Photo Links
To see some of the action shots from the debut
performance,
click here
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For photos from the Glen Echo performance,
click here
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For photos from the Kensington performance,
click here
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For photos from the Southern Region Oireachtas,
click here
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Past
Performances
Past performances of Dancing in the Wind have included:
- City of Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Irish Stepdance Spectacular (2000), Fairfax, VA
- Glen Echo Irish Festival, Glen Echo, MD
- Potomac Celtic Festival, Leesburg, VA
- Nation's Capital Feis (2000), Tyson's Corner, VA
- Washington Irish Festival, Gaithersburg, MD
- Maryland Renaissance Festival, Crownsville, MD
- Kensington Community Concert Series, Kensington, MD
- IDTANA Southern Region Oireachtas, Memphis, TN
- Nation's Capital Feis (2001), Tyson's Corner, VA
- Best of Maryland Festival (2003), Six Flags, MD
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The Dance
Born in Dublin in 1865, William Butler Yeats spent much of his boyhood in County Sligo, with its rich folklore, breath-taking scenery and supernatural legends. Yeats skill as a poet, playwright and prose writer would earn him the Nobel Prize.
Today, from the profile of Ben Bulben to the shores of Lough Gill, the land that is County Sligo is still full of life. Walk through the woodlands, or stroll along the sandy shores and you will see the land that inspired Yeats.
With our roots in County Sligo, the Culkin School asks you to join us as we celebrate Yeats, celebrate Sligo, and celebrate the child in all of us...
To A Child Dancing In The Wind
DANCE there upon the shore;
What need have you to care
For wind or water's roar?
And tumble out your hair
That the salt drops have wet;
Being young you have not known
The fool's triumph, nor yet
Love lost as soon as won,
Nor the best labourer dead
And all the sheaves to bind.
What need have you to dread
The monstrous crying of wind!
The Music
"Music for a Found Harmonium"
is by the band Patrick Street.
The version we are using is from
the "Joyful Noise" compilation
available from Green Linnet
Records.
Click here to order the CD
from Amazon.com!
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