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Home News Event Review Ceilidh Dance Friday 28th October 2016

Ceilidh Dance Friday 28th October 2016

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     OCTOBER  DANCE  2016

 

       Friday 30 October turned out to be  a beautiful autumnal evening.  However it failed to bring out the expected large attendance for the Association’s first Ceilidh dance of the season, there being only sixty seven dancers present. President John Johnston opened the evening with a warm welcome to everyone and introduced the artistes who were to entertain us later in the evening.

 

       First up was solo accordionist Wullie (he said it) Scott,  who played three dances for the first part of the evening.  The Ceilidh artistes Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal then took the stage and entertained us royally for twenty or so minutes. Eilidh and Mark are well known locally. Eilidh lived in Helensburgh some years ago but now lives in Edinburgh, as does Mark. She is a virtuoso violinist and Mark is a full time career guitarist.  They played a great selection of Gaelic songs and traditional folk music, which was much appreciated by all.  A second helping of dance music by accordionist Wullie Scott took us neatly to the interval. 

        The refreshment break and presentation of raffle prizes followed for the next half hour. The raffle raised the magnificent sum of £190, which will be added to the sum already raised for charity. 

 

         The second half was a copy of the first half, ie dance period,  songs by Eilidh and Mark and a final dance session by Wullie, which featured some of the newer dances, viz,  Waltz Catherine and Edinburgh Mixture, both of which were a welcome addition to the programme . 

 

        The president brought the evening to a close with thanks to everyone who made the evening a resounding success. 

 

       The next dance will be on Friday 25th November at 8.00pm.  Please note that Xmas and Hogmany dance tickets  are now on sale from John Johnston and Bill Irvine respectively.

 

(See 'Future Events' section for the November Dance Programme) 

 

 

Accordionist Wullie Scott

 

 

Our Resident Piper Bruce Shearlaw 

 

Ceilidh artistes Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal
 
 
 Well Done the Dancers!
 
 
 
 
 A fine lookig couple!
 
 
And finally, here we have the author of our reviews for about the past year - Many thanks Bill, for all your literary work.. 
Last Updated on Monday, 07 November 2016 10:33