Hi @nirailways. My daughter is heading to Dublin from Newry for the day for a family of 4 (incl a 1 yr old) and priced the journey by train. Translink £62.50, Irish Rail €27.80. Are you serious?
Myself, Deirdre & Conor had an AMAZING time contributing to this wonderful festival -Folk LT, celebrating traditional dance of Lithuania, Ireland, Poland, Belarus, Latvia. What an opportunity to see so many common elements in our dances @conorlamb@deirdregalway@stepwithannette
Irish traditional music & dance is all about bringing people together! 🤝☘️
What a pleasure to see so many people learning Irish dancing under the wonderful guidance of Annette Collins, to the sounds of Conor Lamb & Deirdre Galway, at the #FolkLT festival in Rakonys 🇱🇹! 🇮🇪🎶💃🕺
Join us this Saturday 23 March from 7pm to 9.30pm for some easy to follow French circle and couple dances.
Venue: An Droichead, 20 Cooke St, BT7 2EP.
Advance ticket sales at: https://t.co/voFjLJsnol
#NIDance#frenchdance
Meath concertina player Brenda Castles is our latest Saothar composer. Brenda’s compositions this month are from her suite ‘The plight of the bumblebee’, written to highlight the diminishing bee population in Ireland.
Listen and read more: https://t.co/h7s3tuixvR
Extra special Xmas Gift!
Electronic Gift Vouchers available online at https://t.co/5teycQRBUU; exchange them for:
- private lessons/online classes
- home study courses (includes beginners)
- piano arrangements of Irish & French melodies
- CD/piano tracks
#voucher#giftvoucher
You'll see me on the right of the inner circle, and Claire on the left, at the City Hall celebratory event. During the year we jointly lead a dance programme at An Droichead, Belfast, as part of the Move More initiative. We're just about to apply to phase 2 🙂 #stepwithannette
We recently attended an event at Belfast City Hall for the Move More and Eat Well partnership with @belfastcc. As part of the programme, up to £2,500 is available for projects that focus on promoting physical activity and eating well. To apply, visit https://t.co/BjRNbN2ypH
Join us this Saturday, 16 December from 7pm to 10.30pm for our Christmas meal and an evening of French folk dancing. Bring a plate to share, BYOB. Venue: An Droichead, 20 Cooke St, BT7 2EP. Tickets at link below:
https://t.co/xNS9QzFxKg
The first Integrated Irish-medium nursery school was established in east Belfast in 2021 with a new P.1 class coming in September 2024. Bringing a new opportunity for parents in the east Belfast area. #ExcitingTimes
Check it out! #stepwithannette was part of this programme, you can see me leading a circle dance at the celebratory event. Check out my dance classes, especially my "Couch to Ceili" concept - dance is good for mind & body - ❤️ #dance#wellbeing#tradition https://t.co/5teycQRBUU
The Move More & Eat Well funding scheme has re-opened.
It offers funding up to £2.5k to local projects across Belfast to improve health & wellbeing.
A celebration event was held last night with Lord Mayor @cllrryanmurphy & previous successful projects.
https://t.co/48niRmrXqk
Join us this Saturday 18 Nov to learn the bourrée, a weaving dance from central France 💃
15h-17h / 3-5pm, An Droichead, Cooke Street, Belfast. Tickets from link below:
https://t.co/aZOvfaBBMX
Bríd Harper’s recollections of Tommy Peoples.
You can watch all the videos from the 'Tommy Peoples: A Portrait of an Artist' online collection in our YouTube playlist: https://t.co/JWWDgfFAOy
Join us for an evening of French dances tomorrow 21 October 2023, 19:00-21:30 at An Droichead, 20 Cooke St, Belfast BT7 2EP. BYOB. Tickets from Eventbrite, link below. 💃 🕺 #dancebelfast#NIdance https://t.co/dZYzc2qlvz
'Dances of Donegal Collected by Grace Orpen' is the first published collection of Irish traditional dances from one locality. It provides music for each dance along with dance notation and verbal instruction.
Read the book and learn a few dances: https://t.co/92RwsgeFDe
This month’s Saothar composer is fiddle player Liz Carroll, the first Irish-American musician to be nominated for a Grammy and the first American-born composer honoured with the Cumadóir TG4. She composed nine tunes for the series.
Read and listen: https://t.co/DwOvnKHob1
🚨Tom Collins’ column in today’s Irish News should be read by all regardless of identity or tradition
🚨It should be absorbed by anyone nationalist, unionist or other who still believes there is a chance for Northern Ireland to provide us with the required standard of living