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IRISH DANCE

TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCE
Step dancing, set dancing, and dancing at céilís remains popular not only in Ireland but in all corners of the world, wherever you find an Irish descendant or two.

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Irish Step Dancing
Irish step dancing classes teach mostly young girls and some boys to dance reels, jigs and hornpipes in lively skip, hop, jumps in a group or chorus line, featuring one or another of them in special steps,similar to how the jazz musicians play solo to show off their instruments. Modern step dancing is more than just an invigorating and enjoyable pastime; students are expected to compete for recognition at competitions near and far and dance costumes are elaborate and expensive. [Click on image above for a larger image of Siobhan, dancing for an appreciative audience including her family and some well-know Irish musicians.] Read more about Irish Step Dancing >>

Special Step Dancing Chimps Video

Enjoy this special re-mix of the Arby's Riverdance monkeys commercial. Great fun! Here's the original commercial as seen on TV. And here is the real Riverdance step dancers. The music is that of Lord of the Dance

NEW!
View instructions and videos of set dances below. There are several set dances on videos and some figures by themselves. Along with the "study notes" or instructions, and a few lessons, you can learn some new set dancing "figgers."

Irish Set Dancing
Irish set dancing contains many of the same jig, reel, and hornpipe steps (and variations) done in step dancing, but the dances are done in "sets" of eight dancers, traditionally four couples, usually facing each other in "squares," as in American square dancing. There is much shuffling, hopping, and twirling (from an observers viewpoint). The couples dance together within the group and with opposite couples or move on within the dance to dance with all the other dancers of the opposite gender. It tends to be done more by an older crowd as opposed to the mostly youthful step dancers. It tends to be less vigorous than step dancing, but you couldn't convince some of that after dancing the polka step for several minutes.

The Los Angeles Irish Set Dancers website describes "Irish "Set" dancing is the "other" Irish dance – Irish Country Dancing. It is a form of social dancing, which has been enjoyed in Ireland for over 150 years and has seen a large-scale revival in the 1980s and 1990s; it is very popular today in Ireland and in Irish communities throughout the world."

The history of Irish dance as described on the Ireland's Eye website is a great summary and is an extract from the book Irish Dance (Appletree Press).

"...there is evidence that among its first practitioners were the Druids, who danced in religious rituals honouring the oak tree and the sun. Traces of their circular dances survive in the ring dances of today."

A Brief History of Set Dance
By Maldon Meehan, 1999

This article is an expert from Maldon’s unpublished masters thesis entitled “Communitas, Transmission and the ‘Urban Set Dance Revival’ Case study Limerick City, Ireland, 1998-1999”. The complete work is held at the Irish Academy of Music and Dance, University Limerick, Ireland.

What is Irish Dance?

Ceili dancing involves large group .. Set dances are usually danced by four couples, forming a square ... from the Ceola website

Set dancing is good exercise, but it's a social activity as well. The focus in on fun, more so than the fancy footwork. Classes are formed in communities in social halls or sometimes in pubs. It's challenging to learn all the steps, but sometimes a "caller" will call out the steps so even the beginners can complete a complicated set without much trouble.

There's nothing like seeing for yourself. There are some wonderful video clips (Chapter 1 - not recommended for dial-up connections) of live set dancing on Set Dance Week showing a variety of dances. It's lively and it's fun. And the music is great.

Céilí Dancing
Céilí dancing (pronounced kay-lee) is different from set dancing in that a céilí is a dance, as in the event. It is a social, friendly gathering of folks, both young and old, where everyone dances (often with no "caller"). A céilí is a festive occasion that includes music making, (fiddle, box, flute, tin whistle, whatever) singing, reciting a favorite meaningful poem, telling a story or showing off your steps. It definitely includes a little food and a bit of drink. And you can usually find a cup of tea and some Irish Bread.

One of the first ceili dances I learned as a child was a two-hand dance called Shoe the Donkey (instructions),also known as the Verse of Vienna, danced to a polka, with 2 people kicking up their heels in front as they hop, step and turn to the music. In order to keep time to the beat of the music, we sang, "Shoe the don-key, shoe the don-key, shoe the don-key, hee-haw" turning with each hee-haw. Here's the sheet music, in case you want to try the tune on your tin whistle or recorder.

