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THE
FERMANAGH QUADRILLES
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First Figure - Reels
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120
bars
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1
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Lead around
with crossed hand hold, ladies turning under both raised arms on the
last two bars.
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8 bars
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2
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Swing,
with ceili hold.
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8 bars
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3
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Top couples:
Advance and retire twice, R hand in R.
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8 bars
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Changeover:
ladies change places, R to R, and half turn inwards (2 bars). Gents
change places, L to L, and half turn inwards (2 bars). This 4 bar
movement is then repeated back to place.
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8 bars
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Swing.
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8 bars
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4
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Side couples
now dance 3.
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24 bars
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5
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Top couples:
Ladies chain: R hand in the centre, L to turn clockwise under
the opposite gent's L arm and round behind him as he dances in place,
facing centre, and lowering his arm as she passes behind him; R hand
in the centre and L to turn under her partner's arm and around him
as he faces centre keeping hands high and finishing in crossed hand
hold.
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8 bars
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House around,
the gent's R fist above his L.
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8 bars
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Swing.
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8 bars
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6
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Side couples
now dance 5 and all swing to finish.
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24 bars
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Second Figure - Look in, Look out (Jigs)
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152
bars
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1
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Lead around.
Swing.
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16 bars
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2
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Top couples:
Look in, look out: R hand in R, couples advance and, as they
retire, turn face to face in place (4 bars). With hands still held,
they dance one step to turn facing centre and one step to half turn
facing out (2 bars) and repeat (2 bars).
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8 bars
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Half lead
around: lifting R hands over
the lady's head to rest on her R shoulder, couples lead around to
the opposite place where the ladies turn clockwise to face centre.
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4 bars
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Look in, look
out.
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8 bars
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Half lead home.
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4 bars
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Swing.
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8 bars
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3
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Side couples
now dance 2.
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32 bars
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4
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Top couples:
Ladies chain.
Swing.
House around.
Swing.
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32 bars
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5
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Side couples
now dance 4 and all swing to finish.
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32 bars
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Third Figure - Reels
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184
bars
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1
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Lead around.
Swing.
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16 bars
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2
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1st
top gent and 2nd lady:
Pass by: they dance past each other, R to R, and half turn
clockwise in the opposite position (4 bars). They pass back R to R
and half turn clockwise to face each other in the centre (4 bars).
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8 bars
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Swing,
to finish facing their own place.
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8 bars
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Hook and turn:
they hook L elbows and dance around (4 bars), hook R elbows and
dance back to face partners (4 bars).
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8 bars
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Swing partners.
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8 bars
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3
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1st
side gent (L of 1st
tops) and 2nd lady now dance 2.
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32 bars
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4
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2nd
top gent and 1st lady
now dance 2.
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32 bars
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5
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2nd
side gent and 1st lady
now dance 2.
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32 bars
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6
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Top couples:
Ladies chain.
Swing.
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16 bars
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7
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Side ladies
chain and all swing to finish
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16 bars
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Fourth Figure - Jigs
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184
bars
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1
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Lead around.
Swing.
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16 bars
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2
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Top couples:
Three and one:1st couple swing in place while 2nd
couple dance in place, R hand in R with the lady facing out of the
set, then dance across the set on the last 2 bars (8 bars). 1st
couple drop hands and 1st gent dances in place as the 2nd
gent takes the 1st lady's L hand and the trio retires
across the set (2 bars). The ladies half turn underarm into shoulder
hold (2 bars) and the trio and 1st gent advance to meet
(2 bars). 1st gent takes the ladies' inside hands and the
ladies turn outwards into a basket, hands resting on the gents'
shoulders (2 bars).
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16 bars
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Swing four.
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8 bars
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Ladies chain.
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8 bars
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Swing.
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8 bars
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3
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Side couples
now dance 2, with the 1st couple swinging in place.
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40 bars
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4
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Top couples
now repeat 2, with the 2nd couple swinging in place.
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40 bars
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5
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Side couples
now repeat 2, with the 2nd couple swinging in place and all
swing to finish.
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40 bars
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Fifth Figure - The Gathering Up (Jigs)
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104
bars
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1
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Circle:
all take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice.
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8 bars
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2
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House around
with waltz hold.
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8 bars
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3
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Circle and
ladies move on to the next
gent on the R on the last 2 bars.
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8 bars
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4
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House around,
new couples.
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8 bars
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5
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Circle
and ladies move on.
House around, new couples.
Circle and ladies move on.
House around, new couples.
Circle and ladies move on to their own partners.
House around.
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48 bars
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6
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Lock on:
while the ladies dance in place, the gents dance into the centre and
take crossed hand hold, 1st tops and sides with palms
upwards, R over L, and 2nd tops and sides with palms down
(4 bars). While gents dance in place, the ladies dance in and link
elbows, L with their partner and R with the gent on the R (4 bars).
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8 bars
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7
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Swing eight,
making two full turns around the set.
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8 bars
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STEPS
The reels are danced to a light reel step with no battering and the
jigs to the 'down' jig step.
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SOURCE
Connie Ryan at his Galway International weekend workshop, March
1995. The set, which may also be danced as a half-set, is from west
Fermanagh and is danced in the area from Beleek down to Belcoo.
Connie got the set on the 16th April,1994 from Pakie Treacy, James
McCaffery, Pakie McKearney, Rosemary Maguire, Margaret McManus,
Eamonn and Teresa McKearney and Andy Keown (musician).
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