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This tab has everything you need in one spot: the full playlist of videos for this month, the monthly schedule with links and the playlist.
- September Schedule – with links to all the indvidual steps and playlists for each week.
- Entire Month Video Playlist – All the zoom classes as well as practice videos.
- Entire Month Spotify Playlist – All the albums in one place.
September Schedule
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |
| 7:30 am (PST) | Woodshed | Keep Her Lit | Speed & Craic |
| Week 1 Caitlin Nic Gabhann | Sept 1 No Class 😩 Power was out! This is what my dad and I did while the power was out | Sept 3 The Rookery Course Woodshed #1 Rookery #1 Rookery #2 Rookery #3 Rookery #4 Woodshed #2 Rookery #5 Rookery #6 Rookery #7 Rookery #8 The Whole Routine! | Sept 5 Caitlín by Caitlin Nic Gabhann Spotify or Apple |
| Week 2 John Carty | Sept 8 G White’s #1 G White’s #2 G White’s #3 G White’s #4 G White’s 1-7 G White’s #5 G White’s #6 G White’s #7 | Sept 10 George White’s 1-7 Hare’s Paw A & B Full August Course Hare’s Paw The Rookery 1-8 | Sept 12 Yeh, That’s All It Is by John Carty Spotify or Apple |
| Week 3 Bobby Gardiner | Sept 15 Stamp & Stamp Madness Paraig Basic Paraig Heel Toe Heel Boffin Meave Mick Advance & Retire Clare Battering Step Tricky Hips Willie Keane | Sept 17 Paraig Ó Haibicín The Sunday Set The Rookery Course Hare’s Paw George White’s Favourite | Sept 19 Melodeon Mad! by Bobby Gardiner Spotify or Apple |
| Week 4 Cran | Sept 22 Accapella Reels 3 Shuffles, 2 Shuffles, 5 Heels Cross Step Run on with a Pause Tip Step with Click Run on with no Pause Tip Step Both Sides Side Step Hop Step Run on in a Circle 3 Tips Step Finishing Step | Sept 24 Accapella Reels Paraig Ó Haibicín The Sunday Set The Rookery Course George White’s Favourite Hare’s Paw | Sept 26 Black Black Black by Cran Spotify or Apple Happy Birthday to Maldon! |
| Week 5 Challenge Yourself! | Sept 29 Monthly Challenge! The Rookery Course, George White’s, Paraig Ó Haibicín & The Sunday Set, Accapella Reels |
Entire Month Video Playlist
Entire Month Spotify Playlist
week 1
Week 1 – The Rookery Steps & Caitlín Nic Gabhann’s Music
Resources
- Step Videos – Individual Rookery steps & all the videos
- Rookery #1 – A – Slide
- Rookery #2 – A – Nancy Blake Heels
- Rookery #3 – B – Slide Hips
- Rookery #4 – B – Slide Hips Drum
- Rookery #5 – A – Nancy Blake Heels & Stabs
- Rookery #6 – A – Toe Tap
- Rookery #7 – B – Slide Hips Double Slide (Kirin’s)
- Rookery #8 – B – Slide Hips Slide Click Drum (Quincy’s)
- All the vides: Rookery All
- Music Playlists – Spotify & YouTube, including Alan Kelly’s version (recommended by Sheila)
- Previous Course – Rookery Steps course
All The Steps: Steps #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8
Live Zoom Classes
- Woodshed #1 (9/3)– Focused session covering Rookery Steps #1–4
- Woodshed #2 (9/3)– Focused session covering Rookery Steps #5-8
- Keep Her Lit (?) – Revisit and dance through all Rookery steps together
- Speed & Craic (9/5) – Dancing to Caitlín by Caitlín Nic Gabhann
Woodshed: Steps #1, #2, #3, #4
Woodshed: Steps #5, #6, #7, #8
Adding each step one at a time | Slow
Keep Her Lit: Steps #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8
Speed & Craic: The Rookery Elements
Speed & Craic: The Whole Album with some of the element
week 2
Week 2 – George White’s Favourite
Resources
- Step Videos – Individual Rookery steps & all the videos
- George White’s Favourite #1 – A – Side Synco Step
- George White’s Favourite #2– B – Devane Heel Ball Flap
- George White’s Favourite #3– B – Step Shuffle extra shuffle/Heels
- George White’s Favourite #4– A – Kick Up
- George White’s Favourite #5 – A – Zombie
- George White’s Favourite #6 – B – Side Step with floor shuffles
- George White’s Favourite #7– B – Tricky
- All the videos: George White’s Favourite
- Music Playlists – Spotify & YouTube
- Previous Course – George White’s Steps course
Live Zoom Classes
- Woodshed (9/8)– Focused session coveringGeroge White’s Favourite Steps #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7
- Keep Her Lit (9/10) – Revisit and dance through all George Whites Favourite steps together (1-7)
- Speed & Craic (9/5) – Dancing to Yeh, That’s All It Is by John Carty.