Set dancers practice for months learning various dances and celebrate with a céilí or a "hooley" (a traditional Irish evening of music, song and dance). The picture here to the right (click on it for more photos of the event) is from the Danvers Irish Set Dancers Christmas Céilí December 2004.

Ooh La La! Céilí or set?
There are those who make a distinction between céilí and set dancing, saying that céilí dances are the original folk dances of Ireland, whereas the set dances are derived from the French quadrille folk dances put to Irish music. It appears that they are historically correct. However many of the original céilí dances were lost due to the years of British rule in Ireland during which they discouraged all things Irish. The Irish Dancing Commission has been involved in reviving the original céilí dances and adding to them. They are done more often in lines or circles and may be considered a little less complicated than set dances. But it's all fun and set dancers do céilí dances and vice versa. Et voila!

Dancing at the Crossroads

The above photo, known at least locally by set dancers as "Dancing At The Crossroads" represents a time in Irish history when dancing was prohibited by the English. The Irish would meet on country roads, often where the roads crossed, bring food, drink, and music, while watching out for British soldiers. They danced their country dances, the ceili dances and set dances we dance now. Enjoy an old Irish song while you watch. A blind Irish folk singer sings "The Brown Blackthorn" in Gaelic.

Vintage Set Dancing Video

While researching the Dancing at the Crossroads photo, I came across a wonderful vintage set dancing video (1929), a newsclip now in Quicktime format (free download, if you do not have it installed), from Fox Movietone News available from the University of South Carolina Newsfilm Library, I imagine that this was shown in the movie theatres in America before the feature presentation. The dancing is beautifully done. The musicians and the appreciative onlookers as well as the dancers are so interesting to observe. The footage is professionally done.

Watch the video

(about 2 minutes; black & white with sound) They are dancing a reel identified as the Ballyvourney Reel.

Sean-Nós Dancing

Sean-Nós, litterally meaning old style, dancing has its roots in the Connemara region in the west of Ireland. To Americans it may appear like tap dancing. It's not the rigid, high-stepping style of step dancing; it is a freestyle, rhythmic dance that is low to the ground and highly improvisational. Since you can do this all by yourself or with another one or two dancers, you can hardly go wrong because you pretty much make it up yourself. There are some "battering" steps that are typical and a bit of arm swinging and a few other basic bits of footwork to learn and then just take it from there.

View a demo of Sean-Nos Dancing on YouTube nicely done by The Harp Set Dancers.

Our local Sean-Nos dancing guru is Kieran Jordan of Boston, who performs and hold Sean-Nos workshops. Maldon Meehan and Ronan Regan from Seattle also teach Sean-Nos dance steps and have a DVD video available for sale. Watch this video of Karan Jordan dancing with Tryptich

NEW! Study Notes and Video to aid in learning sets

SET DANCING INSTRUCTIONS, STUDY NOTES, & DEMO VIDEOS

Links to study notes and videos for some of the set dances: (the collection is growing))

The various regions of Ireland have different styles of set dancing. Some prefer to dance to jigs and another may like more polkas. The dances below ar broken down by regions or counties and the dances are listed alphabetically within. You'll find the music or tunes for the reels, jigs, polkas, slides, etc. on this Session Tunes Set website. A particular tune type, generally a reel (4/4), jig (6/8), slide (12/8), polka (2/4) or hornpipe (2/4 or 4/4) accompanies each figure. They are listed with each figure - if it's not there yet, it will be soon.

If the instructions are unfamiliar to you, refer to the selected set and two hand dance terms. There are illustratins of dance positions and explanations for hte basic steps.

See a list of links to Study Notes from Brooks Adademy and Joe O'Hara in alphabetical order >>

Antrim Sets:
- The Antrim Square Set
  Antrim Square Study Notes [Larry E. Taylor]

Clare Sets:
- The Caledonian Set
  Caledonean Study Notes [Set Dancing News]
  Caledonean Study Notes [San Francisco's Cooley-Keegan Branch CCE]
  Caledonean Study Notes [Seacoast Irish Cultural Association]
  [6 figures: all reels except 4th jig; 6th hornpipe]
  Figure 1 -House Across (Reels) Demo: First Figure on You Tube
  Figure 2 - House Around (Reels) Demo: Second Figure on You Tube
  Figure 3 - Home & Across (Reels) Demo: Third Figure on You Tube watch this!
  Figure 4 - House Opposite (Jigs)
  Figure 5 - House All the Ladies (Reels)
  Figure 6 - Hornpipe
  
