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Southern Oireachtas (2000) Results
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Volume 2, Issue 6
Oireachtas Rince na hEireann
The claim for the most prestigious Oireachtas in the world is the All-Ireland, and rightfully so, as this was considered in earlier times, the World Champion. The All-Ireland Dance Championship is held before the World Championship on an annual basis and rotate venues in Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Cork and Ennis. This event sets the stage for the main event in April. HORNPIPE would like to recognize the North Americans.
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Volume 2, Issue 6
Ask Eimir
Eimir Ni Mhaoileidigh, TCRG answers readers' questions
Dear Eimir,
My son (age 12) tells me he wants to "go to Worlds" next year (he is currently competing at the prize-winner level). But he only seems to remember to practice the week before a feis or to get out of something else (chores, for instance). Do you have any suggestions for helping him establish some good practice routines?
Thank you.
A Concerned Dad
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Volume 2, Issue 6
Are you overexerting yourself?
About 24 hours after an intense exercise session your body could experience soreness ranging anywhere from a few tender spots to aches from head to toe.
This phenomenon is called delayed-onset muscle soreness, or DMS. This is one way that your body says, "Hey, I need a break!"
If you continue to train or dance when your body is sore you could develop some of the following symptoms: fatigue, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, cessation or interruption of the menstrual cycle, and the apathy that gives way to depression.
Have you ever felt a burning in your muscles while you are doing a repetitive exercise? This burning is usually caused by a buildup of lactic acid in the working muscle. Once you stop doing the movement, the blood flow removes the lactic acid, and within seconds the burning subsides. DMS, on the other hand, is generally felt 24 to 48 hours after strenuous activity. Researchers think that the aching is caused by the minute tearing of the muscle tissue that occurs during exercise. This tearing leads to the release of enzymes, which cause swelling in the muscle tissue.
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Volume 2, Issue 6
Ceili dancing in America
by Lorcan O'Roidecain
In New York City during the 1950's there were only four places that ran regular ceilis. They were held at Cumann Breandan in Brooklyn, The Bronx Gaelic League, the New York Gaelic Society, and the Philo Celtic Gaelic Society in Queens. The month was divided so that each group could run its ceili on a Saturday night without interfering with another group. The ceili-goers could then rotate to one another's locations and taste one another's soda bread and tea in addition to sharing in each group's favorite dances.
In Brooklyn, we always did the Humours of Brandon, the High Caul Cap, the Walls of Limerick, the Sixteen-Hand Reel, a few waltzes thrown in so we could catch our breath, and a cup of tea to refresh our souls.
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Volume 2, Issue 6
How to qualify for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Mike Bergin, ADCRG
STARTING EARLY IN 1969 ...
In Ireland, An Coimisiún was formally organizing a world event of Irish dancing competition, soon to become the World Championships. Concurrently the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America (IDTANA) were meeting to discern ways to qualify the better dancers for this event. It was determined that a special North American national championships should be held on Thanksgiving weekend.
At this time, the fledgling IDTANA had their hands full with organizing enough feiseanna to satisfy the growing enthusiasm of Irish-Americans. The very idea to have an oireachtas was ambitious but visionary thinking.
There were numerous calls and correspondence to An Coimisiún representatives Marie Walsh, Tom Farrelly and Cormac McGinley, to establish the ground rules. Marie suggested that we call it an oireachtas, and so the first Oireachtas Rince in North America was established.
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Volume 2, Issue 5
Rince Gaelacha: celebrating an ancient joy.
by Donncha O Muineachain
Names by which we have come to know the dances such as reel, jig and hornpipe, do not help explain the origin of the dances themselves. It is believed that the word "jig" was derived from the Italian word "giga" (referencing timing) and was found in the work of Italian composers Gemiani and Corelli, whose work the piper O Carolan studied. However, tunes called Irish jigs had already been published between 1650 and 1700, many years before the birth of these two composers.
It does not appear that the jig danced in Ireland for the past one hundred and sixty years has remained unchanged since its invention; instead, evidence seems to point to the fact that the jig in its earliest forms was a 'round' or a 'long dance, a 'Hey de Gigue.' Dr. Petrie, the well-known collector of Irish music, held the view that our jig tunes were originally clan marches. The word 'reel' cannot be traced to an Irish origin at all, but instead to the Scottish 'reill' referred to in Scottish literature in 1598.
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