overview

Mondays & Wednesdays 7:30 AM PST
Zoomlink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84235671611?pwd=XQ3CucBEyzT016HK0O4Ts7zKNGiJ2p.1

Dancing to different instruments: Fiddle, Pipes, Accordion, Concertina, Flute,

Week by Week

	Mondays	Wednesdays
Week 1	3	5

Week 2	10	12

Week 3	17	19

Week 4	24	26

Week 5	31

Keep Her Lit/Endurance

June Class Page – Keep Her Lit
July Class Page – Dancing the tune & July Music Recordings

week 1

Week 1

Monday: Dancing the Tune: Listening to the Musician

Throughout this month, we’re using video recordings of musicians and different instruments to explore how the musician can guide our dancing.

Watch how each musician creates the music. For example:

Follow the movement of the fiddle bow and fingers, and translate those movements and sounds into your dancing.
Watch the piper’s hands on the regulators and chanter, and listen to what the drones add.
Notice the rhythm, phrasing, ornamentation, lift, and energy each instrument offers.

I’ve created a YouTube playlist for the whole month. If you find a video that inspires you, please add it to the playlist.

Playlists

Youtube Video Playlist
- If you find videos that you like you can add them here.
Fiddle – play of bow and fingers
- Laura & Nathon
- Martin Hayes
Pipes – Regulators – watch hands, chanter – Fingers, drones
- Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Mick O’Brien
Panio Accordion
- Jimmy Keane – Bohola
Button Box
- Bobby Gardiner & Johnny McDonagh
Concertina
- Caitlin Nic Gabhann
Flute
- Catherine McEvoy
- Harry Bradley

Homework:

For Wednesday:
Find a video featuring a tune, musician, or instrument that inspires you to dance—something you would like to explore—and bring it to class on Wednesday.
We’ll work individually with our own selections and then come together as a group to explore what each tune, musician, and instrument brings to our dancing.

Edith
- Niall & Cillian Vallely
  - 1^st of August: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACT5ZWsFiEw&list=RDACT5ZWsFiEw&start_radio=1
    “Muireann’s Jig” Cillian & Niall Vallely:
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LheAUk6E9s&list=RD0LheAUk6E9s&start_radio=1
- Cormac Begley
  - To War – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4sf4RpVsYw&list=RDt4sf4RpVsYw&start_radio=1
- Nathan Gourley and Laura Fedderson:
Katrina
- Martin, Roberts, Compton, & Jordan
  - Tie the Ribbon / Lafferty’s
- The Glen of Aherlow (or Lafferty’s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI_4LjWjAw8

Wednesday:

week 2

Week 2

Monday:

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

Wednesday:

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

week 3

Week 3

Monday:

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

Wednesday:

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

week 4

Week 4

Monday:

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

Wednesday:

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

week 5

Week 5

Monday:

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

playlist

Playlists

Youtube Video Playlist
- If you find videos that you like you can add them here.
Fiddle – play of bow and fingers
- Laura & Nathon
- Martin Hayes
Pipes – Regulators – watch hands, chanter – Fingers, drones
- Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Mick O’Brien
Panio Accordion
- Jimmy Keane – Bohola
Button Box
- Bobby Gardiner & Johnny McDonagh
Concertina
- Caitlin Nic Gabhann
Flute
- Catherine McEvoy
- Harry Bradley

keep her lit

Keep Her Lit:

Classes, Current Classes, Irish Sean-nós Dance

overview

Mondays & Wednesdays 7:30 AM PST
Zoomlink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84235671611?pwd=XQ3CucBEyzT016HK0O4Ts7zKNGiJ2p.1

Week by Week

	Mondays	Wednesdays
Week 1	29	1
	NO CLASS	NO CLASS
Week 2	6	8
	Leitrim Thrush	Leitrim Thrush
Week 3	13	15
	Aarons Key	The Star
Week 4	20	22
	Tolka Polka	NO CLASS
Week 5	27	29
	Tolka Polka Review & Keep Her Lit	Review & Keep Her Lit

Keep Her Lit/Endurance

June Material – Keep Her Lit
- Maldon’s Jig Steps
- Reels – Advance & Retire Mick/Willie, Clare 1,2,3 & Mick off beat
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn
- Waltz Steps

July Music Recordings – These are rough recordings for learning and practicing only. These are from the Colúr band (Autumn, Ben and Maldon).
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn/Keegan’s Waltz
- Leitrim Thrush/Aaron’s Key/Star
- Tolka Polka/The Hop Down

week 2

Week 2

Monday: Leitrim Thursh (single reel)

Create a step for each part of the tune
- A Part Step
- B Part Step

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

Wednesday: Leitrim Thursh (single reel)

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

Ideas for the tune

A-part – beginning – same but different – ‘hick up step”, ‘kick up step”, “drum”, “slide”
B-Part – Clare 1 / Clare 2 / Clare 1 / Mick Dance at home off beats (or improvising around the b part, but always going back to “Mick’s step’ for the last 2 bars).

