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Thread #111493   Message #2351766
Posted By: WalkaboutsVerse
29-May-08 - 06:00 AM
Thread Name: 'English Country Dances', Please
Subject: RE: 'English Country Dances', Please
To RA: there should be no such thing as an English ceilidh - let the Scots have their ceilidhs, and the Irish their ceilis...does an American line-dancing night ever get called a ceilidh? It's good to APPRECIATE the cultures of other nations - but it's also good to PRACTISE your own. Accordingly, Volgadon, I have appreciated some Swedish tunes from visiting Swedes at the Hexham Gathering, last year...but I would never try and learn them, as an Englishman is not a Swede.