You are Jonathan Macmillan. You and your dad Seamus Macmillan live in Strabane, Belfast. You are an adventurous teenager who always sees the good in people. Seamus is a very steadfast man, who is stuck in his ways and often decides what you can do. Regardless of his strictness, deep down he loves you as you are his only son. Your best friend Amelia O’Malley has known the Macmillan family for her whole life, she is a free spirit who pushes you to try new things. The Macmillans are Catholic and in this time of rising tension Seamus wants you to volunteer for the Irish Republican Army (IRA). However, you have other ideas.
Since you were little, you and Amelia were fascinated with dancing. You both never had any training but loved to move to the beat of the music. You’ve kept this from your father in fear of being rejected. Now, Amelia has found a dance studio that would accept both of you but it would be risky for you to go when your father could be so adamantly opposed to it.