Apologies to the 'downstairs' callers of 2012. The caller I was thinking about wasn't on the programme last year (it was a previous year that he shouted at our daughter for not moving when he said something incomprehsible), but I think I went to one of the 'upstairs' dances with the caller who was on on the Friday and thought that his choice of programme wasn't quite right for the occassion.
I also heard a comment from someone who had his granddaughter (a fairly experienced ceilidh dancer) with him - he thought that the early evening 'upstairs' dances were aimed at a very experienced crowd, the late ones were too late, noisy, crowded. So there wasn't the sort of ceilidh that we used to enjoy at Whitby in the 80s.

Some of the 'downstairs dances have got very complex/serious too. But the Playford for Fun is just dancing. And fun. Though not all would enjoy it.