Dragon's Eye News - Dance Reviews

Review of the final 2006 season SCMA ceili

nospam@example.com (Michael Harrison) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:13:53 -0700

The July/August issue of the SCMA e-ceili has a nice review of the May 2007 ceili by Brandon Jones.

The night moved along fast. There was some teaching, then some dancing, then more teaching and more dancing. Every few songs the whole floor would take a breather to get drinks and snacks. There were about 37 people there -- couples, singles, families, all kinds, all types. The whole group was wildly energetic. They danced and laughed and just had fun the whole time.

I'm glad you enjoyed it Brandon and hope you can make it out to future ceili 's.

Review - The Pride of Erin

nospam@example.com (Michael Harrison) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:40:04 -0700

The following is a short review of the DVD Pride of Erin which was filmed and produced by Pat Murphy in 2005 with music played by Heather Breeze.

The DVD is available directly from Pat Murphy.

Overall the DVD is an excellent resource. The dances are explained while being actively demonstrated by the minimum number of people needed (usually two) and the dancing is clear at all times.

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Faoi Do Chois

nospam@example.com (Michael Harrison) — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:37:00 -0800

Over the weekend Susan and I started reviewing a new dance DVD called Faoi Do Chois from P�draig and R�is�n McEneany which includes instructions for four sets, the Connemara, Durrow Threshing, Fermanagh and South Sligo Lancers.

While not perfect, this is an excellent resource for those (like us) looking to learn more sets to teach others, or those others looking to just learn more sets.

We haven't made it all the way through the DVD yet but I wanted to get a basic review out while we study to teach the first few figures of the Durrow Threshing set for an upcoming ceili.

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