The Dublin Lancers

(b) Square.  Tops turn left and square with sides. Ladies and gents dance around the sides of a square inside, the ladies going anti-clockwise and the gents clockwise, taking two bars to dance along each side of the square (8 bars).

(c) Swing.  At the end of (b) the four original couples re-form and all four couples swing (8 bars).

(b) Turn & Show the Lady.  1st Tops gent turns his partner clockwise under his right arm still turning advances on inside to 2nd sides place and dances on the spot for two bars, advance to 2nd tops & dance on the spot, advance to 1st tops & dance on the spot then dance to home (16 bars).

(c) Pass by.  1st tops lady & gent pass by each to the sides and turn (gents dance towards side couple to his right, lady towards side couple to her left. Then the lady dances back to opposite sides and turn, top lady taking hand of side gent, the gent taking hand of his partner to face set in a diagonal fashion. During the last two bars 2nd tops dance into place at the other end of the line (8 bars).

(d) Advance & Retire.  The two lines advance & retire twice and swing own partner (8 bars).

(b) Gents Christmas.  The four gents repeat (a). At the end of Christmas gents dance back to place (16 bars).

(c) Wheel.  The four gents link left hands in the center, and with right arms around their partners waists, dance around anti-clockwise (8 bars).

(d) Wheel Back.  The four couples reverse direction, (each dancer turns towards their partner to change direction), the four gents link right hands in the center and, with their left arms around their partners waists, dance around clockwise back around to their original places turning to face their partners (8 bars).

(e) Big Christmas.  All dancers link up together into a big Christmas for 8 bars then keeping the same position, they reverse direction for another 8 bars and dance back to their original places. (16 bars).

(f) Swing.  All four couples swing (8 bars).
 

(b) Square.  Tops slide forward to the position on their right, turn slightly clockwise and slide backwards to 2nd tops place, then dance to home (8 bars).

(c) Wheel.  Each top couple turns to sides on their right and right hand wheel for 4 bars, Then change direction dancing a left-hand wheel (8 bars).

(d) Little Christmas.  Each group of dancers forms into a tight circle and Christmas (8 bars).

(e) Swing.  The circles break in to their original places and swing (8 bars).
 

(b) Line-up.  On the first occasion the line forms up behind 1st tops lady, facing out of the set in 1st tops position. As each couple gets into place in the line each lady should be in front of her partner (2 bars).  The line up forms in the following order: The leading couple, the couple to the left of the leading couple, the couple to the right of the leading couple, and the couple opposite the leading couple, with each lady in front of her partner.

(b) Side-step.  The line splits. Gents step sideways to the left and ladies to the right (4 bars). The lines then return in opposite sides, and turn to face each other (4 bars).

(c) Advance & Retire.  Lines join hands and advance & retire twice, then each dancer dances back to their original place and swing (16 bars).