  Demo: View a couple of figures on YouTube video of the Caledonean; the video is from Willie Clancy's School
- The Mazurka Set
  Mazurka Set Study Notes
  [6 figures: all reels]
  Figure 1 - Little Christmas
  Figure 2 - Advance & Retire
  Figure 3 - High Gates Demo: View the 3rd Figure of the Mazurka
  Figure 4 - Swing
  Figure 5 - Chain Demo: View the 5th Figure of the Mazurka (Clare Myserks)
  Figure 6 - Face The Wall
- The Plain Set - also known as The Plain Clare Set
  Plain Clare Study Notes [Set Dancing News]
  The Plain Set Sutdy Notes [San Francisco's Cooley-Keegan Branch CCE]
  [6 figures: all reels except jig fifth figure]
  Figure 1 - Pass Through (Reels)
  Figure 2 - Turn the Ladies (Reels)
  Figure 3 - Chase the Ladies (Reels)
  Figure 4 - Three and One (Reels)
  Figure 5 - The Gallop (Jigs)
  Figure 6 - Ladies In (Reels)
- The Labasheeda Reel Set
- The Clare Lancers Set
  Clare Lancers Study Notes [Set Dancing News]
  The Clare Lancers Study Notes [San Francisco's Cooley-Keegan Branch CCE]
  [5 figures: all reels]
  Instructions for the Clare Lancers on the Portland (Oregon) Ceili Socity's website
  Demo: The Clare Lancers 4th Figure
- The Corofin Plain Set
  Corofin Plain Set Study Notes Bill Lynch's Set Dancing News Study Notes
  Corofin Plain Seet Study Notes a shortened version from The Irish Seacoast Cultural Association
  Figure 1 - Crossover (Reels)
  Figure 2 - Advance & Retire (Jigs)
  Figure 3 - The Line (Reels)
  Figure 4 - Three and One (Jigs)
  Figure 5 - Double Slide with Ladies Chain (Reels)
  Figure 6 - The Polka - ladies move on
- The Kilfenora Set
  Kilfenora Study Notes
  [6 figures: quadrille/reel, jig, reel, reel, jig, Quadrille/ fast hornpipe/ slow reel]
  Figure 1 -The Square (Quadrilles/Reels)
  Figure 2 - Crossover (Jigs)
  Figure 3 -The Line (Reels)
  Figure 4 - Three-and-One (Reels)
  Figure 5 - Change Places (Jigs)
  Figure 6 - Quadrilles/ fast hornpipe/ slow reels
  
  Demo: View YouTube videos of the Kilfenora
  - 1st figure of the Kilfenora (quadrille/reel) on You Tube ~ this is a popular set danced by many beginners as well as seasoned dancers. This is a good quality home video
  Kilfenora Slide Set sample musicby the Ennis Seisiún group
- The Paris Set
  Paris Set Study Notes
  [5 figures: reel, reel, reel, jig, hornpipe/march]
  Figure 1 - Set Left and Right (Reels)
  Figure 2 - The Clap (Reels)
  Figure 3 - House All Around (Reels)
  Figure 4 - Ladies Chain (Jigs)
  Figure 5 - House and Line-up (Hornpipes/March)
Cork/Kerry Sets:
- The Ballyvourney Jig Set
  Ballyvourney Study Notes [Set Dancing News]
  Ballyvourney - or The Baile Bhúirne Jig Set [Seacoast Irish Cultural Association]
  The Baile Bhúirne Jig Set Study Notes [San Francisco's Cooley-Keegan Branch CCE]
  Ballyvourney Study Notes [Brooks Academy on setdance.com]
  [5 figures: all slides ~ no stopping between figures]
  Figure 1 - Swing Your Own (Slides)
  Figure 2 - Swing Opposites (Slides)
  Figure 3 - Swing Four in the Middle "long basket in the middle" (Slides)
  Figure 4 - Swing all the Ladies in Clockwise Direction - " men go left" (Slides)
  Figure 5 - Reverse Half-Chain in Anti-Colckwise Direction "go around the other way - reverse chain to the other side - go right" (Slides)
  
