Noo That's Whit I Ca' a Ceilidh!

Last night I went to a Ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee). Now a ceilidh is a scottish dance and the video clip gives you a little taster of what they're like. It wasn't quite like the one you see in the clip - we didn't wear all the scottish gear and we certainly didn't dance so well or take it so seriously but It was a cracking night and very good exercise.

When I lived in Scotland at just about every celebration we had a ceilidh. They're really cool because everyone of all ages can get involved and have a dance and it doesn't matter if you don't have a partner to dance with because you just go and get anyone up - ladies dance with ladies, children dance with adults, however the men don't generally want to dance with other men unless it's an adult/child which I can understand. The ceilidhs are one main thing I really miss about living in Scotland because they were always just so much fun.

So last night they had one at Shirley SA. It was a good laugh and everyone really entered into the spirit of it. You see if you've got a good caller to tell you what to do it doesn't really matter if you don't know the dance. They're easy to pick up and even if you don't pick it up, it's just a jolly good laugh making the mistakes or just making up you're own dance. Dr Phil was very funny doing his version of The Dashing White Sergeant.

So anyway, this morning my body aches considerably; I don't remember feeling this sore after the ceilidhs when I was younger - but it's worth it! If you've never been to a ceilidh - get yourself to one but remember to wear comfortable shoes and light clothes because it's energetic and you'll probably get very hot with all the jigging about!!!!

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