Study Notes Copyright © William Lynch 2007
| INTRODUCTION | 8 bars |
| Dancers stand in square set formation and on the last 4 bars all bow first to their corners then to their partners. |
| FIGURE |
| 1 | 1st top couple house within the set. | 8 bars |
| Singles change places: top ladies change places back-to-back, turning twice clockwise (4 bars) followed by the top gents, also turning twice (4 bars). Side ladies then change places (4 bars) followed by the side gents (4 bars). | 16 bars | |
| Couples change places: both top couples waltz back to place, turning clockwise but moving anti-clockwise within the set (4 bars). Both side couples then waltz back to place (4 bars). | 8 bars | |
| Grand chain: * partners face each other, R hand in R, and all chain slowly around the set, the gents turning the ladies anticlockwise under R arm and clockwise under L arm as they pass each other, taking 2 bars for each turn. Partners meet (for the 2nd time) back in place and take crossed hand hold in front, R over L, to face anti-clockwise around the set. | 16 bars | |
| Lead around: all couples dance side-by-side around the set back to place, gents turning the ladies clockwise under both raised arms on the last 2 bars and partners taking waltz hold. | 8 bars | |
| House around. | 8 bars | |
| 2 | 1st side couple (L of 1st tops) house within the set. | |
| Singles change places, side ladies leading. | ||
| Couples change places, side couples leading. | ||
| Grand chain. | ||
| Lead around. | ||
| House around. | 64 bars | |
| 3 | 2nd top couple now leads to dance 1. | 64 bars |
| 4 | 2nd side couple now leads to dance 2. | 64 bars |
| 5 | Break away into a short general waltz. | |
| STYLE For the Singles change places movement, ladies hold their skirts with R hand, and gents cross their hands behind their backs, as they cross the set. * Alternative Grand chain: Margaret and Michael Meaney of Ipswich tell me that they know one dancer of mature years who recalls meeting each lady with 2 setting steps (2x3s in place), all hands held around the set, before turning the lady underarm. This makes for a more elegant chain danced in 32, rather than 16, bars and has been the option preferred by my dancers. |
| SOURCE Mick Mulkerrin, but I didn't record at which workshop although it must have been in 1991 or '92. |