The dance for this week is an Irish set dance called the Limerick Tumblers. It’s got some complicated movements and old favorites that’ll keep you on your toes.
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Dance Of The Week – Lusmagh Set
The Dance Of The Week is a dance that hasn’t been danced a great deal in recent years but is an easy to learn dance with plenty of swinging. Click through for notes and music links of the Lusmagh Set and if anyone has video of this set being danced, please share!
Dance Of The Week – Flight Of The Earls
The Dance Of The Week for this week is Flight Of The Earls, or The Leuven Set by Jim Keenan that chronicles the flight of the Earls from Donegal beginning in 1607.
It’s not a particularly difficult dance but does have a variety of movements in each figure that will keep you thinking.
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New Dance – Cuchulainn Set
There’s a new dance in town! The Cuchulainn Set
Dance Of The Week – Sliabh Froach 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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Dance Of The Week – Slip N Slide Polka Set
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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Dance Of The Week – An Rince Mor
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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Dance Of The Week – Cross Of The Commons
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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Dance Of The Week – Debra’s Dance A
The dance of the week for this week is a contra dance by Cary Ravitz called Debra’s Dance A.
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Dance Of The Week – Trip To The Cottage
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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