Couple No.3

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Couple No.2

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Couple No.1

First Figure - Ladies Triple Chain (Jigs)

128 bars

1

Lead around: With waist hold (gent's R arm around the lady's waist and her L hand on his R shoulder) partners lead around to place.

8 bars

2

Slow slide and swing: Taking waltz hold, couples slide into the place of the couple on their R and dance two steps in place (dancing 1,2, 123, step&cut, step&cut), turn clockwise and slide into the place next on the R using the same step, repeat the movement back home and swing for the last 4 bars.

16 bars

3

Ladies R hand chain: While gents dance in place, ladies dance into the centre (2 bars), take R hands and dance round and out to the gent R of their own place (4 bars), take L in L and dance around him, turning twice clockwise underarm while the gent follows her round (2 bars). Ladies dance back to the centre, take R hands and dance round to the gent L of their own place and dance around him, turning under his L arm (8 bars). Ladies repeat the movement back to their own partners and turn twice underarm into place.

24 bars

4

Swing six: With the lady's L hand under the gent's R elbow, couples dance to meet in the centre.  Gents take crossed hand hold (L hand in the R hand of the gent on the R) while ladies also take the elbow of the gent on their R (2 bars).  All swing clockwise, jump to change feet on the last beat of the 8^th bar and swing back in the opposite direction, falling back to place on the last 2 bars.

16 bars

5

Ladies L hand chain: The chain movement is repeated, with ladies giving L hands in the centre and R hands to the gents to turn 2 turns anti-clockwise under arm.  They turn under partners' R arms into place.

24 bars

6

Lead around.
Slow slide and swing.

24 bars

7

House around.

8 bars

Second Figure -The Visiting (Jigs)

144 bars

1

Lead around.
Slow slide and swing.

24 bars

2

Wheels and circles: Partners drop hands and ladies dance anti-clockwise around the set to place while gents dance into the centre, take R hands and wheel slowly round to place (8 bars).  All turn inwards and ladies dance clockwise back to place, while gents wheel back with L hands held to finish in the centre, drop hands and turn out to face their partners (8 bars).

16 bars

3

The Visiting:
Partners take R hands and change places, both turning clockwise underarm, the lady turning first (2 bars) and the gent following (2 bars).  The movement is then repeated back to starting positions (4 bars).

8 bars

Couples lead around to place with waist hold (6 bars) and the lady dances on to the next gent on the R who turns out to meet her (2 bars).

8 bars

The whole 16 bar movement is repeated twice more to complete the sequence

32 bars

4

Wheels and circles, the gents dancing out to take waist hold with their partners to finish.

16 bars

5

Lead around.
Slow slide and swing. 
House around.

32 bars

Third Figure -The Hooley (Reels)

160 bars

1

Lead around.

8 bars

Three sevens and dance into line: taking waltz hold, partners dance 7s into each place (6 bars) then dance into line with couple 1 dancing forward between 2 and 3 so that the gents of 1&3 are shoulder to shoulder and so are the ladies of 1&2.

8 bars

2

Wheel in line 1:  With waist hold, couple 1 in the centre with couple 2 on their R and couple 3 on their left:

Couple 3 dances 1 full turn clockwise in place while ladies of couples 1 & 2 link R arms and these two couples dance ½ turn clockwise, coming into line with couple 3 on the last step (4 bars).
Ladies release linked arms and gents of couples 2 & 3 link.  Couple 1 turns in place while couples 2 & 3 dance ½ turn anti-clockwise, finishing in line with couple 1 (4 bars).
The 8 bar movement is repeated twice more, with ladies linking arms then gents linking arms and the single couple dancing a full turn in place until all three couples are approaching their starting positions and drop back to place on the last 2 bars.

24 bars

3

Lead around.
Three sevens and dance into line with couple 2 starting in the centre position.

24 bars

4

Wheel in line 2, with ladies of couples 2 & 3 linking arms first.

24 bars

5

Lead around.
Three sevens and dance into line with couple 3 starting in the centre position.

16 bars

6

Wheel in line 3, with ladies of couples 1 & 3 linking arms first.

24 bars

7

Lead around.
Three sevens and turn in place.
House around.

24 bars

Fourth Figure -The Hornpipe

120 bars

1

Sevens, threes and double round:partners take waltz hold and dance hop1234567 into the set and back (4 bars), hop123 into the set and back (2 bars) and double around to the next place on the R.  The movement is repeated twice to get back to place.

24 bars

2

Ladies R hand chain: While gents dance in place, ladies dance in to the centre (2 bars), take R hands and dance round to give L hand to the gent on the R of their own place (2 bars).  The lady dances two full turns under the gent's L arm as he follows her round to take waist hold.

8 bars

3

Sevens, threes and double round.

24 bars

4

Ladies R hand chain: With the same sequence, ladies move on to the gent on the L of their own place.

8 bars

5

Sevens, threes and double round.

24 bars

6

Ladies R hand chain, the ladies moving back to their own partners.

8 bars

7

House around.
Double round.

16 bars

STEPS
The down jig step is used for the jig figures and a lively reel step, battered at the dancers’ discretion, for the reel.

SOURCE
This is an abridged version of a six figure set which I wrote to commemorate the ending of a great miscarriage of justice while living near, and dancing in, Birmingham.  At the time I was quietly advised to drop the idea and the full set was never danced.