A constant source of amusement...

I've been taking ceilidh flyers to my local country clubs, with few takers. In general, dancers like to dance and will give other forms a go but:   (from an English viewpoint)

Country dancers look down on barn dances because the moves are too simple.

Ceilidh dancers look down on country dancers because the pace is too slow and the dances too bloody complicated.

Ceilidh dancers look down on barn dance goers because they think barn dances come from America and they wear check shirts and cowboy hats, often pink.

Eceilidh (English ceilidh) dancers look down on (ordinary) ceilidh dancers/barn dancers because they don't step the dances, just walk, and don't get sweaty enough.

Scottish dancers look down on English country dancers because English dancers rely on a caller and don't learn the dances.

Square dancers look down on English country dancers because square dancers have to learn 70-odd different moves in a school-like environment before they are allowed on the floor. English dancers will accept beginners (and very often help them). Although that doesn't stop the better dancers rushing to make up a set before the rabbits get there.

Country dancers look down on square dancers because they think they are the bees knees with all their moves - the majority or which the country dancers know anyway - and some of the moves have bloody silly names, and half the time they don't dance them, just shuffle to where they're supposed to end up.

Country dancers look down on square dancers because they think square dances originated in America - do the French actually have a word for "Quadrille"?

Ceilidh dancers look down on contra dancers because contra dances are all pretty much the same, and go on for bloody ever.

Contra dancers look down their partners cleavages because every second move is a swing and they have endless opportunity.

English dancers look down on French dancers because the dances are simple, repetitive, have very little bounce, and make even contra dances seem short.
The English have cricket to help them visualise eternity - the French have Breton dances. The French win, hands down.

Line dances exist because EVERYBODY needs SOMETHING to look down on.

And that's just for starters...

Malcolm