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The Manx dance display to 10,000s at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in 2024.

This display by Ny Fennee included elements of the traditional Manx songs, dances and tunes:

  • Irree ny Greiney: Composed by Bob Carswell RBV and performed by Sian Hooson-Owen
  • Girls' Jig: Traditional Manx dance, performed to the traditional Manx tune, Three Little Boats
  • Clare's Jig: Dance composed by Ny Fennee, performed to the traditional Manx tune, Gyn Ennym
  • Men's Jig: Traditional Manx dance, performed to Garey Ford by Peddyr Cubberley
  • Fochabers: Dance composed by Ny Fennee, performed to the tune, Fochabers, composed by Katie Lawrence
  • Fathaby Jig: Traditional Manx tune

This performance took place as a part of Le Grand Spectacle, in the Stade du Moustoir, on 14 August 2024.

It was recorded by Festival Interceltique de Lorient, and it is edited and released here by Culture Vannin with the kind permission of the Festival.
More information about the Manx at Lorient: www.facebook.com/manxlorient/

Below is the performance from the following night, 15 August 2024 (in the rain!), for which the set was as follows:

  • Irree ny Greiney: Song composed by Bob Carswell RBV and performed by Sian Hooson-Owen
  • Dooraght: Dance composed by Ny Fennee, performed to the tune, Dooraght, composed by Katie Lawrence
  • Gorse Sticks: Dance and tune composed by Philip Leighton Stowell
  • Moghrey Mie as Maynrys: Traditional Manx dance, performed to the traditional Manx tune, William and Mary
  • Fathaby Jig: Traditional Manx tune

  • Stadium performance on 15 August 2024