  To sum up my "cheat-sheet" comments, remember a direcitional hint for each figure::
  "1 - home, 2 - opposite, 3 - middle, 4 - men go left, 5 - reverse chain to the right"
  (Pointing yourfinger in the appropriate direction as you say this, with the circular motions for 4 and 5 - clockwise and anti-clockwise, helps. There's not much time to think or review the steps in this dance, so the shortcuts help).
  The Ballyvourney is a very popular quick last dance.
  View demo of The Ballyvourney and
  another demo of The Ballyvourney and
  The Heidelberg Irish Set Dancers rehearsing the Baile Bhuirne Jig Set (Ballyvourney Jig Set); this one is especially good as you see all seven minutes of the dance from beginning to end.
  Note:The figures are normally danced one right after the other, for approximately seven minutes. It's tons of fun to dance.
- The Black Valley Jig Set also known as The Kenmare Square Set
  Black Valley Study Notes
  [5 figures: jig, jig, jig,jig/slide, reel]
  Figure 1 - The Star (Jigs)
  Figure 2 - Swing Opposites (Jigs)
  Figure 3 - Swing Three Ladies (Jigs)
  Figure 4 - The Slide ~ or "wheel" (Jigs/Slides)
  Figure 5 -The Floating Reel ~ or "sevens" (Reels)
- The Borlin Valley Polka Set
  [6 figures: polka, polka, polka, slide,hornpipe, hornpipe]
  Borlin Valley Study Notes
  [6 figures: all reels]
  Figure 1 - Ladies Chain (Polkas)
  Figure 2 - Two Squares (Polkas)
  Figure 3 - Advance and Retire (Polkas)
  Figure 4 - Four Squares (Slides)
  Figure 5 - The Hornpipe (Traditional)
  Figure 6 - The Barndance (Hornpipes)
  
  Demos:
  First Figure - 2007 workshop in Vienna
  Second Figure - 2007 workshop in Vienna
  Third Figure - danced in Moscow, Russia in February, 2007
  Fourth Figure - (searching for it)
  Fifth Figure - 2007 workshop in Vienna

The Dunmanway Set, also known as The Dunmanway Polka Set
Dunmanway Study Notes
[5 figures: polka, slide, polka, slide, polka]
Figure 1 - House-Chain-Swing (Polkas)
Figure 2 - House-Slide-Dance at Home (Slides)
Figure 3 - Little Christmas (Polkas)
Figure 4 - Pinwheel (Slides)
Figure 5 - Lead Around - Pinwheel (polka)
The North Kerry Set
North Kerry Study Notes
[5 figures: polka, polka, jig, polka, slide, hornpipe]
Figure 1 - The Star (Polkas)
Figure 2 - Show the Lady (Polkas)
Figure 3 - Balance and change (Polkas)
Figure 4 - Ladies Chain (Polkas)
Figure 5 -The Hornpipe
The Sliabh Luachra Set
Sliabh Luachra Study Notes
[6 figures: polka, polka, polka, polka, hornpipe]
Figure 1 - Ladies Chain (Polkas)
Figure 2 - Show the Lady (Polkas)
Figure 3 - In Out and Roundabout (Jigs)
Figure 4 - Round the House and Mind the Dresser (Polkas)
Figure 5 - The Full Slide ~ House Around Each Other / Slide & Change (Slides)
Figure 6 - The Hornpipe ~ Ladies Move On (Hornpipes)
The West Kerry Set
West Kerry Study Notes
[6 figures: polka, polka, slide, polka, slide, hornpipe]
Figure 1 - Ladies Chain (Polkas)
Figure 2 - First Show (Polkas)
Figure 3 - The Slide (Slides)
Figure 4 - Second Show (Polkas)
Figure 5 - Ladies Move On (Slides)
Figure 6 -The Hornpipe (Hornpipes)

Fermanagh Sets:

