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Seattle
Workshops & Set Dance Ceili
with Patrick O'Dea of Roscommon, Ireland |
Patrick O'Dea
from Roscommon, Ireland arrived in Seattle on Friday Feb 6th - just in
time to drop in on the Momentum Irish Dance Academy where he demo'd some steps to the delight of those youth. Saturday Feb 7th, Patrick
taught the Antrim Square & the new Moycullen Set, plus a bonus hour
of battering footwork for reels in his afternoon set dance workshop
from 1-5pm in North Ballard. With no spare dancers onhand, the camera
lady was busy dancing thruout the workshop. So no photos of that
workshop action.
But we'll include video clips that show how busy are feet
were. If you were at the workshop and don't have your dvd yet,
email mjhoiland@yahoo.com
Saturday evening a set dance ceili was held at the same
venue from 7-11 and the dust flew off the floorboards. Everyone
had dusty pant legs when we finally called it quits for the night. Sunday
Pat taught an old timey footwork workshop for Sean Nos dancers in
Seattle from 5-6:30pm. His weekend in Seattle concluded
with a celebration of his 31st birthday
at Mick
Kelly's in Burien for Sunday Sets
from 7-9pm.
Our thanks to Patrick O'Dea for including Seattle on your USA tour. A
big pat on the back also goes to the
musicians that kept the lively tunes flowing
day and night. We owe a debt of gratitude to his wkend hosts (Mike & Kathleen) and
a very important babysitter of 2 energetic young boys - she makes this busy
dancing weekend schedule possible !
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