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The form described here is that commonly used as part of a Scottish ceilidh dance. The dancers form a longways set (a row of gentlemen facing their partners, a row of ladies) of four couples. The 'objective' is to move the top couple to the bottom of the set, and the other couples move up one position.
Originally, a cèilidh was a social gathering of any sort, and did not necessarily involve dancing: . The 'ceilidh' is a literary entertainment where stories and tales, poems and ballads, are rehearsed and recited, and songs are sung, conundrums are put, proverbs are quoted, and many other literary matters are related and discussed
The Gay Gordons is a Scottish country dance. The usual tune was written by James Scott Skinner. It was also known as The Gordon Highlanders' March, first printed in the collection "Monikie Series no 3" in c 1890. [1] Jimmy Shand made a recording of it in 1942. [2] Gay Gordons dance at a wedding
A barn dance can be a ceilidh, with traditional Irish or Scottish dancing, and people unfamiliar with either format often confuse the two terms. However, a barn dance can also feature square dancing, contra dancing, English country dance, dancing to country and western music, or any other kind of dancing, often with a live band and a caller.
The jig is second in popularity only to the reel in traditional Irish dance; it is popular but somewhat less common in Scottish country dance music. It is transcribed in compound metre, being 6 8 time. The most common structure of a jig is two eight-bar parts, performing two different steps, each once on the right foot, and one on the left foot.
The earliest known dance instruction books are dated by the 15th century and they described the dances of the high society. However, the earliest records of the dancing of ordinary folk date by the end of the 16th century. [2] "Accidents in Quadrille Dancing", 1817 caricature Brîuleţul, Romanian dance, 19th century
Ceilidh Culture is an annual festival held in Edinburgh, Scotland which incorporates folk music, song, dance and storytelling. [1] There is currently a month-long programme of events which take place around Easter time. [ 2 ]
Judy Patterson Wright, 1996, Social Dance Instruction, Human Kinetics Publishers, ISBN 978-0873228305 Diane Jarmalow, 2011, Teach Like a Pro , Ballroom Dance Teachers College , ISBN 978-0983526100