The Fermanagh Quadrilles Set
Fermanagh Set Study Notes
[6 figures: reel, jig, reel jig, jig]
Figure 1 - Ladies & Gents Cross Over / Ceili Swing (reels)
Figure 2 - Face-In, Face-Out, Face-In, Sweetheart Stroll-Over (jigs)
Figure 3 - Change Places / Left Hook - Right hook / Ceili Swing (reels)
Figure 4 - Ladies Face Out / Sweetheart Trio / Little Christmas (jigs)
Figure 5 - Ladies Move-On / Crossed-Hands Christmas (jigs)

Tipperary Sets:

The Cashel Set, also known as The Castle Set
The Cashel Set Study Notes [Set Dancing News Study Notes]
The Cashel set Study Notes [San Francisco's Cooley-Keegan Branch CCE
[6 figures: slide/polka, polka, polka, hornpipe, polka, polka/slide]
Figure 1 - House Around & Pass Through (slides/polkas)
Figure 2 - Wheel in Line (polkas)
Figure 3 - Ladies Chain - singles & trios (polkas)
Figure 4 - House & Hop, Clap & Stamp (hornpipe)
Figure 5 - Batter-House-Slide&Change-House-Chain (polkas)
Figure 6 -Chase the Bus (polkas/slides)

Galway/Meath Sets:

The Claddagh Set
Claddagh Study Notes [Newcastle Irish Set Dancers]
[4 figures: reel, reel, reel, jig]
Figure 1 - Dance Around & Swing - Push-Pull (Reels)
Figure 2 - (Reels)
Figure 3 - (Reels)
Figure 4 - (Jigs)

It helps to see this danced; there is such a variety of steps.
Demo: View The Claddagh Set (YouTube) Kilkoo Ladies
Demo: What it Usually Looks Like (YouTube)- 1st Figure
The Connemara Set
Connemara Study Notes
[4 figures: reel, reel, reel, polka]
Figure 1 - Ladies Chain (Reels)
Figure 2 - Back-to-Back (Reels)
Figure 3 - an Gairdin Beag ~ Circle / Little Christmas (Reels)
Figure 4 - Maggie in the Woods (Polka)

Demo: View YouTube videos of the Connema
- 1st figure of the Connemara (reel)
- 2nd figure of the Connemara (reel)
- 3rd figure of the Connemara (reel)
- 4th figure of the Connemara (polka)
  
  Many thanks to willi171258 for the great set dancing videos!
The South Galway Set

View more video samples of set dancing, ceili dancing, step dancing, and Sean-Nós dancing compiled by Hoiland's Seattle website.

There are some wonderful video clips (Chapter 1 - not recommended for dial-up connections) of live set dancing on Set Dance Week showing a variety of dances. It's lively and it's fun. And the music is great.

Here are a few home videos found on You Tube of set dances done in Ireland at Kilrush in 2004:

The quality isn't the best and they are without the music, but seeing set dancing videos helps in remembering the figures.

Bil Lynch has listed some video and radio links on his site Set Dancing News, for example Dancilla's The Claddah Set Figure 1

Irish Dance Books (instructional)

Ár Rinncidhe Foirne [Our National Dances], Thirty Popular Figure Dances, Leabhar 1,2,3. 1939. An Comisiùn le Rincí Gaelacha.
Hammond, William 1988. 'Call the Set': A Guide to the Dancing in the Traditional Style of Two Munster Sets. Cork: Cork Folk Pub.
Lynch, Larry
1989. Set dancing in Ireland: History and Evolution.
Moylan, Terry 1984. Irish Dance: A Collection of Traditional Sets.
Moylan, Terry 1988. The Quadrilles and Other Sets.
Murphy, Pat 1995 Toss the Feathers
2000 The Flowing Tide: More Irish Set Dancing. Cork: Mercier Press.
O'Doherty, Eileen 1993 Set Left- Set Right.
O'Doherty, Eileen 1995 The Walking Polka: A Collection of Sets.
O'Keeffe and O'Brien 1902 A Handbook of Irish Dances.

Compiled by: Portland Ceili Society

Learn to Dance at Home

Pat Murphy from Westport Ireland demonstrates set dancing footwork for many sets. You can try this at home

NEW IRISH SET DANCING ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING GROUP
There is a new social networking website for the Irish set dancing community.
Visit the site at irishsetdancing.ning.com. You will find an interesting assortment of information and resources for Irish set dancers, particularly those in the Greater Boston and New England areas. Produced by, for, and about Irish set dancers. Stop by and listen for a while to the traditional Irish tunes.

