Peggy W.

San Antonio, TX
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Sat
Dec 6

Irish Ceili Mor

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Irish Dancing and Music for Everyone
Come Dance or watch the dancers. All Dancers Welcome, Adults or Children! This is a social Ceili dance where all are invited to dance. Leo Moreno will be the Ceili caller and the San Antonio Session Players will provide the music. The caller will call the movements out in a non-stylized way, intended to remind those who are non-dancers when and where to move. Social ceili dances are often the easiest dances and very easy to shuffle through as a non-dancer. A caller makes sure that everyone at a social dance can participate. At the end of one whole iteration of the dance (lead around and body), instead of stopping, the groups move on to the next set of partners in the line. Ceili dances that can be performed progressively are: Walls of Limerick, Siege of Ennis, Haymaker's Jig, Fairy Reel. When there is a large social gathering, there will often be a caller for the dance, though it is a very different style from square dancing caller. Embellishments are accepted and fun in social ceili dances, women adding spins or changing the style of a swing based on the skill of a partner.Ceili dances, (fíor céili) are a popular form of folk dancing in Ireland. Ceili dances are based on heys ("hedges" - pairs of lines facing), round dances, long dances and quadrilles,[1] generally revived during the Gaelic revival in the first quarter of the twentieth century [2] and codified by the Irish Dancing Commission.
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