Activity Type:
Performance
Workshop
Presenter:
Organizer: Meng Ren, PhD Candidate, Department of Music
Date:
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 12:30 to 13:30
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
Ballroom Foyer, Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Hotel
Contact Email:
euce@pitt.edu
Event Web Site:
Cost:
Free.
Free and open to the public, the Society for Ethnomusicology is offering a free workshop to those interested in learning the basics of Irish dance. Registration is not necessary for this portion of the conference's program.
Welcome and Brief Introduction: Meng Ren, PhD Candidate, Department of Music
Dance Menu:
Two Hand Reel
Walls of Limerick
Waves of Tory
Gay Gordon
Dance Performance by Children of the Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance
Haymaker's Jig
Two Hand Honpipe
Rakes of mallow
Keel Row
Musicians: Vince Burns (fiddle), Richard Withers (Flute and accordion), Bruce Molyneaux (Tenor banjo and mandolin), caller (Liz Shovlin Grinko)
UCIS Unit:
European Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Department of Music
Pittsburgh Ceili Club
Children’s Literature Program
Irish Nationality Room
Mullaney's Harp and Fiddle Irish Pub
Mr. David Hartnett
Mr. Hanping Ren and Mrs. Weiming Yang
World Regions:
Europe
Western Europe