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Ar Skrilhed​/​Gavotten ar Menez

from Holding Our Own by IONA

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Ar Skrilhed/Gavotten ar Menez
Breton, words Paul Huellou

The dance traditions of Brittany are kept alive and well through the fest noz (night festival), the Breton equivalent of a ceili(dh) or square dance. Many of the dances are performed with hands or arms joined as a line dance, with half the village, from toddlers to grandparents, executing intricate footwork and arm movements that boggle the mind of the uninitiated. At our performances, Susan Baker frequently teaches and leads a simplified line dance to this accompaniment of our interpretation of the Tamm Diwezhan (3rd Part) of the Gavotten ar Menez from the upland area of Western Brittany.

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from Holding Our Own, released June 1, 1994
Barbara Ryan - Lead vocals, guitar, bodhran, tambourine.
Bernard Argent - Wooden flute, whistles, vocals, doumbek.
Diana McFadden - Cello, bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, vocals.

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IONA Washington, D.C.

IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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