Woodshed: Steps #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7
Keep Her Lit: Rookery (Week 1), The Rookery, Hare’s Paw (August), George White’s, plus some speed & craic at the end!
- The Rookery Order list – Printable
- George White’s Order list – Printable
Speed & Craic: Whole Album (Yeh, That’s All It Is by John Carty
Spotify or Apple)
week 3
Week 3 – Paraig O Haibicín & The Sunday Set
Recourses
- Step Videos: Paraig Videos
- Step Videos: The Sunday Set
- Sunday Set | Lesson 1 | Stamp & Stamp
- Sunday Set | Lesson 2 | Madness
- Sunday Set | Lesson 3 | Paraig Basic
- Sunday Set | Lesson 4 | Paraig Heel Toe Heel
- Sunday Set | Lesson 5 | Boffin
- Sunday Set | Lesson 6 | Meave
- Sunday Set | Lesson 7 | Mick Advance & Retire
- Sunday Set | Lesson 8 | Clare Battering Step
- Sunday Set | Lesson 9 | Tricky
- Sunday Set | Lesson 10 | Hips
- Sunday Set | Lesson 11 | Willie Keane
Woodshed
- Woodshed of all the steps from the Sunday set, plus extra beats and variations.
Keep Her Lit
Speed & Craic
- 09.19.2025 Speed & Craic
- Melodeon Mad! by Bobby Gardiner
Spotify or Apple- 1. Reels
- 2. Jigs
- 3. Hornpipe
- 4. Waltz
- 5. Polka
- 6. Horpipe
- 7. Polka/Song
- 8. Reels
- 9. Jigs
- 10. Jig
- 11. Reel
- 12. Jig
- 13. Walz
- 14. Hornpipe
- Elements from The Sunday Set
- Stamp & Stamp (extra beats)
- Connemara (extra beats)
- Shuffle steps
- Shuffle steps triplets
- One sided shuffle & drops
- One sided shuffle & drops (triplets)
- Paraig timing step
- Paraig timing step (triplets)
- Paraig toe toe heel
- Paraig toe toe heel (heel down triplets?)
- Boffin (first half)
- Bofifn (extra beats)
- Boffin ending
- Boffin ending (extra beats)
- Meave
- Meave (extra beat)
- Meave (play)
- Mick (frist half)
- Heel backs
- Clare battering
- Tricky (all varations)
- Hips (two sided)
- Willie heel slap
- Willie heel slap dealy
- Willie heels
- Shuffle backs
- Shuffle backs (triplets)
- Shuffle backs (other beats)
week 4
Week 4 – A Capella Reels
Woodshed
- Accapella Reels
- 3 Shuffles, 2 Shuffles, 5 Heels
- Cross Step
- Run on with a Pause Tip Step with Click
- Run on with no Pause
- Tip Step Both Sides Side Step
- Hop Step
- Run on in a Circle
- 3 Tips Step
- Finishing Step
Keep Her Lit
- Week 4 – Accapella Reels
- Week 3 – Paraig Ó Haibicín & The Sunday Set
- Week 2 – George White’s Favourite
- Week 1 – The Rookery Course
- August – Hare’s Paw
Speed & Craic
week 5
Week 5 – Monthly Challenge (Sept 29)
Thank you for an incredible month of woodshedding, keeping her lit, and speed & craic!
Today we’ll take on the Monthly Challenge: dancing all the material from September—plus the Hare’s Paw from August—at full tempo.
Be Kind to Yourself
This challenge is not about perfection. Even I won’t dance everything perfectly at full tempo without messing up, slipping off time, or letting any old step pop out of my feet. The goal is to push ourselves, see what sticks, and notice how far we’ve come.
How It Works
- We’ll run through every routine at full tempo.
- If the music feels too fast, pick any step you can manage at that speed.
- Challenge yourself to remember the routines as well as to dance them.
Why We Do It
This is our ultimate test: finding which steps you want to light in your repertoire and build toward playing with live music or in a session. Notice:
- Which steps are already there?
- Which ones need a slower starting tempo for practice?
- Which ones spark joy and deserve to stay in your repertoire?
My hope is that something from this month will speak to you—something you’ll carry forward, polish, and dance in community with others.
Full Speed – Monthly Challenge!
- A Capella Reels – A Capella or any set of reels
- The Sunday Set – Any set of reels
- George White’s Favourite
- The Rookery
- The Hare’s Paw
This month we explored the music of Caitlin Nic Gabhann, John Carty, Bobby Gardner and Cran. Did you have a favorite artist or track? Let me know. Also, did you have a favorite step or routine from this month? What would you like to keep lit?
