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Intro
The month of July we will continue to explore dancing by ear and learning tunes in our feet. I will also be including practice drills that are aimed to build skill and exapnd your dancing by ear abilities.
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |
| 7:30am | Woodshed | Keep Her Lit | Speed & Craic |
| Week 1 – Reels The Cavan Reel / Sporting Nell / Rattigan’s (reels) by Mary MacNamara | July 7 | July 9 | July 11 |
| Week 2 – Polkas John Walsh’s / Upperchurch / Muirisin Durkan Bobby Gardiner | July 14 | July 16 | July 18 |
| Week 3 – | July 21 | July 23 | July 25 |
| Week 4 – | July 28 | July 30 – NO CLASS | Aug. 1 – NO CLASS |
week 1
Tune
- The Cavan Reel / Sporting Nell / Rattigan’s (reels) by Mary MacNamara
Steps & Vocabulary
- Shuff-le backs – 3 of them
- Stuff-les – singles
- Hips
- Starting the step by shifting where you start with each movement of the step.
Woodshed
Learn and woodshed the tune and steps
Keep Her Lit
Speed & Craic
Play and improve with material and dance at various tempos.
week 2
Tune
- John Walsh’s / Upperchurch / Muirisin Durkan
by Bobby Gardiner - Past classes and videos for the “Upperchurch”
Woodshed
Polka founcatinoal steps.
- 123’s (ornimation – heel brush, toe tap)
- 1 2 123’s (ornimation – heel brush, toe tap)
- Slide 123 (ornimation – heel brush, toe tap)
- Nellies Polka – Preston
- Nellies Polka – Keep Her Lit
Keep Her Lit
Speed & Craic
week 3
Tune
Bohola – YouTube Clip
Bohola is one of my favorite bands, and I completely fell in love with this album. It’s a bit hard to find—I’ve looked on their website, and it’s not currently for sale—but I’ll keep searching in case any of you want to purchase a copy.
This album also inspired a step that Ronan and I recorded on our DVD, which we ended up calling “The Bohola Step.”
Woodshed
Learn and woodshed the tune and steps
Keep Her Lit
Review tune of the week and dance past tunes
Speed & Craic
Play and improve with material and dance at various tempos.
week 4
Tune
Woodshed
Learn and woodshed the tune and steps
