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Category: Ceilidh
Three Ceilidhs
Happy New Year! My sister Tertia and I went to an Edinburgh ceilidh on New Year’s Eve, feeling a little sorry for those thousands whose outdoor revels were thwarted by […]
An Hour’s Christmas Dance
Mr McLean and I are hosting an hour of dancing after the parish Christmas party. Our idea is that it will give young parents who enjoy dancing–but for obvious reasons […]
Dilexit Andream Dominus
An Andrewcentric Introduction We go to Mass in a 1900 wooden flatpack church shipped from another northern country and assembled on what was then newly bought land. According to legend, […]
The Michaelmas Dance 2024
Michaelmas Eve was a sunny, dry day in Edinburgh, for which I am most grateful. I began it by washing wine glasses, and I ended it by stacking bags of […]
The Drama of Hamilton House
There is Scottish Country Dancing, and then there is ceilidh dancing. Scottish Country Dancing, which derived from 17th century English country dances and older Highland dances, is beautiful and complicated. […]