Irish Dancing

For St. Patrick's Day we had an Irish dance at the Church! It was so much fun! Sarah showed us how to dance three Irish dances...something i have wanted to know for a long time! So we had irish dancing, irish snacks, green decorations and plenty of shamrocks!

i went to the Church early to help set everything up. Lori, Elizabeth, Marci, Sarah and Irma were already there getting things set up. So i helped prepare some of the food with Bee...and then Sarah taught us how to dance three irish dances. She wanted some of us to know how to do the dances before the guests came and she taught them how to do it too. i think we danced for about an hour.

Then it was time for the fun to began! There were actually quite a few people who came...many homeschool families and friends from the Church. We started off with just chatting with everyone...then the festivities began. The first dance The Waves of Torah, had so many people in it that we had to break up into two groups! a few times of practice and then with the music!

Then the next two dances! i can't remember the name of the second dance...i only know it as the Irish Swinging Dance...because the lass from the top and the gent from the bottom would meet in the middle and have to swing around six times! And then the lass from the bottom and the gent from the top would meet in the middle and do the same! Very fun...a little hard to get the hang of at first...and after spinning in a circle...a little dizzy...but i would do it again anytime! Elizabeth and i were partners on this dance and we started at the top so we could lead everyone. Luckly we had practiced the swinging before we started the dance for when we had to swing all the way down the line!

The third dance, the Bonfire Dance, was very interesting. Everyone would stand in a circle and hold hands and go toward the middle and then back and then to the right then to the left...that part was easy. Then the lass' would go to the middle and spin, then the gent's to the middle. Then the hard part...switching partners! Jason and i were partners on this dance and when it came to switching to another partner...we were a little confused and couldn't quite figure it out! So we didn't switch, because the dance started up again, so we just stayed together again!

The entire night was a blast! Mom and Dad came with all the kids...mom and dad didn't dance, but Ceara, Laura, and Lisa did! They were having fun too...with all of their friend's dancing too! i got to dance with them on the swinging dance! Colter, Missa, and Emma didn't want to dance either...but they had fun watching.

Now two days later...i can tell that i was dancing!! i am a little sore from three hours of being up and having fun!!

But it was worth every minute of it!