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42 | Tea Time Talk | Phil Meehan
Tea Time Talk with Phil Meehan
Mon June 12th 10am PST
Join us for a Tea Time Talk with the one and only Phil Meehan, aka my dad! He got me into dancing when I was just a kid and now, at 80 years young, he’s ready to share his experience with all of you. It’ll be part performance, part talk, and all FUN!
2023 June | Thu 6pm | Hornpipes!
intro
We will explore hornpipes, both traditional old style and Sean-nos inspired steps. Over the month each of will work on creating our own steps and style for dancing to hornpipes.
week 1
WEEK 1 | Class notes
week 2
WEEK 2 | Class notes
week 3
WEEK 3 | Class notes
Week 3. Find a tune that you like dancing to and put steps to the tune. Hornpipe steps, reel steps, jig or slide steps. You can create steps or create a routine or just improv to the tune.
week 4
WEEK 4 | Class notes
- Past Course covering Murray’s #1 (Class video week 4, Video of Joe dancing under the week 6 tab)
week 5
resources
- 1/19/2021 Winter 1 | Woodshed 3 | Old-style
- 1/14/2021 Winter 1 | Class 2 | Old Style Step
- 01/12/2021 Woodshed 2 Old-Style Step Hornpipes
- 01/07/2021 | Old-Style Step Dance | Class 1
- 01/05/2021 | Woodshed | Hornpipe Basic Step
- Vocabulary | Skip back
- Vocabulary | Cross
- Vocabulary | Heel Drop
- Vocabulary | Shuffle
- Blackbird
Connemara Set
instructions
video
callers notes
Connemara Set
Figure 1: Ladies Chain Reels 160 Bars
| All | Lead Around & Back | 16 |
| Swing for 6 (ceili) | 8 | |
| Tops | Advance & Retire Twice | 8 |
| House Around each other | 8 | |
| Swing for 6 (ceili) | 8 | |
| Sides | Advance & Retire Twice | 8 |
| House Around each other | 8 | |
| Swing for 6 (ceili) | 8 | |
| Tops | Ladies Chain | 8 |
| Swing for 6 (ceili) | 8 | |
| Sides | Ladies Chain | 8 |
| Swing for 6 (ceili) | 8 | |
| Tops | Advance & Retire Twice | 8 |
| House Around each other | 8 | |
| Swing for 6 (ceili) | 8 | |
| Sides | Advance & Retire Twice | 8 |
| House Around each other | 8 | |
| All | Swing for 6 (ceili) | 8 |
footwork
Connemara Step
Footwork Playlist
resources
Helpful Links
2023 May | Saturday 4pm | Irish Set Dancing [in-person]
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Tune | Swallow’s Tail | Reel
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2023 May | 6pm Thur | Sean-nós Reels
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