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... and better players, not to mention bands, performers, recordings, and instrument makers .... ... with what our KIDS -- yes, many of them little dancers whose moms who never would have heard of ... are doing as their interests have expanded to playing music, in particular, the fiddle. Plus, ...

... it's not about the music or the dance but about the musicians and the dancers...the stars. As a side note, Riverdance was put together by ex-Planxty member Bill Whelan as the centerpiece of the Eurovision Song Contest (performed during the intermission) in 1994. More than 10 years earlier, Whelan ...

... a show. It is live. It is not pre-recorded. Flatley is a great dancer. Flatley is a great flute player. The fiddlers are great fiddlers. All the dancers are great dancers. It's something other than the pure drop- a show . At times it is over the top. You certainly don't have to like it. As Seamus ...

I too made my living playing in a band for years- in fact we were together over twenty years. I didn't ... as good as Flatley, and his excellent fiddlers and dancers. You might not like it. It's a bit too glitsy for me ...

... The fiddlers are great fiddlers. All the dancers are great dancers. It's something other ... show. I do agree with you, as I make a living playing in a band that plays music I hate and have ... when a real session is going on. (edited for better articulation)

... a show. It is live. It is not pre-recorded. Flatley is a great dancer. Flatley is a great flute player. The fiddlers are great fiddlers. All the dancers are great dancers. It's something other than the pure drop- a show . At times it is over the top. You certainly don't have to like it. As Seamus ...

... of managing a show like this, one is miking to get consistent performance and sound quality, so i would think that they have to pre-record ... so it can be really perfect, and then it can be danced by 3D animated dancers who are PERFECTLY in synch! Wouldn't that be great? You could even ...

jim stone wrote:In Breackout there's a lot of flute playing.
Also the female dancers start taking off
their clothes.

Sounds like my idea of heaven!

In Breackout there's a lot of flute playing.
Also the female dancers start taking off
their clothes.

... new music, Irish or otherwise. They were all playing the same tune, but none of them were playing ... Speaking as someone who has played this music for 30 plus years and someone who plays various ... music was created to be danced to. Whereas dancers need a steady beat, they also need to hear ...

I left my home when I was ten
To see the world
And learn a bit
About the things I didn't know.
But labor crews
And gandy dancers
Have taught me questions
Without answers.
I know less
The farther on I go.

anon

... , and hey , where'd the time go ?) i'll be playing at a Mass next Easter , and i look forward to sliding that one in at the "pleased to meet ... going ? could you maybe play it as a fling , for the dancers ? i can see it being a good one for an English country ...

Ah, as to flute weapons. We shouldn't forget the flute itself. Long ago, I knocked a guy ... there is a lot more to good percussion playing than brute volume. Even in a pipe band... ... music was created to be danced to. Whereas dancers need a steady beat, they also need to hear ...

... - nor his income anywhere near mine, hah! - but he's a great musician and dancer and a decent person. Hmm, I have worked with him, 100+ crew and dancers didn't quite feel the same as that.... though I agree he is an extremely talented man.

... is a very impressive player. I first saw him playing with Dave Cory who is a stellar accompanist ... few tunes on the banjo too. They also had some dancers doing some stunning step and Sean-nòs dancing. ... Hanz a couple years ago. I'd have liked to go for more but getting down to Seattle between ...