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Set Dancing is Ireland's idea of a square dance - w/lots of footwork and fast energy. We hope these samples will convince you to join us at a Seattle Irish Set Dance Event | ||||
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Pat Murphy from Westport Ireland taught us this basic Clare battering step for dancing at home - in the Caledonian reel for instance (feel free to right click and save these permanently on your hard drive |
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 Basic Clare Reel Step (its a short mp3
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Then he embellished upon itAdvanced Clare Reel step( mp3 500Kb) (ladies footwork shown - gents start on opposite foot) And the next leap of faith is to add a shuffle step on the end, instead of the heel tap, but I won't try to illustrate that. Gents - the toe heel heel can be viewed at the end of this video clip ! |
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Pat Murphy credits Aidan Vaughan for this Clare "advance and retire" pattern Clare Advance & Retire Step (mp3
940Kb)  (ladies footwork shown - gents start on opposite foot) Easy ya say, then, embellish it with double heels on the retire, or maybe 4 shuffle steps |
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Bill Lynch's set dancing news website is loaded with great info. Set dancing is very popular in Ireland - check out Bill's photo below  (Bill Lynch photo)
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checkout the Sean Nos Dance video sample's from Maldon & Ronan www.myspace.com/seannosdance This traditional solo dance style is from the Commemara region of Ireland. |
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Sample of Sean Nos Lessons at the Ennis Trad Fest with instructor Suzanne Leahy a
sean nos side stepheel
- toe - heel sean nos stepThe Ennis Trad Fest takes place every November. Its a great wkend of traditional music & dance - highly recommended ! |
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