Hi Martin and Nora,

A fantastic professional friendly  learning and fun experience! (as usual).Food good and the pub good...did I leave anything out? Jennie x

Hi Nora

Thank you so very much – it was a fabulous weekend….. and the music was great on Sat evening. My calves still ache… and I can still hear the music in my head! Fiona B

Hi Nora and Martin,

Thanks very much indeed for your Irish dance weekend at Katoomba. I thought that your workshops on Sat were very thorough

(I was not able to attend on Sun) and that the dance programme, band and venue on Sat night were very good indeed.  

And the dance group was also very enthusiastic.  Allen B

…and thank you guys, it was lovely to learn those dances and I enjoyed the ceili very much as well. I look forward to doing it again next Feb

and hopefully see you before then. Anna C

Hi Nora

Thank you & Martin for a wonderful weekend of Irish set dancing in the Blue Mountains. I enjoyed every moment! Robyn N.

Hi Nora,

It's us who need to be thanking you and Martin for giving us such a great time last weekend and we missed the worst of the thunderstorms

in Katoomba. It is good to be precise when learning sets so that I know the moves, steps and timing for the set as well as what

differentiates sets from county to county.

Thanks again for a wonderful time Andrew C.

Hi Nora

As someone attending such a workshop for the first time and being relatively inexperienced i felt that how you and martin taught was great, you make a very effective teaching team! for me the pacing of the teaching was just right, and i felt that both of you kept a careful eye on people to check that they were doing ok and were clear about your instructions..i also appreciated your comments directed to those more experienced than myself who may have felt the repetition was not so interesting- good to know some of the cultural background to the dances too...

i think the pacing also worked well so that people didn't get too exhausted, and had a chance to catch their breath (given the varying levels of fitness)..and to dance to slower music first then increase the speed was another good thing.. as were the posters and handouts..

the other thing i really appreciated was your reference to how to hold/make contact with others dancing..feel that could have even been repeated a little more with the explicit demonstration..here i am speaking as someone who has joint damage in wrists and hands from  r.arthritis,)

i can't think of anything you could have done better..thanks for your patience and energy, you deserve that time in a comfy chair..!   Liz F.

Dear Nora,

I meant to write earlier to thank you for the wonderful welcome and introduction to the Irish set dancing.It was a lovely weekend and we enjoyed dancing with you…

We have kept up the dancing and joined a group in Canberra.  We do hope to see and dance with you again some time. best wishes,  C & G.Williams

Thanks for organising the wonderful weekend.  As always, when I dance for the entire weekend I notice some of my movements are much more "fluid"(?) - its a really good feeling!   perhaps in time I will be able to dance I'm thinking.  A very, very big thank you for helping me get on the floor during the ...steps.... session - I couldn’t do the steps that well but it was nice to be trying.  Leanne Walton

Enjoy the story of traditional Irish dance & music in modern Ireland on a tour to Denmark - in Irish!