Ceilidh Dancing

 

So, we've decided to hire a rockabilly ceilidh band for the after-dinner dancing. This is a good idea (really!) for several reasons: they combine traditional Scottish folk with rock and roll, as well as more contemporary, pop and rock covers; they can teach us all the steps so everyone can join in the ceilidh dances; we can also enjoy a DJ set of our choice of music to finish (don't forget to submit your song requests when you RSVP!). 

To give you a sense of what you'll be in for, see here for a hilarious example of the Cumberland Square Eight Dance (n. b. this is the most difficult ceilidh dance). 

If you're really organised, you might like to look up the website of our ceilidh band The Big Shoogle. They have instructions for learning the following dances:

Britannia Two-step (easy, a dawdle)

Canadian Barn Dance (quite hard)

Cumblerand Square Dance (extreme, wear your crash hats)

Dashing White Sergeant (a little tricky but rather stylish)

Gay Gordons (easy)

Highland Schottische (medium tricky)

Military Two-step (piece of pie)

St Bernard's Waltz (similarly requiring little concentration/co-ordination)

Strip the Willow (high octane energy)

 

Image by Owen Jones under a CC BY-NC-SA license.