BSS News 12. 3. 2018

Bernard’s Summer School 2018 – News

We have all BSS 2018 tutors confirmed. This year you will meet some new faces among our tutors – fiddle class will be led by Ultan O’Brien from County Clare (IRL), Robert Harvey (IRL), who was very popular among lilting students last year, will expand his tuition also to Irish flute classes. Guitarists might be interested in guitar class which will be dedicated to fingerpicking and will be led by Jiří Blecha (CZ). Dance area is also offering some new classes this year. One, led by Dr. John Cullinane, will look at a selection of dances from recently published booked by American dance teacher James Mueller – 30 lost figure (ceilí) dances. Another new class will introduce American Country Dance – programme of this class is inspired by the book „American Country-Dances, Twenty-Eight Contra-Dances“ by Elizabeth Burchenal, which was published in New York in 1918. The focus will be on older forms of country dance, some of which have a direct relationship to Irish dances – this class will be led by David Dvořák (CZ). We also introduce a new tutor – Michal Boleslav Měchura (CZ), whose aim is to teach students how to use Irish language in everyday social situations with occasional turning to theoretical themes (grammar, topography, personal names, dialects, etc.).
At this stage, we are just on final updates of our website, where you will soon be able to find detailed information in Czech and English language, an idea of week timetable and also the online application form. Like every year, we remind the first (important) deadline for applications on 1.6.2018, which will decide what lessons will really be on BSS this year.

Václav Bernard