The Best Place to Begin - Grade 1
The Four Types of Soft Shoe Dances
Reel, Light Jig, Slip Jig, Single/Hop Jig
The part of your feet you dance on.
Toes/Balls of feet
Time Signature of a Single Jig
6/8
Time Signature of a Light Jig
6/8
The Name of the Soft Shoes female dancers wear
Ghillies
The number of bars of music played before you start to dance
Eight
What you do when the music starts to play
Count an 8-count, then begin dancing
Time Signature of a Slip Jig
9/8
Time Signature of a Hornpipe
2/4 or 4/4
The name of the soft shoe male dancers wear
Reel Shoes
The position we keep our feet in while dancing
The way you hold yourself while dancing, name 4
Stand up straight, shoulders back, arms by your side, feet turned out
What type of music is the Walls of Limerick danced to
Reel
Where the Top Couple stand in the Four Hand Reel
Backs to the Music, in Competition to the Judges Left
Riverdance
What you do with your toes while dancing
Point them
The difference between solo dancing and figure dancing
What type of dance is the Walls of Limerick
Ceili/Progressive
The Difference between a Round Dance and a Progressive Dance
The number of Beats per Minute (bpm) of a Champion Reel
113
Where your arms should be kept while solo dancing
At your sides/down
The number of dancers in a 2-hand reel and 3-hand reel
2, 3
The number of movements in The Walls of Limerick
4
Number of figures in the Four Hand Reel and Their Names
Two Figures, 1. Figure of 8 and Rings of 3, 2. Ladies Chain
The name of an outfit worn by a whole group of Irish dancers from the same school
Class Dress/Class Outfit
How you dance your lead around in all dances
In a circle
RTN Stands for This
Rince Tua Nuatha (A New Dance Organization)
The number of dancers it takes to perform The Walls of Limerick
4
The Number of Chains in the Four Hand Reel and Their Names
There are two chains, 1. Right and Left chain, 2. Ladies Chain
Another two words that mean the same as the word treble
Any two of: Rally, shuffle, emerly, batters
The direction in which you dance a side step
To the side
The Number of Levels in RTN
6
The time signature of a Reel
2/4 or 4/4
The names of the Movements in the Body of The Four Hand Reel
1. Square, 2. Four 7's, 3. Hands Across, 4. Down the Center, 5. Right and Left Chain
The Name of the First Traditional Set Dance you learn
St. Patrick's Day
When you start dancing before you are supposed to, it is called this
False Start
The Names of the Levels in RTN
Beginner, Intermediate, Novice, Prizewinner, Preliminary Champion, Champion
The names of the movements in The Walls of Limerick
Advance and Retire, Half Right and Left, Dance with Opposite, Dance Around
The type of dance that the Four Hand Reel is
Round Dance
The two official types of hard shoe dances
Treble Jig, Hornpipe