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The Rimini Set

Also known as: The Gus Goose Set.

From county Non-Ireland. First sides is on the left.

4 Figures

Figure No Bars Figure name Style Avg time
1 120 None Polka 01:47
2 144 None Reel 02:26
3 112 None Jig 01:51
4 152 None Hornpipe 02:56

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 09:00.

Notes

Composed by the Italian Set Dancers in Rimini, a beautiful town on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It has been given the honorary title of the “Gus Goose Set” to acknowledge the contribution of one of their favourite dancers. Thanks to Michele, Christina, Ida and their friends.

This dance features the “Giga Romagnola”: holding inside hands, all couples dance forward anticlockwise and turn in to face back (2 bars), then dance back clockwise holding the other inside hand (gents LH, ladies RH) (2 bars). Holding these hands, turn in to face partner and the lady turns clockwise to finish with her partner on her left, placing her left hand on her right shoulder. The gent places his right arm over her shoulder taking her left hand with his right. They continue to turn clockwise side by side with the gent going clockwise around the outside to his own place as he releases the lady’s right hand while still holding her left. She spins (or unwinds) a full turn clockwise to face the centre beside him (4 bars). This movement is shared from a popular Italian dance of the same name from this region.

The fourth figure can be done to hornpipes or barn dances.

There are no CDs which feature this music.

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name Figure No Artist Title Track
Figure 1 - 120 bars of Polkas.
Cashel 6 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 21
Clare Orange and Green 4 Irish Set Dancing Fun 22
Sliabh Fraoch 1 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 11
Cashel 6 Gleann an Iolair Ceili Band The Derry Boat 16
6 Glenside Ceili Band Set Dance Music From Glen 21
6 Heather Breeze Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening 13
6 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 02 19
Black Valley Square Jig 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 06 14
Clare Orange and Green 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 07 11
Skibbereen 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 08 14
5 15
Williamstown 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 1
Mayo Lancers 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 12 18
Tory Island 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 14 8
Sliabh Fraoch 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 17 8
Tory Island Lancers 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 19 8
Atha Caoiré 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 20 10
Mazurka 1 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 1
Cashel 6 20
6 Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 2 - Mad To Dance 11
Clare Orange and Green 4 22
Cashel 6 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 12
Sliabh Fraoch 1 Play the Keys 5
Cashel 6 Rise The Dust All Set 16
Moate 1 Give it a Lift 18
Cashel 6 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 4 16
6 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 12
Clare Orange and Green 4 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 1 4
Mazurka 1 7
2 8
Clare Orange and Green 4 Various Artists The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets 4
Figure 2 - 144 bars of Reels.
Antrim Square 1 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 2 1
Clare Lancers 3 Beltaine Irish Traditional Dance Music 9
Antrim Square 1 Brian Boru Ceili Band House At Home 15
1 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 8
Clare Lancers 3 13
Sliabh Fraoch 3 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 13
Clare Lancers 3 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 18
3 Lough Ree Ceili Band Keep 'er Lit - Live from Spanish Point 3
Donegal 3 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 03 16
Clare Lancers 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 05 11
Caragh Lake Jig 6 Dance Music of Ireland volume 09 16
Doire Cholm Cille 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 18
Kildownet Half 3 26
Antrim Square 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 17 1
Flight of The Earls 1 4
Sliabh Fraoch 3 10
Lough Neagh 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 20 2
Clare Lancers 3 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 9
3 Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 2 - Mad To Dance 3
Sliabh Fraoch 3 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Play the Keys 7
Clare Lancers 3 12
3 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 3 9
3 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 19
3 Temple House Ceili Band Temple House - Music For Sets volume 1 3
Antrim Square 1 The Coast Ceili Band Set Dancing Downunder 1
Clare Lancers 3 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 4 3
Ardgroom Polka 4 Various Artists The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets 11
Clare Lancers 3 15
Figure 3 - 112 bars of Jigs.
Kilfenora Plain 5 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 2 16
2 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 6
5 9
2 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 7
5 10
2 Heather Breeze Music In The Glen 18
5 21
Kildownet Half 1 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 24
Kilfenora Plain 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 13 2
5 5
Newmarket Meserts 5 Dance Music of Ireland volume 19 21
Clare Plain (Reel) 1 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 21
Kilfenora Plain 2 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 20
5 23
2 Rise The Dust All Set 6
5 9
Newmarket Meserts 5 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 2 5
Figure 4 - 152 bars of Hornpipes.
Cashel 4 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 19
Birr 3 Irish Set Dancing Fun 12
Durrow Threshing 4 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 25
Cashel 4 Gleann an Iolair Ceili Band The Derry Boat 14
4 Glenside Ceili Band Set Dance Music From Glen 19
4 Heather Breeze Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening 11
4 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 02 17
Durrow Threshing 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 09 4
Fermanagh Quadrilles 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 10 17
Doire Cholm Cille 5 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 20
Birr 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 19 15
Cashel 4 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 18
4 Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 2 - Mad To Dance 9
4 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 10
4 Rise The Dust All Set 14
4 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 4 14
4 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 10
Durrow Threshing 4 Triskell Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois 8
Kenmare Polka 4 Various Artists The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets 16

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Instructions

Author Title Ref Last Updated
Pat Murphy Last Night's Fun p98

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