Friday, September 14, 2007
Garden of the Daisies!
Woo-hoo! Just finished learning Garden, the last traditional I needed! After learning all 4 of the dances, I have a little tip for anyone who is learning their trad sets. The order that you learn the dances in can actually help you with each progressive dance. For example- I feel that the easier of the dances are St. Pat's and The Blackbird- and they have choreography that is unique to each of them. My suggestion would be to learn these two first. Then go for Job of Journeywork and Garden of the Daisies- in that order. Why? It turns out that the ending of the set of Job is pretty much the beginning of the step of Garden of the Daisies! It is a little complicated, so it really helps to fully master Job before starting on Garden :) Also, if you have ever performed/learned traditional hornpipes, you will have a lot of fun working your way through the hp sets!
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I just stumbled on your blog and wanted to thank you for such great information about the exam. I am just starting to study for it myself, by myself. I reside in NY and was wondering if you have knowledge of places where i could see ceili dancing. I've never done ceili as my school doesn't teach ceili and right now the book looks and sounds like gibberish.
Kindest regards,
tcrghopeful (and confused)
HELP I want to do this and take this test. Where do I get the books and can I please have a list of the dances I have to learn?
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