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NYC Barn Dance June Meeting
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$15.00 per person
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It's estimated that 4 people attended.
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THIS MONTH
8:00-11:00 PM Barn Dance!!!
6:30-8:00 PM Old-Time Jam Session - All welcome to listen, play or dance (no caller, but dancing on your own is welcome)
TONY DeMARCO - one of the best Sligo-style Irish fiddler players alive! He plays weekly at O'Reilly's on Thursdays and the 11th St. Bar on Sundays
NIALL O'LEARY, dance calling and step dance - an Irish national champion step dancer and director of his own Irish dance school in the city, Niall will ead us in traditional Irish daces such as the Walls of Limerick, the Siege of Ennis, and the Haymakers Jig. Not to be missed!
The NYC Barn Dance is a monthly traditional dance party that combines what some of the best traditional live bands the City and elsewhere have to offer with circle, square and contra dances that anyone can do - like the Virginia Reel. No partner or experience is necessary! All dances are taught! While the lively and energetic crowd contains young and old, typically three-quarters are under the age of forty, and most have minimal square and contra dance experience. However, the dance caller chooses dances that vary in style, configuration and tempo so it will be an interesting night for even the most experienced dancers!
The location is the Hungarian House, a dance hall on the Upper East Side that is a combination of New Hampshire Town Hall, Vermont Barn and Eastern European Manor Dining Hall. Everyone loves the space, and once inside, it is hard to believe that you are still in Manhattan! The hall itself makes it worth a visit!
Always danced to live music, the NYC Barn Dance is a dance party, not a dance class or a dance performance!!!
The cost ($15 general admission/ $13 seniors and students with ID) covers overhead (sound system, hall rental, musician fees), as this is a non-profit event. This is a public service event to let those who enjoy dancing or traditional music enjoy both at the same time - as it was meant to be!
As a added bonus, the event features a bar and cafe where beer, wine, a light dinner and dessert can be purchased. Water is free of charge, of course. We want you to be able to keep dancing!!!
For more info see our web site: www.nycbarndance.com or email me, the event organizer, at dave@nycbarndance.com or call me at 603-496-9567.
Hope to see you there!!!
Yours,
Dave
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“ It was fun. The one thing I noticed with this meeting is that while the caller was good, some of the steps, like the allemande left-into grand-right-and-left
, were rather sophisticated and many people there didn't understand them, and in the squares I was in people kept falling behind and weren't in the right place at the right time-part of this may have been that the music and calling were fast, and also people weren't paying attention-many just stood around.
I wonder if it's possible, when the Barn Dance starts again in the fall, for there to be separate dance occasions or classes where people can learn and dance to the more sophisticated steps like these, and we limit the regular dance to simpler steps that are easier to follow. ”
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Josephine (+1 guest)
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