Irish Music and Dance

While at school here, the staff has put together various night time activities for us to "enrich our learning environment." Basically, this consists of poetry and book readings from famous Irish writers, field trips to various areas, and occasional seminars. Tonight's seminar was all about Irish music and dance, and we had several Irish musicians come in to play for us. Some instruments were familiar to me, like the fiddle, violin, and flute, but there were others that weren't as much (like this pipe instrument that sounded vaguely like a bagpipe). There was also a singer, which was very interesting to listen to, and traditional Irish dancers who incorporated volunteers into some of their performance. Thankfully, I wasn't chosen to participate, but a guy from my program was. I didn't have my camera at the time, but I definitely wished I did with some of the faces he was making while he was dancing! After laughing about it for a while after, we decided to head to bed early in preparation for an all day field trip tomorrow!