Attended ceilidh (pronounced as kei li) for the first time yesterday. Ceilidh is a traditional social dance event originating in Ireland and Scotland. Remember this scene from Titanic where Jack and Rose danced with the lower-class in the ship? Well, that's a ceilidh and the same kind of music being played.
It was held in a church hall somewhere in the city centre. Went with a flatmate and her friend. It was organised by a school in the university.... to help students release tension before their exam, that's what I was told.
An instructor was present to tell us how to do each dance. All the dance involve a lot of jumping, waltzing, tapping, stamping, clapping, hooking hands and spinning. Breathless after each dance. The tapping and stamping on the ground with the beat of the music were so much fun, though I worried that the century-old wooden floorboards might not be able to withstand it!
And yes, there was the crazy spinning ala Jack and Rose. And my partner was spinning me so hard I fell on my bottom!
Ouch! But I was not the first, nor was I the last. :p
We ended the event by forming a large circle and holding hands while singing Auld Lang Syne.
My legs are still aching now from all the stamping. But I had so much fun I would jump (without falling on my bottom, I hope :p) at the next chance for another ceilidh.
It was held in a church hall somewhere in the city centre. Went with a flatmate and her friend. It was organised by a school in the university.... to help students release tension before their exam, that's what I was told.
An instructor was present to tell us how to do each dance. All the dance involve a lot of jumping, waltzing, tapping, stamping, clapping, hooking hands and spinning. Breathless after each dance. The tapping and stamping on the ground with the beat of the music were so much fun, though I worried that the century-old wooden floorboards might not be able to withstand it!
And yes, there was the crazy spinning ala Jack and Rose. And my partner was spinning me so hard I fell on my bottom!
Ouch! But I was not the first, nor was I the last. :p
We ended the event by forming a large circle and holding hands while singing Auld Lang Syne.
My legs are still aching now from all the stamping. But I had so much fun I would jump (without falling on my bottom, I hope :p) at the next chance for another ceilidh.
The band members... some of them are actually Professors at day time!
Everybody was listening while the instructor was telling us how to do each dance
People having fun dancing. See the short man in white at the left corner? He was wearing a traditional Scottist kilt.Note: Pictures were taken using my poor camera phone. Please bear with the poor quality :p
