Study Notes Copyright © William Lynch 2007
CORNERS AND CORNER COUPLES
(X = gent O = lady)
1st corner |
X |
O |
2nd corner |
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couple |
O |
X |
couple |
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1st corner |
2nd corner |
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X O |
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Home place |
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| First Figure - Dance Across (Jigs) | 216 bars |
| 1 | Lead around with crossed hand hold, ladies turning under the gents’ R arm and into waltz hold on the last 2 bars. | 8 bars |
| 2 | Balance (4 bars) and swing (4 bars). | 8 bars |
| 3 | Top couples:
Balance and dance across into each other’s place. |
8 bars |
| House around with 1st corner couples. | 8 bars | |
| Balance and dance back home. | 8 bars | |
| House around with 2nd corner couples. | 8 bars | |
| 4 | House around. | 8 bars |
| 5 | Side couples now lead 3.( 1st couple L of 1st top couple) | 32 bars |
| 6 | House around. | 8 bars |
| 7 | Top couples:
Balance and ladies cross over turning anti-clockwise twice into each other’s place while the gents turn in place. New couples take waltz hold. |
8 bars |
| Balance and dance across. | 8 bars | |
| House around with 1st corner couples. | 8 bars | |
| Balance and ladies cross back.
Balance and dance across. House around with 2nd corner couples. |
24 bars | |
| 8 | House around. | 8 bars |
| 9 | Side couples now lead 7. | 48 bars |
| 10 | House around. | 8 bars |
| Second Figure - Ladies Chain (Jigs) | 216 bars |
| 1 | Lead around.
Balance and swing. |
16 bars |
| 2 | Top couples:
Ladies chain R hands in the centre, give L hand to turn clockwise under the L arm of the opposite gent and round behind him as he, facing centre, lowers his arm. Ladies pass back R to R and turn under partner’s R arm into waltz hold. |
8 bars |
| House around each other, the 1st couple separating and each dancer dancing into line with the side couple nearest their own position on the last 2 bars. | 8 bars | |
| 3 | Trios:
Advance, retire, advance with crossed hand hold behind, and retire forming 2 swings of three. |
8 bars |
| Swing three, falling back to place to take waltz hold on the last 2 bars. | 8 bars | |
| 4 | Balance and swing.
House around. |
16 bars |
| 5 | Top couples:
Ladies chain. House around each other, the 2nd couple separating and dancing into line with the side couples. |
16 bars |
| 6 | Trios:
Advance and retire twice. Swing three. |
16 bars |
| 7 | Balance and swing.
House around. |
16 bars |
| 8 | Side couples:
Ladies chain. House around each other, the 1st couple (L of 1st tops) separating and dancing into line with the nearest top couple. |
16 bars |
| 9 | Trios:
Advance and retire twice. Swing three. |
16 bars |
| 10 | Balance and swing.
House around. |
16 bars |
| 11 | Side couples:
Ladies chain. House around each other, the 2nd couple separating and dancing into line with the nearest top couple. |
16 bars |
| 12 | Trios:
Advance and retire twice. Swing three. |
16 bars |
| 13 | Balance and swing.
House around. |
16 bars |
| Third Figure - Three-quarter Chain (Jigs) | 208 bars |
| 1 | Lead around.
Balance and swing. |
16 bars |
| 2 | Corners: keeping waltz hold, top couples and their 1st corner couples dance anti-clockwise around each other dancing - tip1 tip2 tip3 hopturn (2 bars) into each other's place, then - cut, cut, 1, 23 (2 bars) in place and 4x3s to house home (4 bars). Top couples then repeat the movement with their 2nd corner couples (8 bars). | 16 bars |
| 3 | House around.
Balance and swing. |
16 bars |
| 4 | Three-quarter chain: partners face each other, R hand in
R, and while the gents dance in place, the ladies chain past them R hand to the 1st (2 bars), L to the 2nd (2 bars), R to the 3rd (2 bars) and L to the 4th gent to turn under-arm into waltz hold (2 bars). |
8 bars |
| 5 | Corners: the gents lead their new partners through this movement as before. House around. Balance and swing. Three-quarter chain. |
40 bars |
| 6 | Corners. House around. Balance and swing. Three-quarter chain. |
40 bars |
| 7 | Corners. House around. Balance and swing. Three-quarter chain. |
40 bars |
| 8 | Corners.
House around. |
24 bars |
| STEP The step danced throughout the set, except for Corners, is the ‘down’ jig step, although a more ornamented step may be used for Advance and retire. |
| DEDICATION This set was written to mark the transfer of our house-dance to Our Lady of Lourdes church hall here in Hungerford (Berks, England) on 12th January 1999. It is dedicated to my wife Janet and to those who regularly danced with us: Denise Lawrence, Allan Clyde, Joan and Keith Holloway, Joanna Stevens and Rita and Mike Courthold. |
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