Variations, Ornamentations, Improvisations

Play with variations, adding ornamentions into your steps and improvising your steps. You can map these out or keep it lose and in your toolbox to bring out while dancing the tune.

Level 1: Lock down transitions from the A and B parts
Level 2: Create 1 – variation, ornamentation or improvisation
Level 3: Create 2 – variation, ornamentation or improvisation
Level 4: Dance All 3 varsations

Over all variation ideas

Full list of ideas
Rythmical varations – listen to Nathon and Joey
- Emphasis – changing it, swinging it
- Shifting the Beat
- Accross the bars
- Echo the rhythm
Same but different – visually diferent but rythmcially the same
Space

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

week 3

Week 3

Woodshed

Aaron’s Key (jig)
- Sheet Music: https://thesession.org/tunes/2266
- Recordings: https://thesession.org/tunes/2266/recordings

Monday: Aaron’s Key (jig)

Keep Her Lit/Endurance Homework:

Leitrim Thrush Steps – your own and/or Maldon’s, keep building and improvising
June Material – Keep Her Lit
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn
- Maldon’s Jig Steps
- Reels – Advance & Retire Mick/Willie, Clare 1,2,3 & Mick off beat
- Waltz Steps

Aaron’s Key Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

Wednesday: Star (jig)

3rd tune in the set. July Music Recordings – These are rough recordings for learning and practicing only. These are from the Colúr band (Autumn, Ben and Maldon).

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

Keep Her Lit:

We danced:
- Leitrim Thrush – Aaron’s Key – Star
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn (https://music.apple.com/us/album/teampall-an-ghleannt%C3%A1in-hickeys/256893329?i=256893376)

week 4

Week 4

Monday: Tolka Polka

July Music Recordings

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

week 5

Tolka Polka C part & whole tune

July Music Recordings

Homework:

Level 1: 70% slower
Level 2: 80% slower
Level 3: 90% slower
Level 4: 100%

Keep Her Lit – July

The Leitrim Thrush: The Grand Spy / The Leitrim Thrush – Nathan Gourley, Joey Abarta & Owen Marshall Copley Street 2
- full speed, 80% (felt too slow for some)
Aaron’s Quay: Lisnagun / Aaron’s Quay / The Handsome Young Maidens (Live) – Bua Live At Martyrs’ Singer/Songwriter
- full speed, we didn’t have a chance to dance this slower
Tempall an Ghleanntán: Teampall an Ghleanntáin, Hickey’s – Mick O’Brien agus Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Kitty Lie Over
- dance on your own

playlist

Playlists

Music

Full Video Playlist

keep her lit

Keep Her Lit: June Material

June Class Page

Jigs
- Maldon’s Jig Steps
Reels
- Mick A&R reels
- Wilie Keane A&R
- Clare 1,2,3 & Mick off beat
- Hare’s Paw
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn – A part step
Waltzes
- Timming step (with and without extra beat)
- Simple heel (with and without extra beat)
- Triplet
- Kick Up
- Jump
- Side (cape breton)
- Partner (side by side)
- Irish
- Jig
- Mattie’s – Clog step
- Partner (back to back)
- Ronan’s – Hip step (Keegan’s Waltz)

Classes, Current Classes, Irish Sean-nós Dance

overview

Mondays & Wednesdays 7:30 AM
Zoomlink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84235671611?pwd=XQ3CucBEyzT016HK0O4Ts7zKNGiJ2p.1

Week by Week

	Mondays	Wednesdays
Week 1	1	4
	No Class	Jigs
Week 2	8	10
	Hare’s Paw	Hare’s Paw (no video)
Week 3	15	17
	A&R Mick & Wilie Clare Battering 1,2,3 & Mick off beat	A&R Mick & Wilie Clare Battering 1,2,3 & Mick off beat
Week 4	22	24
	Teampaill an Ghleann	Waltz Clog
Week 5	29 All Material

week 1

Week 1

Wednesday: Jig Steps

Keep Her Lit: Maldon’s Jig Steps
- Woodshed: Jig steps & Elements
- Criac – Improvisation games
- Speed: Jig Playlist

week 2

Week 2: Hare’s Paw Step

Monday

Keep Her Lit – Hare’s Paw
Hare’s Paw
Hare’s Paw Playlist

Wednesday

Build on steps and play – No video for this session. Work on your own with the steps and make them your own.

