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Committee Resources
Thoughts
Irish Set Dancing
Irish Set Dancers at Belconnen Markets
Combined Irish Set
Dance display at Belconnen Markets Saturday 1 March 2008. Rehearsal
for ‘Set In Their Ways’ Government House performance.
Click for 5 pics: Broadband or Dial-up
Dancing About
Reprinted from 'Monaro Musings' the magazine of the Monaro
Folk Society
It was cool summer's Sunday evening in Tubercurry and the first ceili
of the South Sligo Summer School was about to get underway.
There
were folk from Canberra and around Australia who had said they would
be there, but where were they? There we were, in the company of about
120 strangers crammed into St Bridget's Hall off the town square in
Tubercurry, near the West coast of Ireland just below the border with
Northern Ireland. They were friendly looking strangers, but there was
not one familiar face to be seen.
"Clare Lancers" the word came from the stage and we joined the rush
to form up sets. ...full story
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