VIEW UPCOMING ACTIVITIES IN APRIL.

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Greater Boston Set Dancing by location, by day of the week and upcoming events by month:

Billericca Tuesday at 7:45
Canton Monday at 7:30
Chelmsford Tuesday 7:30
Danvers Thursday at 7PM
Manchester-New Hampshire - currently suspended (scheduled for Wednesdays)
Norwood Wednesday at 7PM
Quincy Friday at 8PM
Somerville Monday at 7:30
Springfield Tuesday at 7:30
Wakefield Wednesdayat 7:30
Watertown Tuesday classes with Sally Harney 7:30 (new time)
Watertown-Canadian-American Club - 1st & 4th Sunday at 3PM (new time)
Watertown-Hibernian - 3rd Sunday at 4PM

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Special set dancing events are happing year round in the Boston area from grand and spectacular to cozy and awesome.

View photos from Nov-2006 Hampstead, NH, ceil
View photos of Cynthia's Book Launch Party at The Burren (Somerville, MA) in March 2008 for her new book Hope in New York City

Set Dancing Photos by Peter Jee

Peter Jee often takes photos of Irish musicians and set dancers. He has set up is own website, where he has some photos of various set dancing events. He stopped by the ceili on Cape Cod in January 2008 at the Irish Village in Yarmouth and captured some great photos of the event. The Northeast Ceili Band played.

The Danvers and Harrington's set dancers sponsored a Holly Ball in December 2007. Peter has photos of the event that was held at the UU church hall in Reading.

At the November 2007 Comhaltas Radio Program Fundraiser Mike O'Connor and Larry Reynolds were honored for their contributions to the Irish and Irish-American communities. See Peter's photos.

Thanks, Peter, for taking such great photos and sharing with us. This night Peter was at the usual Wednesday night set dancing session at Harrington's in November 2007. Except for the month of December, the set dancers en-JOY a couple of hours of dancing "upstairs at Harrinton's." Several of the photos show off the new "Joy of Sets ~ upstairs at Harrington's" tee shirts. Steve Zubricki, professional phtographer and designer and enthusiastic artist and set dancer, created the graphic. If you're interested in getting a tee-shirt yourself, contact Frank or Eileen (replace at with @ symbol).

The Green Briar has a fabulous Irish music session, I'm told. Peter's photos of the musicians show what a large group gather to play. I'm sure there is excellent music to be heard.

Peter was at Molly Malone's in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in November 2007 and took these photos of a session hosted by Terry Weir. Terry leads a regular Wednesday night session at Harrington's in Wakefield, Massachusetts, as well.

Peter gets around with his camera. This time he was at the Echoes of Erin Concert on Saturday, November 2007 at Waltham High School. And here's another set of photos from the 2007 Bad Abbots Festival

Local Boston Irish Set Dancing

Set dancing classes and ceilis take place all over the Boston area. Most locations welcome beginners. Partners are not required. There is usually a small fee that you pay as you go. Dance classes and regular set dances are listed by day below. [For most current information on classes and events, see related websites or contact information, where available.]

If you're looking for set dancing or ceilis in Ireland, Bill Lynch's Set Dancing News is the place to look. For example, there's a "Workshop Weekend" at the GAA Pavilion in Carrigaline, Co Cork, Ireland with such bands as The Four Courts and The Five Counties Ceili Bands [connects to a YouTube video of the two bands playing together. You'll find photos and biographies of many ceili bands in a series of articles published at various times on Set Dancing News.

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SET DANCING INSTRUCTIONS, STUDY NOTES, & DEMO VIDEOS

Set Dancing Photos by Peter Jee

IRISH SET DANCE WEEKEND IN MAINE WITH TONY RYAN [download a flyer]

Irish Ceili & Set Dances featuring Broad Street Ceili Band April 20 & May 18 [download a flyer] at Blackstone River Theatre, Cumberland, RI

May20-23 2008

May30- June 1, 2008

Toronto's Reel Blast Fifth Annual Set-Dancing Weekend May 30 - June 1, 2008, Church Hall, Christ Our Saviour Cathedral, 823 Manning Avenue, Toronto, Ontario May30, - June 1, 2008, $85