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We offer several series of classes during the year, typically in an 8-week format. Some series are intended to get you started in set dancing with classes tailored for newcomers. Some will allow those who've been dancing for a while or had an introductory class to gain the next level in set dancing. Held at O'Donoghues Irish Pub in Elm Grove Wisconsin, you'll find the cost extremely reasonable.
Next class starts: April 15, 2009 (six weekly classes.)
Our next class series, starting April 15, is targeted towards the "advanced beginner" or anyone who has a little experience in set dance but wants to fine-tune specific sets. We'll cover the Connemara set, the Cashel set, and selected figures of other popular sets. This is a great class for someone who's taken a set-dance class before, or a more experienced dancer who'd like a bit of a brush-up on these great dances.
Sign up in person on the first day, at O'Donoghues, at 6:30 PM. The cost will be $3.00 ("tree bucks!") per week, and admission to the open dance session that follows is included.
For those that like to plan well in advance, our fall class will start on September 16. Targeted for beginner's, we will spend eight weeks covering some reel sets originating in County Clare and done the Clare style.
Held on Wednesday evenings, dancing begins at 7:00 PM, (7:30 if classes are in session.)
We ask for a free-will offering of three dollars each week to offset our rental costs.
This is waived for paid class participants.
Please park on street or in lot behind the Elm Grove Inn.
Set dancing is held year-round at
at O'Donoghue's Irish Pub in Elm
Grove. Periodic e-mail updates are sent throughtout the
year. See Contacts to be added to our
list.
This continues a
long tradition of weekly dancing which began at Nash's
Irish Castle in 1991. Nash's, alas, is no more, but
this web page survives for now.
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Monthly Dances with Live Music |
Regular dances are held
on the fourth Saturday of the month (exceptions below) at the
ICHC.
Come at 7:00 p.m. to learn the Set of the Month. Dance to live music from
8:00 p.m. until 11:00. $8.00 free will offering requested. Tea and
snacks are provided. Beer and soda are sold to benefit the ICHC.
Please bring a treat to share if you can.
Date
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Event |
Music |
Set of the Month |
| April 25 |
Monthly Dance at the ICHC |
Áthás |
The Paris Set |
| May 23 |
Monthly Dance at the ICHC |
Rirá |
Limerick Orange & Green |
| June 27 |
Monthly Dance at the ICHC |
The Cosmic Otters |
Borlin Polka Set |
| July 25 |
Monthly Dance at the ICHC |
tba |
West Kerry |
| August 13-16 |
See You At Irishfest! |
Hundreds of bands |
Scores of sets |
Midwinter Set Dance Weekend -- February 26-28th, 2010
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Be sure to reserve the date, and watch this space for developments.
Special Event: Sets Off the Beaten Path
If you are looking for some variety in your Irish set dancing, come join Milwaukee Set Dance Club members Michael and Gail McElroy for Sets Off the Beaten Path. The first of a semi-annual dance event, this dance session will focus on those great sets we don't get a chance to work on - some old, some new. Music will be recorded, all sets called.
| Date: Saturday May 16, 2009 | 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM (with a lunch break)
| O'Donoghue's Irish Pub | 13225 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove, Wisconsin |
A lunch break will be taken halfway through, with food and drink available for purchase from O'Donoghue's. Any questions, call Michael or Gail McElroy 262-662-5107.
Selected other set dancing events:
Sets in the 'Burg: Classes and Ceilis in Cedarburg, information at
setsintheburg.org.
Some events held at Road House Bar and Grill, 1302 Washington Avenue, 5 Corners, Town of Cedarburg. See their web site for details, map, and directions. Other at McCarthy's (see below).
SETS IN THE 'BURG annouces spring classes:
No previous experience, no partner, not even talent required. Only thing required is a sense of fun. It is social dancing, for fun, for fitness, for adults. No worries if you are a first-timer or beginner, part of the 1st class will be to instruct, or refresh, some of those basic moves. Instructor is Mike McElroy, a long-time dancer with great "coaching methods."
The class will be held on the following Tuesdays: April 21, May 5, May 19, and June 2, 7:00PM, $25 (total.) Last chance before we break for the summer!
WHERE: At the Roadhouse Bar & Grill at 1302 Washington Ave., 5 Corners, in Cedarburg. (see Venues, below)
Set taught will be the Paris Set. This is a lovely set - makes you look graceful even if you don't feel that way!
For more information call Kathy at 262-377-8639, or email info@setsintheburg.org.
Other events:
- Open dancing every Monday following classes | 8:30 - 9:30 | $3 | Location: Road House Bar and Grill (see venues below)
- Class, spring session | Apr 20, May 4, 18, Jun 1 | 7-8:30 PM | $25 | Teaching: The Paris Set
- Pub Ceili, Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Location: Finbar MacCarthy's Irish Pub | Áthas
The
Irish Cultural and Heritage Center (ICHC)
is at 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee (just west of Marquette U.).
Click for map.
Park
free in lots off 23rd St. south of Wisconsin Ave. Westbound: take I-94
west to 25th St. Exit,
Go north on 25th Street to Wisconsin Avenue. Then right (east) to 23rd
Street. Eastbound: take
I-94 east to 35th St. exit, go
north
(left) to Wisconsin Ave., east to 23rd St. Parking is available in lots
south (and slightly West)
of the center. Take 23rd St. south to alley to enter.
O'Donoghue's Irish Pub is at 13225
Watertown Plank Road in Elm Grove. Click for map.
If you are coming from the west, O'Donoghue's is less than two miles east of
Brookfield Square (I-94). Exit I-94 and go north the next road after Bluemound
Road (US 18). This is Watertown Plank Road. Then turn right and after you
cross the RR tracks, look for the pub on the right just past the Elm Grove
Inn.
Coming from the East:
If you are going west on I-94 or I-894 take US 45 north (at the zoo
interchange) to the Watertown Plank Road exit. Then go two miles west (left) on
Watertown Plank. When you see a church just ahead, veer left and look for the pub
on your left.
Parking
is available on nearby streets and lots. Please use these rather than the
lot adjacent to the pub.
Finbar MacCarthy's Irish Pub, 3315 County Road I ("aye!"), Saukville, WI 53080. Phone: 262-284-9808. Finbar's is just a tad North of the corner of State Highway 33 and County I, where I meets Cold Springs Road, and across STH 33 from The Bog (golf course.)
Click here for a map to Finbar's
The Road House Bar & Grill, 1302 Washington Ave (Five Corners) Cedarburg. Corner of Highway 60 and 181 (76th Street/Wauwatosa Road) Phone 262-387-0399.
Click here for a map.
Here are the web sites of some of the bands and musicians that have played for us at our dances. Please support your local musicians!
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