Study Notes Copyright © William Lynch 2007
| First Figure (2/4 Marches) | 80 bars |
| INTRODUCTION: Dancers honour their partners, then their corners. | 8 bars | ||
| 1 | Top couples:
Crossover: ladies first exchange places, L to L, followed by gents, R to R, and all four turn inwards to face centre (4 bars). The movement is repeated back to place. |
8 bars | |
| Swing partners, with waltz hold. | 8 bars | ||
| Ladies chain: R hands in the centre, link L elbows with the opposite gent to turn with him twice, take R hands again in the centre and waltz hold with own partners. | 8 bars | ||
| Swing partners. | 8 bars | ||
| 2 | Side couples now dance 1. | 32 bars | |
| FINISH: Dancers stand in place. | 8 bars |
| Second Figure (2/4 Marches) | 144 bars |
| INTRODUCTION | 8 bars | |
| 1 | Top couples:
Advance and retire twice, R hand in R hand, stepping 1, 2, 3, swing, back, 2, 3, swing. |
8 bars |
| Crossover, and remain in the opposite place. | 4 bars | |
| Advance and retire twice. | 8 bars | |
| Crossover, back to place. | 4 bars | |
| Swing partners. | 8 bars | |
| Advance and retire twice.
Crossover, and remain in the opposite place. Advance and retire twice. Crossover, back to place. Swing partners. |
32 bars | |
| 2 | Side couples now dance 1. | 64 bars |
| FINISH | 8 bars |
| Third Figure (2/4 Marches) | 144 bars |
| INTRODUCTION | 8 bars | |
| 1 | Top couples:
1st gent and 2nd lady dance in (2 bars) and swing. On the last bar they take R hand hold, each facing clockwise around the set, and L hand hold with their partners to form a line with alternate dancers facing in the same direction. |
8 bars |
| Dance in place (4 bars, dancing step, swing, step, swing, step, swing, step, swing) and lead across to the opposite place with L hand hold, ladies passing L shoulder to L shoulder. | 8 bars | |
| 1st gent and 2nd lady advance and retire twice, honouring each other as they meet. | 8 bars | |
| Advance and retire with R hands held and crossover. | 8 bars | |
| 2nd gent and 1st lady dance in and swing, forming the line on the last bar. | 8 bars | |
| Dance in place and lead across. | 8 bars | |
| 2nd gent and 1st lady advance and retire twice, honouring each other as they meet. | 8 bars | |
| Advance and retire and crossover. | 8 bars | |
| 2 | Side couples now dance 1. | 64 bars |
| FINISH | 8 bars |
| Fourth Figure (Polkas) | 208 bars |
| INTRODUCTION | 8 bars | |
| 1 | Top couples:
Ladies chain. |
8 bars |
| Swing partners. | 8 bars | |
| 1st couple swing across the set and form the three-and-one formation with the second couple - gents facing each other and both ladies facing out of the set and holding inside hands with the second gent. | 8 bars | |
| Dance in, out and back in (6 bars). On the 3rd bar the 1st gent stands and waits for the line of three to re-join him. On the last 2 bars the gents stand while the ladies drop hands, turn inwards ½ turn and take inside hands with 1st gent. | 8 bars | |
| Dance in, out, and back in, the 2nd gent standing to wait for the line-of-three. On the last 2 bars the ladies turn inwards and the dancers take hold to swing four. | 8 bars | |
| Swing four, falling back to place on the last bar. | 8 bars | |
| Ladies chain.
Swing partners. |
16 bars | |
|
2nd couple swing across and
form the three-and-one formation with the first couple.
Dance in, out and back in, the 2nd gent standing on the 3rd bar. Dance in, out and back in, the 1st gent standing. Swing four, falling back to place on the last bar. |
32 bars | |
| 2 | Side couples now dance 1. | 64 bars |
| FINISH | 8 bars |
| Fifth Figure (Polkas) | 160 bars |
| INTRODUCTION | 8 bars | |
| 1 | Circle: All join hands in a circle and advance and retire twice. | 8 bars |
| 2 | Swing partners. | 8 bars |
| 3 | Top couples:
Ladies chain. |
8 bars |
| Gallop: taking waltz hold with their partners, the gents dance forwards 2x3s out of each other's way and sidestep for 2 bars across to the opposite place, passing the opposite gent back-to-back. They then reverse with 2x3s and gallop back to place, this time the ladies passing back-to-back. | 8 bars | |
| 4 | Circle.
Swing partners. |
16 bars |
| 5 | Side couples now dance 3. | 16 bars |
| 6 | Circle.
Swing partners. |
16 bars |
| 7 | Top couples repeat 3. | 16 bars |
| 8 | Circle.
Swing partners. |
16 bars |
| 9 | Side couples repeat 3. | 16 bars |
| 10 | Circle.
Swing partners. |
16 bars |
| FINISH | 8 bars |
| Sixth Figure (2/4 Marches) | 136 bars |
| INTRODUCTION | 8 bars | |
| 1 | Circle, advance and retire twice. | 8 bars |
| 2 | Swing partners. On the last bar, gents take L hands across with partners keeping their arms around each other's waists. | 8 bars |
| 3 | Wheel around back to place. | 8 bars |
| 4 | Changeover: Ladies advance and retire, dancing in,
2, 3, lift, back, lift, back, lift (4 bars) while gents stand.
Gents dance in, turn ½ turn clockwise, and dance out. At the same time, ladies dance on to face the next gent on the R. New partners meet and take waltz hold, the gent in the lady's place and the lady in the gent's place (4 bars). |
8 bars |
| 5 | Swing new partners and form gent's L hand star. | 8 bars |
| Wheel around back to the gent's place. | 8 bars | |
| Changeover. | 8 bars | |
| 6 | Swing new partners into the star. | 8 bars |
| Wheel around. | 8 bars | |
| Changeover. | 8 bars | |
| 7 | Swing new partners. | 8 bars |
| Wheel around. | 8 bars | |
| Changeover, back to own partners. | 8 bars | |
| 8 | Swing partners.
Wheel around. |
8 bars |
| FINISH | 8 bars |
| SOURCE The set is described as danced on the video 'All Set' which is produced by Craobh Productions, a subsidiary of Eclipse Promotions. |