, left hand star + Swing in place
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body to finish
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16 bars
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FIGURE 2: POLKA
(152 BARS) - House and Home
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All Couples
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Dance the body
as in Figure 1
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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House
inside
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8 bars
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Top
Couples
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Slide
in (1-2-123) and back [4 bars] + House one turn in place [4 bars]
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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House
inside + Slide in and back + House one turn in place
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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House
inside + Slide in and back + House one turn in place
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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House
inside + Slide in and back + House one turn in place
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body to finish
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16 bars
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FIGURE 3: SLIDE
(184 BARS) - Slide and Change
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All Couples
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Dance the body
as in Figure 1
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Slide
to the centre (1-2-123) and back [4 bars] + House to opposite
side
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8 bars
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Top
Couples
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Slide
to the centre and back + House to home + House around each other
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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Slide
and house to opposite + Slide and house to home + House around each
other
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24 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Slide
and house to opposite + Slide and house to home + House around each
other
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24 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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Slide
and house to opposite + Slide and house to home + House around each
other
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24 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body to finish
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16 bars
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FIGURE 4: POLKA (88
BARS) - Ladies Right Hand In
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All Couples
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Dance the body
as in Figure 1
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Ladies
join right hands in centre and star around to opposite gent [2 bars]
+ take Gents left hand and dance around him anticlockwise under his
arm [2 bars] + Ladies right hand star in centre to home [4 bars]
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Waltz
hold - Swing
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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All Couples
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Ladies
right hand star in the centre + turn under Gent's left hand + Star
to home + Swing
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Dance
the body
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16 bars
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FIGURE 5: HORNPIPE
(128 BARS) - Change Partners
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All Couples
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Dance the body
as in figure 1 but using hornpipe steps
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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House
around the set (hop-123)
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Gents
advance and retire once [2 bars], while Ladies dance on to the
Gent on the right + House with new partner to the next position [2 bars]
+ All dance the body for the next three positions to the Gents' home
[12 bars]
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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House
around the set (hop-123)
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Gents
advance and retire while ladies move on + House to the next position
+ Dance the body to the Gent's home [12 bars] + House the set
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24 bars
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All
Couples
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Gents
advance and retire while ladies move on + House to the next position
+ Dance the body to the Gent's home + House the set
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24 bars
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All
Couples
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Gents
advance and retire while ladies move on + House to the next position
+ Dance the body to the Gent's home + House the set
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24 bars
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Body Hornpipe Steps
- waltz hold
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Gents
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Dance
In: Hop on the right foot, then step L-R-L
Dance Out: Stamp on the right foot, then step R-L-R
Turn On: hop on the right, L-R-L; hop on the left, R-L-R
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1 bar
1 bar
2 bars
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Ladies
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Dance
In: Hop on the left foot, then step R-L-R
Dance Out: Stamp on the left foot, then step L-R-L
Turn On: hop on the left, R-L-R; hop on the right, L-R-L
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1 bar
1 bar
2 bars
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REFERENCES
Moylan, Terry
(1985). Irish Dances. Na Piobairi Ulleann: Dublin. 1-6.
Murphy, Pat (1995). Toss
the Feathers. Mercier Press: Cork. 175-176.
Quinn, Tom (1997). Irish
Dancing. HarperCollins: Glasgow. 108-113.
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