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BALLYVOURNEY JIG
SET
... otherwise
known as the Baile
Bhúirne Jig Set.
sources include Pat
Murphy's "Toss the Feathers", Tom
Quinn's "Irish Dancing" and Volume 7 of the video series "The Magic of Irish Set Dancing".
 FORMATION
Square Set of four
couples, Gents on the left of their partners. Top Couples have their backs
to the band or face the band. The other two couples are Side Couples.
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FIGURE 1: SLIDE (88
BARS) - Swing your own
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Top Couples
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House: Dance
two steps in place (Gents pull left shoulder back, then back to
place) [2 bars] + House inside the set [6 bars]
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8 bars
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Top
Couples
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Square:
Open waltz hold slide to the Side Couple on the right, then back
into opposite place + Half House inside to home
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8 bars
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Top
Couples
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Swing
(waltz hold)
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8 bars
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Top
Couples
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Slide
and Change: Slide in & out (1-2-3-kick 1-2-123) [4 bars]
and half house to opposite place [4 bars] + Slide in, out
and half house to home [8 bars]
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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House
+ Square + Swing + Slide and Change
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40 bars
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FIGURE 2: SLIDE
(104 BARS) - Swing your opposite
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Top Couples
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House + Square
(as in Figure 1).
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Top
Gents cross over and swing opposite Lady [8 bars] + Cross
back and swing own partner
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Slide
and Change: Across and back to home
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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House
+ Square + Swing (opposite and own) + Slide and Change
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48 bars
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FIGURE 3: SLIDE
(104 BARS) - Little Christmas
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Top Couples
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House + Square
(as in Figure 1) except meet in centre at end of the Square
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Little
Christmas left (left arms over) [8 bars] + Jump + Little
Christmas left again [8 bars]
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Slide
and Change: Across and back to home
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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House
+ Square + Little Christmas x 2 + Slide and Change
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48 bars
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FIGURE 4: SLIDE
(136 BARS) - Swing all round
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Top Couples
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House + Square
(as in Figure 1) except meet in centre at end of the Square
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16 bars
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Top Gents
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Swing each
Lady in turn: Advance to Lady on left [2 bars] + Swing [6 bars]
+ Advance and Swing opposite Lady + Advance and Swing other Side
Lady + Advance and Swing own partner
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32 bars
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Top
Couples
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Slide
and Change: Across and back to home
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16 bars
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Side
Couples
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House
+ Square + Gents Swing all round + Slide and Change
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64 bars
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FIGURE 5: SLIDE
(112 BARS) - Reverse Chain
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Top Couples
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House + Square
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16 bars
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All Couples
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Face Partner,
right hand in right - Half turn to face opposite direction + Grand
Chain half way give left hand to the person after your partner, meet
partner on the opposite side of the set
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Swing
Partner + Slide in, out and half house to home + Slide in, out and
half house to opposite place
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24 bars
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Side
Couples
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House
+ Square
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Right
hand in right - Half turn and Grand Chain half way to meet partner
in original place + Swing Partner at home
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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Slide
and Change: Across and back to home
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16 bars
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All
Couples
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House
around the set
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8 bars
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