week 3

Week 3: Clare Battering Steps

Monday

Mick A&R reels
Wilie Keane A&R
Clare Battering steps – 1,2,3 & Mick (dance at home off beat shuffles)

Wednesday: No Class

week 4

Week 4:

Monday: Teampall an Ghleann

Wednesday: Waltz Clog

week 5

Monday: Dance all material from the month

Jigs
- Maldon’s Jig Steps
Reels –
- Mick A&R reels
- Wilie Keane A&R
- Clare 1,2,3 & Mick off beat
- Hare’s Paw
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn – A part step
Waltzes
- Timming step (with and without extra beat)
- Simple heel (with and without extra beat)
- Triplet
- Kick Up
- Jump
- Side (cape breton)
- Partner (side by side)
- Irish
- Jig
- Mattie’s – Clog step
- Partner (back to back)
- Ronan’s – Hip step (Keegan’s Waltz)

playlists

Classes, Irish Sean-nós Dance, Past Classes

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May 8, 2026June 22, 2026 maldonm

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Classes, Irish Sean-nós Dance, Past Classes

2026 March | Sean-nós Dance | No Music March

March 2, 2026June 22, 2026 maldonm

overview

Mondays & Wednesdays 7:30 AM (no Friday class this month)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Eo_cownTRXCrqB_pwJfmBw

Week by Week

	Mondays	Wednesdays
Week 1	2	4
	Metronome work 80 bpm	Start of routine
Week 2	9	11
	Motif Based Routine 70-80 bpm	Continue to build Motif Based Routine
Week 3	16	18
	Drill All steps starting with end Drill Together Metronome Time Add to routine
Week 4	23	25
	Bring a track or tune On our own we will work on dancing to this tune	Keep working on your tune(s)
Week 5	30

week 1

Week 1

Week 1	2	4
	Clare Batter Step Heel & Toe (Rosin) “Shit Step” “Baby Hornpipe” Side Step (Katrina)	Clare Battering #1 Clare Batter #2 Clare Batter #1 #3 Mick 1st Half

Monday

Metronmoe App Google Download & Apple Download

Wednesday

week 2

Week 2

Week 2	9	11
	70-80 bpm Motif – Clare Battering #1 Clare Batter #2 Motif – Clare Battering #1 Clare Batter #1 #3 Motif – Clare Battering #1 Mick 1st Half Motif – Clare Battering #1 Hare’s Paw 1st Half Motif – Clare Battering #1	80 bpm – revamp and adjust routine A1 Clare #1 B1 Mick #1 A2 Clare #1 (pick up beat) B2 Mick #1 (1 drum/step) A3 Clare #1/#2 B3 Mick #1 (3 drums/step) A4 Clare #1/#2 (pick up beat) B4 Mick #1 (Hare’s paw) A5 Clare #1/#3 B5 Mick #1 (Hare’s paw drum) A6 Clare#1/#3 (pick up beat) B6 Mick #1 (shuffle backs)

Monday

Wednesday

Wednesday Class Notes

In Wednesday’s class we continued refining the routine, simplifying it to one tune and focusing on just two steps:

Clare Battering Step
Mick’s Advance & Retire

We also started bringing in ornamentation ideas such as pauses, drums, triplets, slides, and drags.

Homework

Spend some time practicing with a metronome. I suggest working one step at a time to notice where you might be speeding up or slowing down. Aim to perfect each step on its own before putting them back into the routine.

If you find your timing slipping when you include all the variations, try practicing one A-part and B-part variation at a time until each feels solid. Then begin adding them together.

