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Also known as: The Gus Goose Set.
From county Non-Ireland. First sides is on the left.
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.
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.
Set Name | Figure No | Artist | Title | Track |
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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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Author | Title | Ref | Last Updated |
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Pat Murphy | Last Night's Fun | p98 |
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