Dance workshops
In the run-up to the Festival – daily between Monday 22 and Friday 26, but NOT Wednesday 23 – workshops will cover set dancing and céilí dancing techniques, and are suitable for any standard, even beginners. They will be taught by Karine Luçon, the Irish dance teacher based in Brittany whose fantastic Avalon Celtic Dance Company will be starring at a concert on Friday 26 April in Kilfenora Hall (7.30pm).
The workshops will be held at 10-12.30 each morning. Entry is just €10 per session, and you can join just one or more of the sessions, as you wish. No prior booking is needed. Good leather shoes are recommended!
Music workshops
On Saturday 27 April at 11am, there will be a ‘Kid’s session’ in Vaughans Barn, run by Rachel Reid, an experienced music teacher well-known in North Clare.
And at 11.30am on Sunday, also in Vaughans Barn, there will a session for Teens and anyone appreciating a ‘slow session’, led by 2 well-known North Clare musicians, Mark Burke (accordion) and Aine O’Donoghue (concertina).
An excellent opportunity to learn with great musicians. Participation in these is free – just bring an instrument.
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