The ceilidh with the Lairig was great. It was my first real ceilidh, and where better to experience it? It was held at a local pub, where they hired a live band and there was plenty of dancing. I didn't know any of the dances, but I thought a couple of them looked a lot like the dances we did at Fort Vancouver during historical reenactment. I don't know if we actually danced a reel, but there were plenty of other types to fill in. Most of the dances weren't too hard to learn, although I don't think I got any of them remotely correct until the end of each song. Luckily no one there was quick to pass judgement, even though I stepped on a lot of toes. I'll be ready for the next one for sure. The ceilidh subject came up a bit in my Gaelic Culture class today, just by chance, and my teacher mentioned that the dances done at most ceilidhs are not actually Scottish country dances, but military dances, which would definitely explain why we would have done them at Fort Vancouver. The only really Scottish dancing I think she said is done somewhere in the northwest and looks pretty different. There was a raffle at the ceilidh as well, and I won a can of shoe water-proofing spray.
Today it rained a lot. The other Seattlite in my Gaelic language class and I reminisced about home as we walked back from class.
Tioraidh (pr: chyor-ee; cheers).
Gaelic Word for the Day: math (pr: mah); good
All Roads Lead to Home
17 years ago
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I got your postcard today, woo!! Nice work keeping up your end of the deal. I am, of course, infinitely jealous that your international travels get to continue while mine are being put on hold for real life things like classes and student teaching, blegh.
I was thinking the other day whether you get to vote, will you get to vote absentee from Scotland?
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