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Welcome to Fall Term!
Through structured steps, humor and joy, explore these two Irish social dances with community. As you do, you’ll also learn about the culture from which the dances originated. All levels welcome.
Fall Term runs October 3 – December 12 (Notes: No class 10/17, 11/7, 11/21, 11/28. No black-soled shoes)
Course Resources
- PCC Sets & Kitchen Dances – all course resources
- Spotify Playlist – music
- YouTube Playlist – video references
Week by Week
| Dance | Steps & Moves | Background | |
| Week 1: 10/3 | Kitchen Dance: The Corn Reeks (Na Corn Rigs) | hop 123 hop 1234567 hop back, hop back, hop 123 house around | Article in The Irish Times |
| Set Dance: Connemara Reel Set | lift 123 Lead Around / Back Advance & Retire House Around Swing Follows Chain | ||
| Week 2: 10/10 | Kitchen Dances: Stack of Barley | ||
| Week 3: 10/17 | No PCC class 3rd Friday Céilí @ Waverly | ||
| Week 4: 10/24 | No PCC class Concert @ Waverly | ||
| Week 5: 10/31 | Set Dance: Connemara Reel Set Canadian Barndance Merchant | ||
| Week 6: 11/7 | |||
| Week 7: 11/14 | |||
| Week 8: 11/21 | No PCC Class 3rd Friday Céilí @ Waverly | ||
| Week 9: 11/28 | No PCC Class Butterball @ Kathleen’s | ||
| Week 10: 12/5 | |||
| Week 11: 12/12 |
playlist
On this tab you will find playlists for the music, sets and video lessons for the whole course.
- PCC Sets & Kitchen Dances – all course resources
- Spotify Playlist – music
- YouTube Playlist – video references
history
History/Background
Set dancing teacher Padraig Mc Eneany posted a video of the French Lancers. It’s so cool! I’ve always hear about the Irish Set and other squares/sets coming from the orignial French Quadrila but never had the chance to see one. This is well worth watching if you are a set dance nerd. Same but different!
Barbra and Bret sent this to me and I wanted to share it with all of you:
- History/Background – this a great video of set dancing on the site. One of the dancers look to me like the late Willie Keane. (the taller lead).
Kitchen Dance: The Corn Reeks (Na Corn Rigs)
- In: hop (or drop) 123, hop (or drop) 123 (2x)
- Out: hop back hop back hop back hop back
- house: hop 123 (6x), hop back hop back hop back hop back
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Connemara Reel Set
This playlsit has several Connemara dances. The first set is the Connemara Reel Set that we danced in class.
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Kitchen Dance: The Corn Reeks (Na Corn Rigs)
- In: hop (or drop) 123, hop (or drop) 123 (2x)
- Out: hop back hop back hop back hop back
- house: hop 123 (6x), hop back hop back hop back hop back