Once you’re happy with your timing, try bumping the tempo up by about 1-5 BPM. Aiming to be at 85 bpm by Monday.

week 3

Week 3

Week 3	16	18
	12. B6 Mick #1 (shuffle backs) 11. A6 Clare#1/#3 (pick up beat) 10. B5 Mick #1 (Hare’s paw drum) 9. A5 Clare #1/#3 8. B4 Mick #1 (Hare’s paw) 7. A4 Clare #1/#2 (pick up beat) 6. B3 Mick #1 (3 drums/step) 5. A3 Clare #1/#2 4. B2 Mick #1 (1 drum/step) 3. A2 Clare #1 (pick up beat) 2. B1 Mick #1 1. A1 Clare #1	1. A1 Clare #1 2. B1 Mick #1 3. A2 Clare #1 (pick up beat) 4. B2 Mick #1 (1 drum/step) 5. A3 Clare #1/#2 6. B3 Mick #1 (3 drums/step) 7. A4 Clare #1/#2 (pick up beat) 8. B4 Mick #1 (Hare’s paw) 9. A5 Clare #1/#3 10. B5 Mick #1 (Hare’s paw drum) 11. A6 Clare#1/#3 (pick up beat) 12. B6 Mick #1 (shuffle backs)

Monday

Wednesday

Drill all steps starting with the end and adding on each step.

Woodshed each section
- Metronome
Whole step
- Metronmome
Routine
- Metronome
Homework – Keep working on this on your own. We will keep it lit by dancing it straight though. You will have to do the fine tuning and memorizing on your own. Or memorize it on the fly.
Next Week – Bring a tune or a track that you like and create steps to it. Work on dancing it without the tune to see if you can hear the tune in the steps. Still no music March but using music to inspire your steps.

week 4

Week 4

Next Week – Bring a tune or a track that you like and create steps to it. Work on dancing it without the tune to see if you can hear the tune in the steps. Still no music March, but using music to inspire your steps. Practice listing and creating steps and then turning it off and keeping the rythm, pulse and melody in your feet and head.

Week 4	23	25
	Bring a tune Dance to: 1. The Tune 2. Without the tune 3. With a Metronome	Continue with your tune Dance to: 1. The Tune 2. Without the tune 3. With a Metronome

Monday

Wednesday

playlist

routines

Maldon’s Accapella Routine

A – Clare #1 – 4x
A – Clare #2 4x
B – Clare #1/#3 2x
B – Mick (1st half) 4x
A – Mick Clare off beat 4x
A –
B –
B –

Classes, Irish Sean-nós Dance, Past Classes

M-W-F | 7:30AM | 2026 February | Sean-nós Dance

February 2, 2026June 22, 2026 maldonm

overview

Zoom Link
Mondays – Woodshed
Wednesdays – Keep Her Lit
Firdays – Speed & Craic

Week by Week

	Woodshed	Keep Her Lit	Speed & Craic
Week 1	2	4	6
	The Galway Rambler / The London Lasses	Triplets Paddy Bon (ball)	Seamus Egan
Week 2	9	11	13
	Teampall an Ghleann/Hickey’s	Triplets hips (heel) Paddy Bon (ball)	Enda Scahill & Joel Anderson
Week 3	16	18	21
	Triplets Ronan (step shuffle)	Triplets hips (heel) Paddy Bon (ball) Ronan (step shuffle)	Brian McGrath
Week 4	23	25	28
	Triplets – Hop	Triplets: All	Feburary 2026 Playlist

week 1

Week 1

Week 1	2	4	6
	The Galway Rambler / The London Lasses	Triplets – Heel Review – Ball	Seamus Egan

Woodshed

Keep Her Lit

Speed & Craic

week 2

Week 2

Week 2	9	11	13
	Teampall an Ghleann/Hickey’s	Triplets Heels	Enda Scahill & Joel Anderson

We talked after class about O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat and Seosamh Ó Neachtain (Joe)

Youtube Playlist of Joe
Seosamh Ó Neachtain – Page on this site
O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat – Joe will be the Sean-nós dancer this year. Oct. 2026.

Woodshed

Keep Her Lit

Speed & Craic

week 3

Week 3

Week 3	16	18	21
	Triplets Ronan (step shuffle)	Triplets hips (heel) Paddy Bon (ball) Ronan (step shuffle)	Feburary 2026 Playlist

Woodshed

Keep Her Lit

Speed & Craic

week 4

Week 4

Week 4	23	25	28
	Hop Triplets	All the triplets	Feburary 2026 Playlist

Woodshed

Keep Her Lit

Speed & Craic

Enda Scahill – Gan Ainm/Liz Carroll’s (Air Tune) – steps inspired by this track. I went down the rabithole after class and continued to work on the step. I created the orginal part of it just before class and then built on it and am in the process of adding a triplet into the step. It’s a work in porgress.

playlist

Spotify Feburary Playlist

I’m on the hunt for great banjo players and recording to share with you. I put it out on facebook and got some great recommendations some of whom I had never heard of. Those of you not on facebook here’s the list so far. If you are on facebook check out the post as folks keep adding to it.

