The Dance Of The Week for this week is a new set, The Battle of Affane, demonstrated at the Sweets of May Dance Festival in Tralee in 2015. It’s a short set commemorating the 1565 Battle of Affane and has a good variety of movements including doubling!
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There’s a new dance in town! The Cuchulainn Set
The Dance Of The Week for this week is an Irish set dance called the Sliabh Froach Set. This is a low-key set that’s easy to learn but fun to dance.
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The Dance Of The Week for this week is a short and easy Irish set dance, the Slip N Slide Polka Set.
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The dance for this week is a contra dance by Cary Ravitz, Dance Kentucky Unhinged. It’s not too difficult but you’ll need to stay alert when you reach the ends.
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The Dance Of The Week for this week is a very easy Irish ceili dance An Rince Mor or The Big Dance. It’s a round dance for four couples though in a ceili setting you can easily make the circle as big as you like. You just need an even number of dancers.
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The Dance Of the Week for this week is the Cross Of The Commons set, an Irish set dance recently composed by Joan Pollard Carew in memory of her father Jackie Pollard.
The dance is short (only 3 figures) and easy to learn and has a few unusual moves to keep you interested.
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The dance of the week for this week is a contra dance by Cary Ravitz called Debra’s Dance A.
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For this week we’ve got an Ar Rinci Foirne ceili dance that will take some practice to get right but when done all the way through will give you a decent workout. Trip To The Cottage is danced with 4 couples in a square formation and has four major movements to keep you thinking. Remember, get those feet up!
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The dance for this week is an easy, but fun Irish set dance that’s also known as the Connemara Jig set. Foraer A Neaintin was originally danced as a half-set and you’ll often find that the first three figures are shortened to omit the second tops and sides repeats. Some people just want to get to the next dance I suppose. Click through for notes and links to video and music references.