Category: Ceilidh
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The Jesuits’ Ceilidh
“I hate being a wallflower, so I’ll only put up with it for an hour,” I told Mr McLean before departing for the ceilidh at the Jesuits’ hall on Lauriston […]
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Things that are of edification
Back home in Canada my father has U.S. Civil War battlefield letters written or preserved by some American ancestor. One epistle is dated July 4, and the writer reminisces about […]
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Hosanna in excelsis!
Our first New Year’s Ceilidh for Parents who love the Traditional Latin Mass (and their Bairns) took place yesterday afternoon in Ravelston. It was for many an all-afternoon event: Noon […]
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A Year of Social Dancing 2025
In 2025, Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party hosted seven dance parties and two ticketed dances, attended three outside dances and a ballroom dancing competition, and promoted umpteen dance lessons as well […]
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The Lord loved Andrew
For many years—over a century—the simple baldachin over the altar at St. Andrew’s Ravelston in Edinburgh bore the text “Dixit Andream Dominus in ordorem suavitatis.” I worked out that this […]
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Culture and connection
I have been reading about an interesting phenomenon: Generation Z’s feelings of nostalgia for times they don’t remember: the 1980s, the 1990s and the year 2000. They are buying flip […]
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Winter Events 2025/6
There were 15 cheerful souls at our tea party on Saturday, and I thank the host very much for his hospitality. We feasted on sandwiches, banana bread, chocolate chip cookies […]
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The Tea Party, Etc.
The regular crowd at Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party have been invited to a tea party on October 25, and I will be giving there a brief address on the subject […]
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The Children’s Ceilidh
I’m excited to announce plans for a New Year’s Children’s Ceilidh for Parents who Love the Traditional Latin Mass (and Their Bairns). This will be in Edinburgh in mid-January 2026. […]
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Building Community
Traditional social dancing is all the rage among Traditional Latin Mass communities around the world, and naturally Scotland is no exception. There will be not one but TWO ceilidhs in […]