Atha Caoiré Set Notes<title/> <meta name="generator" content="StarOffice/OpenOffice.org XSLT (http://xml.openoffice.org/sx2ml)" /> <meta name="created" content="2015-01-28T11:30:00" /> <meta name="changedby" content="Paul Wayper" /> <meta name="changed" content="2007-11-14T22:54:40" /> <base href="." /> <style type="text/css"> @page { size: 20.999cm 29.699cm; margin-top: 2.54cm; margin-bottom: 2.54cm; margin-left: 2.54cm; margin-right: 2.54cm } table { border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0; empty-cells:show } td, th { font-family:'Liberation Sans','Lucida Sans',Arial; vertical-align:top; } td.TextBody { font-family:'Liberation Sans','Lucida Sans',Arial; text-align:left; font-size:12pt; margin-left:1.499cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-top:0cm; margin-bottom:0.101cm; text-indent:-1.499cm; background-color:#cccccc; } h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { clear:both } ol, ul { padding:0; } * { margin:0; } *.Heading1 { font-family:'Liberation Sans','Lucida Sans',Arial; font-size:115%; margin-top:0cm; 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margin-right:0cm; margin-top:0cm; margin-bottom:0.101cm; text-indent:-1.499cm; background-color:#cccccc; } body {margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <h1 class="Heading1"><a name="Atha_Caoire_Set" />Atha Caoire Set</h1> <p class="Textbody">From near Bantry, taught by Ger Butler in Melbourne, August 2007.</p> <p class="Textbody">Transcribed by Kirsty Greenwood and Ina Bertrand, formatted by Paul Wayper.</p> <p class="Notetext">All swings are waltz hold</p> <p class="Heading2">Figure 1 - Polkas (120 bars)</p> <table width="640px"> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><th>Who</th><th>Instruction</th><th width="50px">Bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>All</td><td>Polka body</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td></td><td>Circle, adv & retire twice, on second retire ladies move to partner on her right</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>Repeat body and circle till back with own partner</td><td>72 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td></td><td>Body</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> </table> <p class="Heading2">Figure 2 - Slides (104 bars)</th></tr> <table width="640px"> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><th>Who</th><th>Instruction</th><th width="50px">Bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>All</td><td>Slides (slide in & out 4 bars, house halfway 4 bars, slide in and out 4 bars, house to home 4 bars)</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td>Tops</td><td>House inside, slides</td><td>24 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>All</td><td>Slides</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td>Sides</td><td>House inside, slides</td><td>24 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>All</td><td>Slides</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> </table> <p class="Heading2">Figure 3 - Polkas (232 bars)</p> <table width="640px"> <tr><th>Who</th><th>Instruction</th><th width="50px">Bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>All</td><td>Polka body</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td>Tops</td><td>House inside</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>Ladies chain (man turns her under his arm and passes her behind him, ladies do not touch in centre on return, man turns lady under his R arm to stand R in R)</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td></td><td>1<sup>st</sup> top couple, R in R, advance to face opposite tops, who are waiting with R in R (2 bars); 2nd top man takes 1<sup>st</sup> lady's L hand in his L and turns both ladies down and round to hands on outside shoulder, 1<sup>st</sup> man takes the ladies' spare hands (2 bars); 3 and 1 advance to centre (2 bars); both men join hands above the ladies' shoulders, ladies turn inside the men's hands to face each other, and put their hands on the men's shoulders (2 bars)</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>Little Christmas</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td></td><td>Ladies chain (no final turn under)</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>Swing</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td>Sides</td><td>repeat the figure (1st couple leading)</td><td>48 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>Tops</td><td>repeat the figure (2<sup>nd</sup> couple leading)</td><td>48 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td>Sides</td><td>repeat the figure (2<sup>nd</sup> couple leading)</td><td>48 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>All</td><td>Body</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> </table> <p class="Heading2">Figure 4 - Slides (128 bars)</p> <table width="640px"> <tr><th>Who</th><th>Instruction</th><th width="50px">Bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>All</td><td>Slides (as fig.2)</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td>Tops</td><td>Diamond (slide 1, 2, 123 towards position on R with man's back to centre, repeat towards position opposite home with lady's back to centre, repeat towards next position on R with man's back to centre, repeat to home with lady's back to centre)</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>House</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td></td><td>Chain</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>Swing</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td>All</td><td>Slides</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>Sides</td><td>Diamond, house, chain, swing</td><td>32 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td>All</td><td>Slides</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>House</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> </table> <p class="Heading2">Figure 5 - Hornpipes (168 bars)</p> <table width="640px"> <tr><th>Who</th><th>Instruction</th><th width="50px">Bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td>All</td><td>Body (with stamp)</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td></td><td>Double diamond (top couples moving R, side couples moving L: 7s with men's back to centre to next position, quarter turn then 7s with ladies' backs to centre to next position, repeat to home)</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>House</td><td>8 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td></td><td>Body (like North Kerry set: gents move in while ladies move on one place to R (2 bars), all with new partner move on one place (2 bars), continue normal polka body from there to gent's home)</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBody"><td></td><td>Repeat double diamond, house, body with lady moving on, till all are doing body with own partner</td><td>64 bars</th></tr> <tr class="TextBodyalternate"><td></td><td>With own partner, starting in own place, diamond, house</td><td>16 bars</th></tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>