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	Podcast:		barganews
	Episode:		Cape Breton Inverness county square set
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:02:25
	Publish Date:		2018-09-03 09:15:42
	Description:		http://www.barganews.com/2018/09/03/scots-and-gaelic-traditional-song-music-and-dance-2/ The annual School of Scots and Gaelic traditional song, music and dance, organised by Càirdeas nam Piobairean, Hamish Moore’s fellowship of pipers is in full swing in Barga. Day two and the lessons started in earnest in various studios around Barga Vecchia. A Cape Breton square set is a form of folk dancing, done in several parts (known as figures), traditionally in sets of four couples, each element of the figure being repeated four times (hence the designation “square” set). Square sets are danced throughout Cape Breton, each with its own local variation, but the Inverness County square set as it exists today is comprised of three figures, danced to accompanying music in the tempos of two jigs and a reel.
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