Dancing with the Irish

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This morning we went to Carlow College to get our schedules and a little introduction to the college. I'm going to be taking Sociology, Irish Experience, and Irish Social Dancing here but we don't start till the 22nd of September. Afterwards we got a tour of the college. They have a student lounge and a gorgeous library! It used to be the schools church that they just recently converted into the library.

After our lunch break we went to Carlow IT for another orientation session there. I'm taking Anatomy and Physiology and Chemistry. We were told that we may be starting later this week or Monday, but at the moment they had no schedules up and didn't even know what teachers were teaching our classes. It was very unorganized and frustrating for us since we're used to knowing our semesters at the end of last semester.

Around 8:30pm a bus picked our group up and took us to the top of a hilltop to join in on an Irish dancing class. It was our first time in the country hillside so I was disappointed it was so dark and misty outside but seeing the lights of Carlow down below was pretty. When we first got there there were about 6 older Irish couples who danced for us and showed us what we were doing. I loved it! Inbetween dances the Irish sang songs that have been popular in their history and played the accordian and tin whistle. We also had break for buns and cakes, and tea and coffee.

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Photos

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the Irish dancers!

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the accordian and tin whistle!

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Kaley dancing

Comments

[Dennis Stanek]

Irish Dancers
Any flashbacks to family reunions in Omaha? We enjoy your posts and photos. Thanks for staying in touch World Traveler! DS