Hi Class,
I just wanted to say I really enjoyed class today. It was really exciting for me to see all of you dancing. You all did a great job!! I gave you a lot of steps and a lot of very intertict and interesting steps. Well done.
Hopefully I remembered all the things I said I’d pass on. Let me know if there is anything I’m missing.
Just a reminder we have a class blog for the Saturday class. You can find past notes, dance clips and more on the site at:
http://seannospdx.blogspot.com/
Irish Events:
7pm, 1st Friday Oct 5, Irish Ceili
VFW Hall, 630 Hood Street NE, Salem, OR
Hanz Araki, Johnny Connolly and Cary Novotny
Info: 503.585.4542
If you want to carpool down you should be at my house by 5:45 and we can head down from there. Let me know if you can get to my house and we can arrange something.
5pm, Sunday Oct. 7, 2007
Big Squeeze 2!
Accordion music from:
Mike Beglan (Irish)
Johnny B. Connolly accompanied by Cary Novotny (Irish)
Mira Dinsbir (Czech)
Courtney Von Drehle (from 3 Leg Torso)
Alberta Street Public House
1036 NE Alberta St., Portland , 97211
Info: Carol Spellman at 503-306-5292 weekdays
Saturday Oct. 13, Irish in October
Downtown SW Salmon and Park
All day event (12-5)
Irish music and dance
Free
Watch the Sean-nos Dancing Online!
The Oireachtas na Gaeilge is a yearly festival celebrating the Irish language (Gaeilge) and the Irish-speaking regions of Ireland (Gaeltachtai.)
To watch the competition, go to TG4 (www.tg4.ie/) the national Irish language tv station. Click on the Web TV banner at the top of their homepage. (It says "Beo ar an web" or "Live on the Web.") Click "Ceol" on the left of the screen. And choose "Steip Damhsa On Oireachtas."
And you'll have two and a half hours of sean-nos dancing to watch and study whenever you please!
Notes from class:
Here are the notes of the steps we covered in class today. Hopefully this system works for you. Graham is in the process of editing footage of some of the step and we should have them up on the class blog for all to view. I will let you know when they are on the class blog. Eventually when we have several of the recorded we will transfer them on to a DVD for you to all have and study with.
BASIC CONNEMARA STEP
Hop(L), heel(R) down(R), heel(L) down(L), Stomp(R)
Hop(R), heel(L) down(L), heel(R) down(R), Stomp(L)
STAMP AND STAMP STEP (8 BARS) (Rosin Ni Mhainnin)
Stamp (R) and (R) Stamp (L)
Hop(L), heel(R) down(R), heel(L) down(L), Stomp(R)
Back(R) Stamp (L) and (L) Stamp (R)
Hop(R), heel(L) down(L), heel(R) down(R), Stomp(L)
(repeat all again)
HEEL AND TOE STEP (8 BARS) (Rosin Ni Mhainnin)
Heel (R), step (R), toe (L)
Hop (L), heel(R) down(R), heel(L) down(L), Stomp(R)
Back(R) heel (L), step (L), toe (R)
Hop(R), heel (L) down(L), heel(R) down(R), Stomp(L)
(repeat all again)
Shuff(R heel)-le(R toe) step(R)
shuff(L heel)-le(L toe) step(L)
Shuff(R heel)-le(R toe) step(R)
Step(L) step(R)
Shuff(L heel)-le(L toe) and(R heel drop) back(L)
Step (R) step (L)
Shuff(R heel)-le(R toe) and (L heel drop) back(R)
Shuff(L heel)-le(L toe) and(R heel drop) back(L)
WILLIE KEANE #1
I learned this step from Mick Mulkerrin
Heel (R) down (R) 1(L) 2(R)
Down(L) shuff(R heel)-le(R toe) and(L heel drop) back(R) Pause
Down(L) suff (R heel)-le(R toe) and(L heel drop)
Down(R) shuff(L heel) –le(L toe) and(R heel drop)
Down(L) suff (R heel)-le(R toe) and(L heel drop) down (R)
(repeat again)
WILLIE KEANE #2
Heel (R) down (R) 1(L) 2(R)
Down(L) shuff(R heel)-le(R toe) and(L heel drop) heel(R) heel(L) heel(R) heel(L)
Down(R) shuff(L heel) –le(L toe) and(R heel drop)
Down(L) suff (R heel)-le(R toe) and(L heel drop)
Down(R) shuff(L heel) –le(L toe) and(R heel drop) down(L)
See you in class next week.
