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SEIT DOIRE
CHOLMCILLE
Study Notes Copyright © Joseph
O’Hara 2000
CORNERS AND CORNER COUPLES
(X = gent O = lady)
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1st
corner
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X
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O
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2nd
corner
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couple
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O
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X
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couple
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1st
corner
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2nd corner
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X
O
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Home
place
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First Figure - Back-to-back (Reels)
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128 bars
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1
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Lead around
with crossed hand hold, the ladies turning under both raised arms on the
last 2 bars.
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8 bars
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2
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Swing,
with waltz hold.
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8 bars
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3
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Top couples:
House around each other.
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8 bars
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Back-to-back and
star: both tops face their first
corner couples, no hands held, and dance R to R past the opposite gent/lady
(1 bar), pass back-to-back without turning (1 bar), fall back to place
(1 bar) and dance in to form a R hand star with the same couple (1 bar).
They then dance around to place (4 bars).
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8 bars
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4
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Swing.
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8 bars
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5
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Side couples
now dance 3.
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16 bars
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6
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Swing.
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8 bars
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7
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Top couples
now repeat 3.
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16 bars
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8
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Swing.
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8 bars
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9
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Side couples
now repeat 3.
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16 bars
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10
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Swing.
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8 bars
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11
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House around.
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8 bars
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Second Figure - High Gates (Reels)
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160 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:
House around each other.
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8 bars
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High gates:
holding inside hands, both couples advance, retire and advance (6 bars).
1st couple make an arch which the 2nd gent,
dropping hands, dances through and turns anti-clockwise into the
opposite place while 2nd lady ½ turns clockwise to end
beside 1st gent and take his L hand in her R (2 bars).
The trio now dances a three arches movement, 1st lady passing
through the first arch, the 2nd lady through the second and
the 1st lady through the third, so that the trio ends facing
2nd gent to form a little christmas ( 8 bars).
NOTE: it may take a
little practice to get the timing of this movement right.
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16 bars
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Swing four (6
bars) and fall back to place (2 bars).
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8 bars
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3
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Side couples
now dance 2 (1st couple L of 1st tops).
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32 bars
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4
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Top couples
repeat 2. with 2nd couple leading.
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32 bars
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5
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Side couples
repeat 2. with 2nd couple leading.
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32 bars
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6
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House around.
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8 bars
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Third Figure - Sides (Reels)
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144 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:
Ladies chain R hand in the centre, L arm to turn the opposite gent and R
hand on the way back into waltz hold.
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8 bars
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House around each
other.
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8 bars
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Sides:
they face their 1st corner couples, inside hands held, and
all advance and retire once (4 bars). Tops raise their arms and
facing couples change places, sides passing under the arch, to face the
next couple around the set (4 bars). This 8 bar movement is
repeated 3 more times back to place.
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32 bars
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3
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Swing.
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8 bars
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4
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Side couples
now dance 2.
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48 bars
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5
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Swing.
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8 bars
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6
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House around.
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8 bars
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Fourth Figure - Change Partners (Jigs)
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104 bars
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1
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Lead around.
Swing.
House around.
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24 bars
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2
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Change partners:
gents dance 2x3s into the set and 2x3s back as the ladies dance around
to the next gent on the R and turn in to face him and take waltz hold (4
bars) and all half-house around to the opposite place (4 bars).
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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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Change partners.
Swing.
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16 bars
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4
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Change partners.
Swing.
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16 bars
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5
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Change partners.
Swing.
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16 bars
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6
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House around.
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8 bars
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Fifth Figure - The Hornpipe
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152 bars
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1
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Circle and change
partners:all hold hands in a
circle and advance and retire once (4 bars). Partners then take
waltz hold and dance ½ turn clockwise in place to face out of the
set (2 bars) and the ladies turns clockwise under the gents’ L arms to
meet the next gent on the L as the gents half-turn clockwise into
position (2 bars).
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8 bars
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2
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Quarterhouse:
new couples dance 2 bars in place and double round to the next place on
the R (2 bars). This 4 bar movement is repeated back to place.
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16 bars
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3
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House around.
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8 bars
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4
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Circle and change
partners.
Quarterhouse.
House around.
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32 bars
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5
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Circle and change
partners.
Quarterhouse.
House around.
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32 bars
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6
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Circle and change
partners.
Quarterhouse.
House around.
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32 bars
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7
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Circle and home:
all take hands in a circle, advance and retire once then, taking waltz
hold, dance at home, turning once.
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8 bars
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8
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House around.
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8 bars
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STEPS
The 'down' jig step is used in the jig figure.
In the Quarterhouse, the doubled step is danced hop1, hop2, hop3,
hop4 making 2 full turns in the 2 bar movement. The word ‘hop’,
though generally used to describe this step, is a bit of a misnomer as
the movement involves only the heel being raised a little and cracked
down sharply, rather than the whole bodyweight being lifted off the
floor as in a normal hop. It involves less use of energy and might
better be described as a hint of a hop!
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SOURCE
Pat Murphy at his Bristol workshop, April 2000. The set was
written by that well-known step-dance teacher and adjudicator, Frankie
Roddy of Derry.
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ENDNOTE :
I have called the movement in the Third Figure 2. Sides as it
reminds me of a similar movement in the two versions of the Televara
which are included in these Study Notes.
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