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Post subject: History of Irish Dance

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2001 9:51 pm

Joined: Fri Feb 09, 2001 12:01 am
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Bravo network will be airing "Emerald Shoes" this Thursday night, I believe at 8 pm ET. Someone loaned me the video recently - it's a fairly accurate rendering of Irish dance history.

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Azlan

Post subject: Re: History of Irish Dance

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2001 11:25 am

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And here is an article on the subject: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>History of Irish dance is murkySandra Cox, Arkansas Democrat-GazetteIrish dance as we see it today is a bit mysterious in that historians aren't sure exactly how far back it dates, though it did manage to survive the early 1700s when England enacted the Penal Laws prohibiting Roman Catholic education.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><A HREF="http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/fea/E1stepdancerside28.html" TARGET=_blank>More</A>

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Azlan

Post subject: Re: History of Irish Dance

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2001 11:26 am

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And a related article:<A HREF="http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/fea/E1stepdancer28.html" TARGET=_blank>Toe-to-toe WITH THE IRISH</A> SANDRA COX, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

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