2008-2009 Registration

We will be holding a registration night in September to help facilitate the registration process for you and for the school! Registration forms and cheques can be completed during the registration night!

School Policies

Monthly Class Fees

  • 45 minute - $50
  • 1 hour - $55
  • 1 1/2 hours - $65

We also offer discounts for multiple children within the same family. Contact us for more info!

Change in Payment Method

Please remember that we are changing our method of payment this year! Due to new Saskatchewan legislation, we will be reoffering payment in monthly postdated cheques. We will also still be accepting either 1, 2 or 4 cheques for the year. These cheques are due at the first class! If they are not received before the second class, dance lessons may be suspended until they are received.

Shoes

Shoes are readily available from Ceilidh Surprise (1359 Broad St.). Mary will be able to help you get fitted! You're looking for Irish softshoes and hardshoes (when needed for class!). We will also be posting a listing of used shoes on the site shortly. Students MUST have proper footwear in order to participate in dance classes!

Learn More About Us!

The Prairie Gael School of Irish Dance is the only all ages Irish Dance school in Regina. We're pleased to offer classes to all ages of students, from as young as five to adults! We're currently a recreational school so we focus on instruction and performance opportunities! We're currently in our 11th year in operation here in Regina!

We offer classes that teach both solo and figure or céilí dances. A beginning dancer can expect to start out in soft shoes and then progress to hard shoes once the first few dances have been mastered. This usually takes about one year of lessons. Hard shoe dances are then added to the repertoire of dances. A dancer will also begin working on larger, choreographed pieces with other dancers in preparation for Mosaic and St. Patrick's Day performances.

Performances are optional for students in the school, but are strongly encouraged, as this gives the young dancer a goal to work towards. We are always in demand for performances at local senior citizens' homes, community events and Irish Club of Regina functions. We also perform in Mosaic, which is Regina's multicultural festival.

Dance Levels

We currently offer classes at 4 levels, which roughly correspond to levels a dancer might encounter at a competitive level. These are:

  • Beginner - Absolute beginner - soft shoes only
  • Novice - Beginner soft shoe dances learned - Beginning hard shoe
  • Intermediate - At least 1 year of hard shoe and beginner dances completed
  • Advanced - Mutiple Soft and hard shoe dances completed