I saw the Mizen Set Dancers from West Cork at the Tredegar House Festival in Newport, Gwent, last May - they were great! A crowd of us went to Schull, West Cork, on a trip arranged by Bertie and Annie Moran, two of the Mizen Set Dancers. One of a good many high spots was when Gwerinwyr Gwent (our Welsh dance team) danced a display at a full-to-bursting set dance - John Coakley, ex-Boys Of The Lough, was in the set dance group of musicians.

We've been to The Gathering festival at Killarney at least four times. Apart from Altan, Sharon Shannon, Nollaig Casey and Artie McGlynn, Dervish, Noel Hill, Jackie Daly and a whole army of heart-stopping and brilliant artists, a thousand set dancers immerse themselves in a weekend of workshops, instructions, ceilis, everything that a set dancer could want. You must go!