Geography music: Irish music

Irish music has spread globally becasue irish dancers must dance to traditional irish music . traditional irish instruments include
the fiddle- The fiddling tradition of Sligo is perhaps most recognizable to outsiders, due to the popularity of American-based performers like Lad O'Beirne and Paddy Killoran. These fiddlers did much to popularise Irish music in the States in the 1920s and 1930s.
the flute and tin whistle- Irish schoolchildren are generally taught the rudiments of playing on the tin whistle, just as school children in many other countries are taught the soprano recorder. At one time the whistle was thought of by many traditional musicians as merely a sort of "beginner's flute," but that attitude has changed as now its a main irish traditional instrument.
the accordian- The accordion plays a major part in modern Irish music. The accordion spread to Ireland late in the 19th century. In its ten-key form (melodeon), it is claimed that it was popular across the island. It was recorded in the U.S. by John Kimmel, The Flanagan Brothers, Eddie Herborn and Peter Conlon.
These are the main instuments played in irish dancing and they have spread around the world to promote irish culture and irish dance.

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geograghy project: what countries did irish dancing spread to?

Aside from public dance performances, there are also stepdance competitions in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and North America. Most competitive stepdances are solo dances, though many stepdancers also perform and compete using traditional set and céilí dances. When performed as a solo dance, it is generally characterized by a stiff upper body and the quick and precise movements of the feet.
in america irish dancing is more simple and the standards would be very differant.

irish dancing spread to america when the irish went to america in the famine times. it spread because theres was so many people using the irish launguage and dancing as a past times . nowadays they teach irish dancing in america and there is many irish pubs because people beleive that they have irish descent for example barrack obama beleived that he has relations in moneygal co. offaly.

irish dancing spread to the united kingdom in the plantations when some loyal irish decided to become protestant and move to england and scotland. the scottish launguage and songs are very similier to the irish launguage and songs so the scottish have a liking for the irish culture. i know that the scottish are very strict at irish dancing because at a recent worlds competition i was at many young scottish people won competitions.

the irsh culture and dance has spread all over the world evan in places such as israel and new zealand. we are a small country but our culture has spread globally.

geography project: where/how did irish dancing originate from,

the reason why i have chosen to write my series of blog posts on irish dancing is because i am an irish dancer and have a lot of interest towards it.

Roundelays, reels, jigs and rince fada start being mentioned in English and Anglo Irish literature in the 16th, 17th centuries. Writers noted that the Irish were very keen on dancing. In 1850+ travelling dancing masters became popular and refined the dance developing the stepwork and solos and laying the foundation of Irish dance as we see it today.
There are several theories about the rigid upper body and straight arms. The one I favour is that it was the influence of the Catholic church trying to prevent contact between the sexes, and introducing an air of restraint. But it was probably the dancing masters trying to distance their dance from unruly country dances.

in human geography many people have been employed by irish dacing teachers as in some parts of the world it is very popular and strict so people dance every night of the week.  

my work experience and the hungar games

my work experience was in a montessori in prosperous. it was good because i learned a lot about myself . one of them is that i dont like working with children but another is that ive gotton myself more organised and have learned some new skills. on the first day i didnt really no what to do but as the week went on i learned the routine and learned to use my own inshitive. i made jigsaws with the children and helped them with their lunches . i got free lunch everyday from my supervisor. carmel has already had people in for work experience before so she had practise so i was kept busy and always had something to do.

we are reading the hungar games in english and i am really enjoying it. :) . we are the part where they are being beutified! . and i will continue reading the book evan though i am not really one for the books.

a trip to kildare !

on tuesday the tys set off with some of the religion teachers on a pilgrimage to kildare town. it was st. bridgets day a few days ago so we wanted to find out about her and to visit her places of prayer. it was great day! . at 5 past 9 we got onto the bus and drove to kildare town . first we watched a short dvd about bridget and her life. afterwards mr. kerigan showed us a big statue of st brigits torch fire ting ! .. we den walked to a cathedral and saw the lovely decorated windows of the saints eg. st luke :) ... and we were also showed a kitchen that briget used to cook in . it was very small ! ... we then went to kildare village and looked in all the expensive shops and got tea in starbucks .. we then walked to both of st brigits wells and some people filled dare bottles up with holy water to bring home. the wells were beutifully decorated <3 ! ... then it was time to go home so we all got back on the bus and went back to the scuwell nd went home ! XoxoXoxoX

last week we did 3 new activitys, zumba dancing , indian head misage and misages and relaxing, and build a band , the zumba was a lot of fun i really enjoyed it . in the band activity we did an excersise where the teacher said words to a song and we had to guess the song and and sing the rest of it back.
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