FIGURE 1: JIGS (216
BARS)
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All
Couples
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Kerry
hold (open waltz hold) facing anti-clockwise - Lead around to place
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Waltz
hold - House around the set
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8 bars
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1st
Top Couple
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House
inside + Square (Waltz hold - 1-2-3-kick 1-2-123 + House to place)
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Ladies
double chain: Ladies right hands in the centre + Left arm turn with
Opposite Gent + Right hands in the centre + Left arm turn with
Partner [8 bars] + Repeat across and back (no turn with
Partner at end)
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Waltz
hold - Swing
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8 bars
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Repeat
x 3
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All House the
set + 1st Side Couples House + Square + Side Couples Ladies double
chain + Swing
All House the
set + 2nd Top Couples House + Square + Tops Ladies double chain +
Swing
All House the
set + 2nd Side Couples House + Square + Side Ladies double chain +
Swing
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48 bars
x 3
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All
Couples
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House
the set
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8 bars
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FIGURE 2: JIGS (248
BARS)
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All
Couples
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Kerry
hold - Lead around + House the set
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16 bars
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1st
Top Couples
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House
+ Square
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16 bars
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All
Couples:
Tops left
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All
Kerry hold, Top Couples face the Side Couple on their left - Advance
and retire + House across to change places + Repeat: Advance and
retire + House to original place
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16 bars
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All
Couples:
Tops right
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Top
Couples face Side Couple on their right - Advance, retire, house
across + Advance, retire, house to original place
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16 bars
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Repeat
x 3
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All House +
1st Side Couples House + Square + Sides face left - All Advance,
retire, house across + All Advance, retire, house back + Sides face
right - Advance, retire and house across + All Advance, retire,
house to place
All House +
2nd Tops Couples House + Square + Tops face left - All Advance,
retire, house across + All Advance, retire, house back + Tops face
right - Advance, retire and house across + All Advance, retire,
house to place
All House +
2nd Side Couples House + Square + Sides face left - All Advance,
retire, house across + All Advance, retire, house back + Sides face
right - Advance, retire and house across + All Advance, retire,
house to place
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56 bars
x 3
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All
Couples
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House
the set
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8 bars
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FIGURE 3: JIGS (184
BARS)
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All
Couples
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Lead
around + House the set
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16 bars
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1st
Top Couples
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House
+ Square
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16 bars
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1st
Top Gent + 2nd Top Lady
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Dance
in and swing while...
All other join hands in a circle, face anticlockwise (right) - Dance
around once to place. Active pair retire to place with the circle
opening on the last bar
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Swing
Partner
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8 bars
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Repeat
x 3
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All House +
1st Sides House + Square + 1st Side Gent and 2nd Side Lady - Swing
while... others Dance around the circle to the right + All Swing
Partner
All House +
2nd Tops House + Square + 2nd Top Gent and 1st Top Lady - Swing
while... others Dance around the circle to the right + All Swing
Partner
All House +
2nd Sides House + Square + 2nd Side Gent and 1st Side Lady - Swing
while... others Dance around the circle to the right + All Swing
Partner
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40 bars
x 3
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All
Couples
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House
the set
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8 bars
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FIGURE 4: JIGS (152
BARS)
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All
Couples
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Lead
around + House the set
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16 bars
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1st
Top Couples
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House
+ Square
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16 bars
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Corners
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Ladies
turn right / Gents left - Swing Corner and finish in Lady's place
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8 bars
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Repeat
x 3
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All House +
1st Side Gent (with 2nd Top Lady) House + Square + All Swing Corners
(Gents to Lady's place)
All House +
2nd Top Gent (with 1st Top Lady) House + Square + All Swing Corners
(Gents to Lady's place)
All House +
2nd Side Gent (with 2nd Top Lady) House + Square + All Swing Corners
(Gents back to original Partner in place)
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32 bars
x 3
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All
Couples
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House
the set
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8 bars
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FIGURE 5: JIGS (376
BARS)
