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SOCIAL PROGRAMME ....
Orientation Day ....
Monday December 8....
3.45 Reception....
A walking tour of the city, through St Stephens Green, Grafton St, Trinity College, O’Connell St, Henry St, the Market and Dublin Bus. This is a very good introduction to the city and a comfortable way to introduce yourself to the other students.....
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Tuesday December 9....
Irish Museum of Modern Art....
Meet at Reception @ 2.15....
In Praise of Shadows focuses on shadows, shadow theatre and silhouettes, based on old and contemporary folk tales and simple narratives, it explores the traditional art form of shadow plays and their influence on the world of contemporary art in recent years. The exhibition brings together key works by eight contemporary artists from seven different countries and two master filmmakers. In Praise of Shadows comprises some 90 works, from free standing models of theatres to drawings, collages and wall installations. It also features a significant number of rare figures and silhouettes, films, photographs, texts, and manuscripts pertaining to shadow theatre, and early silhouette and stop-motion movies. At the heart of the exhibition is the shadow theatre tradition of Turkey and Greece, and its character Karagöz, known as Karaghiozis in Greece, an ever hungry trickster that lives through hundreds of adventures and misadventures with a varied set of characters. ....
Wednesday December 10....
MOVIE CLUB: The Wizard of Oz....
In this charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum stories, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage. ....
Students Room @ 4.00....
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Thursday December 11....
Christmas Party....
Student ’s Room 7 pm....
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....Friday December 12....
Ice Skating Reception 2.15....
Admission 12.00 euros....
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Ice Skating: A brief History.....
The oldest pair of skates known date back to about 3000 B.C., found at the bottom of a lake in Switzerland. The skates were made from the leg bones of large animals, holes were bored at each end of the bone and leather straps were used to tie the skates on. An old Dutch word for skate is "schenkel" which means "leg bone". Around the 14th Century, the Dutch started using wooden platform skates with flat iron bottom runners. The skates were attached to the skater's shoes with leather straps. Poles were used to propel the skater. Around 1500, the Dutch added a narrow metal double edged blade, making the poles a thing of the past, as the skater could now push and glide with his feet (called the "Dutch Roll").....
In 1848, E. V. Bushnell of Philadelphia, PA invented the first all steel clamp for skates. In 1865, Jackson Haines, a famous American skater, developed the two plate all metal blade. The blade was attached directly to Haines' boots. The skater became famous for his new dance moves, jumps and spins. Haines added the first toe pick to skates in the 1870's, making toe pick jumps possible. The first artificial ice rink (mechanically-refrigerated) was built in 1876, at Chelsea, London, England and was named the Glaciarium. It was built near the King's Road in London by John Gamgee.In 1914, John E. Strauss, a blade maker from St. Paul, Minnesota, invented the first closed toe blade made from one piece of steel, making skates lighter and stronger.....
The largest outdoor ice rink is the Fujikyu Highland Promenade Rink in Japan, built in 1967 and boasts an ice area of 165,750 square feet-- equal to 3.8 acres. ....
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