I have been going through and listing to some of these. If you find ones you really like please let me know. I put a few of my favorites at the top of the list.

Theresa O’Grady – https://theresaogrady.bandcamp.com/album/banjoista-2
Elaine Reilly https://elainereilly.bandcamp.com/album/epiphany-irish-traditional-music-on-the-tenor-banjo
Edna Scahill
- https://endascahill.bandcamp.com/album/pick-it-up-2
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbM_qx3pK80M7uWctNNQ-tw
- https://irishbanjolessons.com
Angelina Carrberry
Seamus Egan (Portland)
Seamus Egan (Solas)
Dessie Kelliher – https://dessiekelliher.bandcamp.com/album/banjoed
Mick O’Connor – The pride of London
Pauline Conneely of Chicago!
Shane Farrell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7HisjpgtBM
Shane Mulchrone, “Solid Ground” https://raelachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/solid-ground
Gerry O’Connor
Éamon Coyne
Sam Bartlett
Johnny Moynihan (in his de Danann days)
Brian McGrath
Steve Dunn
Charlie Piggott
Dave Cory
Tyler Weed
Colin Forhan

Here is my youtube banjo playlist.

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M-W-F | 8:30 AM | Open Studio

April 1, 2023February 4, 2026 maldonm

Monday, Wednesday and Fridays

Hosted by Kathy Fletcher

Room to open 15 minutes early and close 15 minutes after the official end time.

Elevate your practice routine with Open Studio! Join artists, dancers, crafters, and musicians for free weekly practice sessions that boost accountability. From Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week, sharpen your skills and receive peer support in a non-judgmental environment. The encouraging community at Open Studio will inspire you to excel in your craft. Struggling to stay motivated? All are welcome, and it’s entirely free.

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 964 3430 3782
Passcode: 720099

Classes, Irish Sean-nós Dance, Past Classes

Tue | 6:30pm | 2026 Winter | Set Dance

January 1, 2026June 22, 2026 maldonm

overview

Class Held at:

2400 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR (upstairs)

Week by Week

	Set	Steps
Week 1 – Jan 6	Armagh Lancers	Slide/Jigs/Polka step: down23’s
Week 2 – Jan 13	Armagh Lancers
Monthly Céilí – Jan 16	Kilfenora Plain Ballyvourney Lancers Connemara North Kerry Set	Waverly 3300 SE Woodward St Portland, OR
Jan 20	No Class
Week 3 – Jan 27	Corballa Set	Reel steps: up23’s advance & retire Jig Step: down23’s
Week 4 – Feb 3	Corballa Set
Week 5 – Feb 10
Week 6 – Fen 17
Week 7 -Feb 24
Week 8 -March 3

week 1

Week 1 – The Armagh Lancers Set

we will learn the Armagh Lancers.
This set will be familiar to some of you who were in class last year. It also shares many similarities with the Clare Lancers Set. If you are taking the PCC class we will be learning the Armagh Set, this week which is also a jig set.

The Step | Down 23’s

The Set | Armagh Lancers Set

Start: none Transition: none Finish: none
Step: Down jig
Order: 1st Top/2nd Top/1st Side/2nd Side (1st sides are on the left of 1st Tops)

Fig 1 Square & Swing Corner Jigs 136bars

1. Active Follow & Opposite advance & swing in the center
2. Active couples Square (pass r only, follows in the inside/leads on the outside)
3. All Swing your corner
4. Swing partner

Fig 2 Lines Jigs 136 bars

1. Active couple R in R Advance & turn the follow (4 bars) & swing (4 bars)
2. Active couples Square (inactive couple split to from a line)
3. All Advance and Retire twice in Lines of 4
4. Swing partner at home

Fig 3 Big/Little Christmas Jigs 136 bars

1. All Big Christmas (4 bars) & Switch (4 bars) break away & square your set
2. Active couples dance the Visitation
3. All R hand Star with your corner
4. Little Christmas with your corner (6 bars) and open up (2 bars) (Active couple end up on the left)

Fig 4 Follows Star Jigs 136 bars

1. Follows Advance
2. Leads Advance
3. Follows R Star (Leads dance on outside going r)
4. All Swing (Follows moving to R)

Fig 5 Chain & Line up Jigs 168 bars

1. All Chain (12) & Line up (behind active couple) (4)
2. Weave & Cast off (4) in to lines (4)
3. Lines Advance
4. Dance to partner (4) Swing (4)

week 2

Week 2 – Armagh Lancers

Review the Armagh Lancers from Week one.