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All
Couples
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Lead
around + House the set
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16 bars
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1st
Top Couples
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House
+ Square - finish facing out (Lady on the right)
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16 bars
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1st
Side Couples
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House
+ Square - finish behind 1st Tops
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16 bars
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2nd
Tops +
2nd Sides
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2nd
Tops House + Square - finish in line + 2nd Sides House + Square -
finish in line
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32 bars
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All
Couples
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Little
circles [1]:
Cast off (Ladies right / Gents left) + Circle around twice [12 bars]
- finish in waltz hold with Partner and pass under arch made by 1st
Top Couple [16 bars] + 1st Sides leading - House to the left to
finish opposite original place / 1st Top Couple House out to place
then halfway around [8 bars]
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24 bars
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Repeat
x 3
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1st Sides
House + Square - finish facing out + 2nd Tops / 2nd Sides / 1st Tops
- House + Square and line up behind + Little circles + House around
- finish at home
2nd Tops House
+ Square - finish facing out + 2nd Sides / 1st Tops / 1st Sides -
House + Square and line up behind + Little circles + House around -
finish in Opposite place
2nd Sides
House + Square - finish facing out + 1st Tops / 1st Sides / 2nd Tops
- House + Square and line up behind + Little circles + House around
- finish at home
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88 bars
x 3
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FIGURE 6: SLIDES
(120 BARS)
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Top
Couples
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House
around each other + Square twice + House around + Square twice +
House around
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56 bars
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Side
Couples
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House
inside + Square twice + House + Square twice + House
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56 bars
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FIGURE 7: REELS
(272 BARS)
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All Couples
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Lower
promenade hold - Lead around + Turn Lady under crossed hands
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8
bars
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All
Couples
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Left
hand in left - Turn Lady under 4 times (turning in clockwise
direction)
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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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Top
Couples
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Square
the set using 'sevens' step (hop-1234567, ...) with a quarter turn
clockwise at each corner + House around each other
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16 bars
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Top
Couples
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Gents
cross to Opposite Lady [2 bars] + Swing [6 bars]
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8 bars
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Top
Gents
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Left
arm hook in centre dancing around (123 123, ...) doubling the last
two bars releasing arms to pick up their Partner
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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Lead
around + Turn Lady under + Swing
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24 bars
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Repeat
Side Couples
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Square
the set + House around + Gents cross and swing Opposite Lady + Gents
left arm hook in the centre
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32 bars
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All
Couples
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Lead
around + Turn Lady under + Swing
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24 bars
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Repeat
Top Couples
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Square
the set + House around + Gents cross and swing Opposite Lady + Gents
left arm hook in the centre
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32 bars
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All
Couples
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Lead
around + Turn Lady under + Swing
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24 bars
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Repeat
Side Couples
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Square
the set + House around + Gents cross and swing Opposite Lady + Gents
left arm hook in the centre
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32 bars
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All
Couples
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Lead
around + Turn Lady under + Swing
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24 bars
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All
Couples
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Square
the set using 'sevens' dancing through each position turning 90
degrees at each corner (Gents backs in then Ladies Backs in
alternately)
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8 bars
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All
Couples
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House
the set
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8 bars
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NOTES
[1] Figure
5 has a movement we have called Little Circles. The front Lady
places her hands on her waist and the other Ladies' place their hands on
hips of Lady in front. The Gents' right hand is placed on the shoulder of
the Gent in front. Each line cast off on your own side forming a tight
circle, meet your partner at the bottom of the set, lead up, cast off and
circle again. The leading Couple form an arch and each Couple takes waltz
hold and houses under the arch and around to the left to place.
REFERENCES
Murphy, Pat (1995). Toss
the Feathers. Cork: Mercier Press. 208-210.
Quinn, Tom (1977). Irish
Dancing. Glasgow: Harper Collins. 432-440.
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