( CNN ) -- A CNN iReport showing people dancing on the floor of the North Carolina House of Representatives near the end of its legislative session is causing a bit of a stir . Carol Edmonds , 60 , an iReporter known as SadTimesInNC , said she shot the video the afternoon of July 25 during a break in the second-to-last day of the session . That night , the state Senate passed a restrictive abortion bill , and the House approved controversial voter ID legislation . The iReport was originally titled `` NC House Dances With Joy Over Their Accomplishments '' and suggested Republican lawmakers were doing a victory dance after a contentious session . The iReporter later changed the headline to `` Opinion : Really ? On The Day NC 's Voters Rights Were Suppressed and Women 's Rights Were Assaulted '' . Within a couple days , the video racked up nearly 100,000 page views and 31,000 people shared it on Facebook . State Rep. Paul Stam , a Republican , told CNN that the musician playing in the video is his former legislative assistant , Christin Danchi , who is leaving for music school in the fall . The young woman performed a few classical numbers and finished with some bluegrass . The man dancing in the video is state Rep. Phil Shepard , a Republican , and his dance partner is the principal clerk of the House , according to a report from CNN affiliate NBC Charlotte . A few others are seen taking pictures or clapping . Edmonds was in the public gallery of the North Carolina House to document the proceedings . She has also attended most of the weekly demonstrations dubbed `` Moral Mondays , '' organized by the NAACP to voice anger about a key part of the state 's GOP agenda . North Carolina Gov . Pat McCrory has dismissed Democratic criticism that he is only pushing a conservative agenda . Edmonds acknowledged the music and dancing were unrelated to the passage of any bills but said any celebration on the floor was `` totally disrespectful and inappropriate '' given the gravity of issues the General Assembly was discussing that day and earlier in the session . `` I thought that it pretty much summed up the whole session , how out of touch the legislators had been and the disconnect with their actions to the reality of the people 's lives , '' she said . `` They 're making such sweeping changes that are ... hitting people of all walks of life really hard . '' Stam said in an e-mail to CNN that he received appreciative notes from Democratic representatives as well as Republicans about the young musician 's performance . `` We were n't discussing any issues . It was a recess . During that day we handled several dozen bills . ... I think the claim that it was inappropriate is silly . ''
iReporter says music and dancing on North Carolina House floor inappropriate . Her posting originally suggested GOP was doing victory dance . Rep. Paul Stam dismisses any criticism . Stam says lawmakers were n't `` discussing any issues . It was a recess ''