| Balfolk in Toronto, Canada Balfolk is a new-wave folk music & dance revival sweeping across Europe. With roots in French and English tunes and dance styles, bands of accordions, bagpipes, fiddles, hurdy-gurdies, and more play for simple, accessible dances suitable for all ages. The dances … are easy and fun, the music is wonderful and evocative, and the atmosphere is joyful and friendly.- https://www.vernacularmusiccenter.org/balfolk.html <accessed 26 April 2021> |
View the video on https://www.balfolktoronto.com/about-us [2 mins] & click the icon at the bottom right to expand it to full screen. |
| Cairde – Young Irish Step Dancers | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvC5LZ-OGMI [6 mins] |
| Come Clog Dancing Flash Mob, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtESUuA2gTc [8 mins] |
| Fleadh Finale in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland [A Fleadh –pronounced flah – is a festival.] |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ikv6GN4fw [5 mins] |
| Loreena McKennitt, Stratford, Ontario, Canada | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shR7P7bc2-Y [7 mins] |
| The USA, where young and old enjoy Contra Dance. Fall Frolic, Greenfield, MA, 2016 [Watch for the routine acknowledgement of neighbours in the wavy lines and the extra spins some dancers slip in to this Contra.] |
College Admissions Essay – Contraholics Anonymous. Read it at https://www.my-diary.org/read/p/539763815https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvggG_ppZ5g [9 mins] |
A FINE DOCUMENTARY
Legends: The Chieftains | BBC Four Documentary [59mins]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVknWi9Li7E
Adelaide’s Irish Hall has been a venue for bush dancing since 1976, when the Celtic Music Club of South Australia began its monthly dances there. In 1979 the Folk Federation of South Australia’s monthly dances relocated there, ultimately merging with the Celtic Music Club dances in 1993. The rise in popularity of Irish music across the world owes much to The Chieftains, formed in 1962. This fine 2008 documentary tells their story well and was uploaded to YouTube in February 2021. The band’s founder, Paddy Moloney, died on 12 October 2021 aged 83.
