The Cuirassiers Set

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5 Figures

Figure No	Bars	Figure name	Style	Avg time
1	112	Half Square and Lead Back	Polka	01:33
2	160	Ladies Sidestep	Polka	02:23
3	192	Ladies Wheel	Jig	03:01
4	192	All Sidestep	Polka	02:35
5	168	The Chassez	Polka	02:20

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 11:52.

Notes

Written by Terry Moylan from an 1823 Quadrille of the same name, with assistance from Ian Montague and Michael Tubridy. Published by the Brooks Academy in 2002. Interesting because the ladies often lead the individual parts (e.g. top lady and opposite man).

There are no CDs which feature this music.

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name	Figure No	Artist	Title	Track
Figure 1 - 112 bars of Polkas.
Fermanagh	1	Davey Ceili Band	Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing	12
Balleyvourney Reel	6	Donncha Lynch Ceili Band	Set Dances of Cork and Kerry	12
Fermanagh	1	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 09	7
Dublin	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 17	20
Coomhola	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 21	9
Croisloch	1	Rise The Dust	Give it a Lift	5
Moate	3	20	Give it a Lift
Fermanagh	1	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 4	7
Clare Plain Polka	1	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 2	7
Fermanagh	1	Triskell	Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois	11
Kenmare Polka	2	Various Artists	The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets	14
Kenmare Polka	3	15	The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets
Balleyvourney Reel	6	The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets	18
Figure 2 - 160 bars of Polkas.
Sliabh Luachra	2	Abbey Ceili Band	Beal a' Ghleanna	2
	3	3	Beal a' Ghleanna
	1	Augusta Ceili Band	Volume 2	18
	2	19
	3	20
Augusta Water	2	25
Sliabh Luachra	1	Brian Boru Ceili Band	House At Home	9
	2	10
	3	11
	1	Donncha Lynch Ceili Band	Set Dances of Cork and Kerry	15
	2	16
	3	17
	1	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band	Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra	1
	2	2
	3	3
	1	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 03	19
	2	20
	3	21
	6	24
Connemara	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 04	6
Aran	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	1
Valentia Right and Left	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 10	8
Doire Cholm Cille	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 11	17
Inis Oirr	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 13	9
Tory Island	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 14	9
Limerick Tumblers	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 17	13
Limerick Tumblers	5		17
Dublin	1		18
Tory Island Lancers	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 19	9
Coomhola	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 21	11
Clare Lancers	1	Michael Sexton Ceili Band	Volume 2 - Mad To Dance	1
Sliabh Luachra	1	Public House Ceili Band	Go Figure	17
	2	18
	3	19
	1	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 3	6
	2	7
	3	8
Kenmare Polka	5	Various Artists	The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets	17
Sliabh Luachra	1	The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets	1
	2		2
	3		3
Clare Lancers	1	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	13
Figure 3 - 192 bars of Jigs.
Derrada	1	Cathal McAnulty Ceili Band	Sets Workshop	12
	1	Fodhla Ceili Band	Music For Set Dancing	1
	1	Heather Breeze	Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening	24
Claddagh	1	Music In The Glen	1
Claddagh	4	Music In The Glen	4
Connemara	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 04	7
Labasheeda	1	10	Dance Music of Ireland volume 04
Derrada	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	14
Claddagh	4	Dance Music of Ireland volume 14	4
	4	Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh	Play the Keys	4
	4	Rise The Dust	Give it a Lift	17
Derrada	1	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 3	12
Victoria Jig	1	Various Artists	The Set 1 - Music For Four Complete Sets	14
Figure 4 - 192 bars of Polkas.
West Kerry	2	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band	Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra	14
Valentia Right and Left	4	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 10	9
West Kerry	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 12	23
West Kerry	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 12	24
Clare Lancers	2	Michael Sexton Ceili Band	Volume 2 - Mad To Dance	2
Croisloch	3	Rise The Dust	Give it a Lift	7
Caledonian	3	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 1	3
Clare Lancers	4	Music For Sets volume 3	10
West Kerry	2	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5	19
West Kerry	2	Various Artists	The Set 1 - Music For Four Complete Sets	8
Clare Lancers	2	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	14
Clare Lancers	4	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	16
Figure 5 - 168 bars of Polkas.
Obergruna Half	3	Augusta Ceili Band	Volume 1	25
Tipperary Lancers	5	Brian Boru Ceili Band	House Around	11
Fermanagh	2	Cathal McAnulty Ceili Band	Sets Workshop	16
Sliabh Fraoch	5	Danny Webster	Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster	15
Fermanagh	2	Davey Ceili Band	Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing	13
Melleray Lancers	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 08	5
Fermanagh	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 09	8
Glencree	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 10	22
	3		23
	4		24
Killyon	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 11	11
Kildownet Half	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 11	25
Fermanagh	2	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 4	8
Southern Cross	4	The Coast Ceili Band	Set Dancing Downunder	7
Fermanagh	2	Triskell	Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois	12
Borlin	3	Various Artists	The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets	22

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Instructions

Author	Title	Ref
Pat Murphy	Come West Along the Road	p97
Brooks Academy	Set Dance notes from the Brooks Academy	http://www.setdance.com/sets/cuirassiers/english/cuirassiers.html
Dr. Lenette S. and Larry E. Taylor	Crooked River Set Dancers	http://www.personal.kent.edu/~ltaylor1/cuirassiers.htm

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