
Book:
20 Tracks from different selection and with 32 and 48 bar dances.
CD:
The Irish love of dancing is well known (i.e. River Dance) but most of their dances are too complicated for beginners.
They call their country dances 'Set Dances' and are danced mainly in squares and in two couples facing two couples formations (Seige of Ennis).
Apart from 'The Wave of Tory' and 'The Bridge of Athlone' most barn dance and country dance callers just use their toe-tapping tunes to lighten up their own choice of dances.
Track |
Dance |
Bars |
Type |
Formation |
Lead Tune |
1 |
The Snowball |
5 x 48 |
Irish Double Jig |
Longways x 5 |
Dingles Regatta |
2 |
Holmfirth Square |
6 x 32 |
Reels |
Square |
Captain Maguire |
3 |
English Gay Gordons |
7 x 32 |
Marches |
Couple Circle |
The Boys of Wexford |
4 |
Star Trek |
8 x 32 |
Irish Jigs |
Longways 4 Couples |
Gartloney Rats |
5 |
The Irish Swing |
10 x 32 (Twice) |
Irish Reel |
Five Couple Square |
Rattling Bog |
6 |
Granny’s Knot |
8 x 32 |
Jig |
Sicilian Circle |
Burning Bridges |
7 |
The Rose Tree |
6 x 32 |
Irish Reels |
Long Set |
The Blind |
8 |
Strip the Willow |
4 x 48 |
Irish Double Jig |
Square |
Shandon Bells |
9 |
Moles Circle Dance |
6 x 32 |
Polka |
Double Circle |
Dennis Murphy’s Polka |
10 |
Sunset Strip |
3 x 32 (Twice) |
Irish Double Jig |
3 Couple Longways |
Saddle the Pony |
11 |
Dud’s Reel |
7 x 32 |
Reel |
Longways Duple Improper |
Jackson Breakdown |
12 |
St George’s Day Jig |
4 x 48 |
Jigs |
Square Set |
The Drink of Claret |
13 |
Cawsand Reel |
6 x 48 |
Reels |
Sicilian Circle |
Maggie |
14 |
O’Sullivans Waltz |
6 x 48 |
Waltz |
Partner Dance |
Song with no name |
15 |
B & C AGM |
3 x 32 (Twice) |
Irish Jigs |
3 Couple Longways |
MacNamara’s Band |
16 |
Rebecca’s Roundabout |
6 x 32 |
Irish Reels |
One Man with Two Ladies |
Battle of Brisbane |
17 |
The Dipper |
4 x 32 (Twice) |
Irish Jigs |
4 Couple Longways |
Coleraine |
18 |
Keeping up with the Joneses |
5 x 32 |
Irish Reels |
5 Couple Longways |
The Teetotaller |
19 |
I’m a Rover |
|
Song |
|
I’m a Rover |
20 |
American Land |
|
Song |
|
American Land |