Sigh. The weekend is over.
It started with a gorgeous morning with a bright sun and huge breakers.
Padraig started off with the Kilyon Set.
We then moved over to finish up the Sliabh gCua set.
And wandered the boardwalk and saw dogs everywhere. Poor little bored puppy.
I have been suitably chastized by Jean and while Susan and I drink Jack and cokes here’s what we did with Dwayne and Margie today.
This has been a seriously dance-filled day.
It started out with a workshop led by Padraig McEneany on the Antrim Square Set followed by the Aherlow Set, trailed by the Tory Island Set and part of the Sliabh gCua set. The first one is a very short, but very fun set that the people back home can look forward to learning soon.
At some point during the workshop someone out in the crowd had a senior moment as observed by Padraig but Susan said it sounded like someone had had a senior movement. We were both glad it turned out not to be the latter.
Between the workshops we wandered around a bit, took pictures of the taffy house and the Sea Witch Festival.
After a quick slice of pizza it was back to the afternoon workshop to finish out the sets.
We had time for Susan to run about town while I slept and then met Margie and Dwayne for dinner and then back to dancing!
I don’t know how many sets we danced. Most of them because it seemed that most were ones we had done before or they were sets we’d learned that day. We both love it when someone calls a set because even with an unfamilar one we can figure most things out on the fly by listening to what’s coming up.
We closed the evening by dragging our very tired legs upstairs and soothing them with some Jack and Coke.
Here’s the last dancing picture for the day.
Once we’d sort of settled in back at the room, with the sound of the breakers on the beach, we were wandering through the TV channels looking for something that was worth watching. One does have to be careful about flipping through TV channels late at night though. You’re likely to hear "What’s the secret to moisturizing your hair?" *click* "Cleaning your nose."
Ewwwww.
On that note… Goodnight.
It’s relatively early in the morning given that we went to bed about 1am. I’m sure many other people stayed up later but we were done.
After a snack of pop-tarts which is a bit of a story in itself, we collapsed and woke up to this:
It doesn’t look all that different from yesterday’s picture but it’s a wet windy morning. Perfect for staying inside and dancing all day.
First up is breakfast followed by a workshop with Padraig and Roisin followed by another workshop with Padraig and Roisin!
Oh, and a bite to eat in between.
Wow.
I’ll say it again.
Wow.
More details later but for now, rest.
I’ll leave you with this though.
The trip began with a 6:30 am flight to DC followed by a metro ride and short walking trek to meet Margie and Dwayne near their hotel.
There was a definite chill in the air in DC but nothing a drive to Rehoboth couldn’t cure. With Margie driving we made it to the coast in just a couple of hours although their GPS tried to get us there by way of Canada.
Once in Rehoboth we went in search of Linner which ended up being fish & chips, beer followed by hot chocolate .
After that it was time for a short nap and a bit of blogging before the first ceili.