3C proper

A1 Hands 6 balance in and out twice to get half way.
   All now improper and set inverted.
A2 C1, followed by C2 and C3, cast up to put set 
   in order but improper
A3 C1 and C2 hands 4 half way (L) and turn single L
A4 C1 and C3 hands 4 half way (R) and turn single R
B1 Mirror heys, C1 and C3 in at ends, middle couple (C2)
   facing down and bulge.
B2 C1 (still improper) lead up, M1 crosses lady in front
   and they cast to bottom.
   Set now proper in order C2 C3 C1
   

Notes: 1) Balancing must get round 1/2 way
       2) Keeping set tidy is important

John Nash, 2025-3-16

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REyB0l9n5Jw (Inisheer)

Played by Sarah Loughran (fiddle) and Paul Young (D/G melodeon).

JN: I had thought Inisheer was an O'Carolan tune, but it appears it was composed by the Dublin accordion player Thomas Walsh in 1987.

JN: I have no strong recollection why I chose A Fugitive Smile as the name for the dance. In retrospect, I realized it could use some explanation, and for a weekly session of the Stittsville Creative Writers Group wrote the following verses.

A fugitive smile

John C Nash 2026

In a deluge of sadness there's sometimes a break
Where the sunshine of hope causes joy to awake.
When the positive touch of a pet or a friend 
Says the depth of unhappiness will come to an end.
There's a second of difference, a glint in an eye,
A fugitive smile.


The prayers have been spoken, the eulogy read.
The widow in black clothes, her weary eyes red.
Friends speak their stories, worn and well-known
'Till a grandson tells of a first ice-cream cone
Lips curl just a fraction, almost unseen,
A fugitive smile.


The train's at the platform, it's ready to go,
But two lovers are hugging, both feeling low.
They break and he sees there are tears on her cheek,
At the door of the carriage her legs feel so weak,
A glance and raised eyebrow could almost be missed,
A fugitive smile.