Kilfenora Plain
Ballyvourney
Lancers
Connemara
North Kerry Set

week 3

Week 3 – Corballa Set

Corballa Set

week 4

Week 4 – Corballa Set

Corballa Set

week 5

week 6

week 7

week 8

Classes, In-Person, Irish Sean-nós Dance, Past Classes

Wed | 6:30pm | 2026 Winter | Playing Tunes with Your Feet

January 1, 2026June 22, 2026 maldonm

overview

In-person & Online | Hydrid Class
2400 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR
Zoom Link
Music: Tune learning with Jim Loewenherz

Week by Week

	Tune	Steps	Resources
Week 1 – Jan 7	Reels: Jackie Colman’s Monaghan Twig		Improv with Sir George MacKenzie / Monaghan Twig / Seán Sa Cheo
Week 2 – Jan 14	Marches: Bonaparte Crossing The Alps The Battle Of Aughrim
Week 3 – Jan 28	Jigs: Bill Hearte’s Jig Out on the Ocean
Week 4 – Feb 4
Week 5 – Feb 11
Week 6 – Feb 18
Week 7 – Feb 25
Week 8 – March

week 1

Reels: Monaghan Twig & Jackie Colman’s

week 2

Marches: Bonaparte Crossing The Alps & The Battle Of Aughrim

week 3

Jigs: Bill Hearte’s Jig & Out on the Ocean

week 4

Hornpipes: Wicklow Hornpipe

Joey Abarta Playing Wicklow Hornpipe

week 5

week 6

week 7

week 8

Classes, In-Person, Irish Sean-nós Dance, Past Classes

Fri | 6:30pm | 2026 Winter | Irish Set Dance

January 1, 2026June 22, 2026 maldonm

overview

This class is held at PCC SouthEast campus
Dance Shoes
- There’s no official shoe for set dancing. The most important thing is a smooth, non-grippy sole that allows you to glide across the floor.
- Good options include:
  - A tap shoe without the tap
  - Smooth-soled dress shoes
  - Dance sneakers
- Regular sneakers aren’t recommended, as they tend to grip the floor and make turning and traveling harder.
Local option: The Leotard on MLK carries several shoes that work well for set dancing. Let them know you’re taking a dance class and you’ll receive 10% off.
Here’s an article about shoes – some ideas and recommendations.

Week by Week

	Set	Steps	Battering
Week 1 – Jan 9	Clare Plain Set Figures 1 & 2 Videos on week 1 tab	3’s Advance & Retire Step Videos on week 1 tab	Heel drop in the 3’s and Advance & Retire steps Videos on week 1 tab
Week 2 – Jan 16 No class at PCC campus!	You are invited to attend the 3rd Friday Dance at Waverly, 3300 SE Woodword St. Portland, OR	Free to all PCC Irish Set Dance Students
Week 3 – Jan 23	Clare Plain Set Figures 2,3,4	3’s Advance & Retire Step
Week 4 – Jan 30	Corballa Set	3’s	Jig step
Week 5 – Feb 6	Cashel Set	3	Slide (Jig step)
Week 6 – Feb 13	Corballa Set	3	Jig step (123,123,123) Step heel step
Week 7 – Feb 20 No class at PCC campus!	Kilfenora Connemara Clare Lancers Merchant Armagh Lancers	You are invited to attend the 3rd Friday Montlhy Céilí Music: Erik Killops Waverly, 3300 SE Woodword St. Portland, OR	Free to all PCC Irish Set Dance Students
Week 8 – Feb 27	Kilfenora Connemara Clare Lancers Merchant Armagh Lancers	3’s
Week 9 – March 6
Week 10 – March 13

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Steps for Set Dancing Playlist: Smooth 3’s practice videos
Clare Battering Playlist: you are welcome to go down the rabbit hole here. This playlist had many videos of Clare Battering steps. The battering is an optional component of set dancing. If you like working on footwork and like the percussive elements of set dancing this is a good playlist to start working on your own. I will teach some battering steps in class, but they do take time outside of class to work on them and get them up to speed. This is a part of set dancing that I ablsoutly love and there are other dancers who prefer the smooth options. It’s completly up to you what you work on.