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Thread #111493   Message #2350465
Posted By: GUEST,Agnes Mirren
27-May-08 - 05:40 PM
Thread Name: 'English Country Dances', Please
Subject: RE: 'English Country Dances', Please
Thank you for reminding me, Mr Walkaboutsverse, ceilidh is good term as well, I see it on a number of announcements and posters for such events. The delightful Mr. Kirkpatrick (who knows far more than you, Mr Walkaboutsverse) uses the term ceilidh in the following, the rest maybe found on his website.

"Mr Gubbins' Bicycle is John Kirkpatrick's five-piece ENGLISH CEILIDH BAND, using the name of a tune he wrote many years ago after buying a bike from a certain Mr Gubbins! They play English tunes for English dances in an English style."
(CAPITAL letters are mine)

As you can see, Mr. Walkaboutsverse I can cut and paste every bit as well as you :-)