Next month, I should be able to start attending dancing again. I've missed it. Should be able to bring my daughter, too; 8-11 would be pushing things for her (she normally goes to bed around 10), but she loves dancing, and when school's out she'll be able to sleep in the next morning. The couple of visits to the Alameda dance place (I'm starting to ( Read more... )

Because I am crazy. And because there are almost always more people who want to dance the High Caul Cap than there is space for, and this (untested) variant uses only a bit more space, and is done in the same amount of time. And because the world was incomplete without an MF for six.

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Local drama; non-locals feel free to skip.

Last Dance by ammy_fury

What is in a venue"> by miss_mimsyI am much tangled about this. I have thoughts that need to cohere. I have no time before work to do so ( Read more... )

Irish dancing at the Starry Plough tonight, with Phoenix, and probably invicti_solis and eldriwolf. New boots to kill my feet break in.

Wheee!

I expect to come home happy, exhausted, and screaming in pain for the next three days.

As long as it looks like I'll be making several posts about Irish dancing & the Starry Plough, I suppose I should give the background. This is a lot longer than I intended it to be, and it's fairly rambly.

( About the Starry Plough & its dance lessons )

For those of you who have, or have seen, the Starry Plough dance book ( Read more... )

I'm re-formatting my mini-book "Essential Starry Plough Dances."

What's in it so far:
2 & 3-Hand Dances: 2-hand Jig, Galway Reel
4-Hand Dances: 4-hand Reel, 4-hand Jig, The Bronnwyn, The Iron Hand, The Chutney
6-Hand Dances: Laura’s Jig, The Glencar reel
8-Hand Dances: Trip to The Cottage, The High Caul Cap, The Glenbeigh Jig, Polka Set ( Read more... )