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'''RINNCE FADA.''' Irish, Long Dance. This generic name has become a title in the corruption of the Gaelic to English: thus "Rinnce Fada" becomes "The Fading." | '''RINNCE FADA.''' Irish, Long Dance. This generic name has become a title in the corruption of the Gaelic to English: thus "Rinnce Fada" becomes "The Fading." The Rinnce Fada, or the Kerry Country Dance, was one of the four figure dances taught at the Gaelic Revival dancing class taught in 1901 at 3 Beford Street in London (along with the four-hand reel, eight-hand reel, and St. Patrick's Day). Reg Hall ('''A Few Tunes of Good Music''', 2016) notes other similar public mentions of the dance: "In June, 1901, 'the old country dance', almost certainly Rinnce Fada or the Kerry Country Dance, was enjoyed at a ''seilg'' in Epping Forest, and Rinnce Fada was specifically mentioned again at a ''sgoruidheacht'' in Epping Forest in August, and in October the report of an event in Wellington Hall used the expression 'country dance'" (p. 188) | ||
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RINNCE FADA. Irish, Long Dance. This generic name has become a title in the corruption of the Gaelic to English: thus "Rinnce Fada" becomes "The Fading." The Rinnce Fada, or the Kerry Country Dance, was one of the four figure dances taught at the Gaelic Revival dancing class taught in 1901 at 3 Beford Street in London (along with the four-hand reel, eight-hand reel, and St. Patrick's Day). Reg Hall (A Few Tunes of Good Music, 2016) notes other similar public mentions of the dance: "In June, 1901, 'the old country dance', almost certainly Rinnce Fada or the Kerry Country Dance, was enjoyed at a seilg in Epping Forest, and Rinnce Fada was specifically mentioned again at a sgoruidheacht in Epping Forest in August, and in October the report of an event in Wellington Hall used the expression 'country dance'" (p. 188)