LIMERICK’S dancehall days will be recalled as part of the City of Culture ‘Are You Dancing?’ project with a series of free ballroom and jive dance classes around the city throughout April.
The classes will be a celebration of the dancehall days in Limerick and will mark the beginning of a series of events to celebrate the dancehall and showband scene in the city.
Co-ordinator David Studer promises a hugely enjoyable setting for the classes, saying: “Anyone is welcome to join us, whether to learn a few dance moves or for a chat and trip down memory lane.”
The classes will be led by Bridget Harte in the Pery Hotel where she will teach a variety of dances from the dancehall days including the jive, fox trot, two-step and slow waltz.
Tom Prendergast, a local volunteer supporting the ‘Are You Dancing?’ project, said: “We are delighted to get a good spread of venues around town for the dance classes.
“We are really excited about securing St John’s Pavilion, a great venue for dancing in its day, and the Milk Market on a Sunday which will hopefully bring the great dancing scene that existed in Limerick to a new generation of local people”.
Dance classes will take place in four venues across the city over four weeks in April and May, with a break in between during the Easter holidays. Classes will start on the week beginning Monday March 31.
CLASSES
Monday March 31, St John’s Pavilion, 2:30pm-4pm
Tuesday April 1, St Lelia’s Hall, Ballynanty, 2pm-3:30pm
Thursday April 3, Southill Area Centre, 2:30pm-4pm
Sunday April 6, Milk Market, 1pm-2pm
For the remainder of dates for the ‘Are You Dancing?’ dance classes and further information on how to get involved, contact David Studer on limerickdancehalls@gmail.com or visit www.limerickdancehalls.wordpress.com
