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Posted By: GUEST,Derek Schofield
12-Jul-10 - 05:17 AM
Thread Name: A- Ceilidh a new genre?
Subject: RE: A- Ceilidh a new genre?
e-ceilidh is not, as I understand it, the way Les has defined it. It's a combination, and therefore confusion?, between e-ceilidh as in electronic (e-mail etc) - hence the discussion list e-ceilidh - and e-ceilidh as in English ceilidh. so there is no particular emphasis on the music being loud (I'd prefer it to be quieter in some cases - this is music for social situations) or fast (as stated above, the emphasis in English music is that it's slower than Irish or Scottish.
Les - I think your band would fit into the e-ceilidh category fine.

In the latest issue of English Dance & Song, I included the following at the end of an article on Stroud ceilidhs:

E-Ceilidh
What is e-ceilidh? It's short for English Ceilidh, which the e-ceilidh discussion list on the internet describes as 'a dance type derived from traditional English dance, with emphasis on stepping and style rather than complexity. It is always danced rather than walked.' The music is considered to be very important – 'a more pounding, rhythmic, lumpier style of music than that usually associated with the smoother, Scottish style or the faster Irish or hoe-down American music,' according to the Webfeet website.

Derek Schofield
Editor of EDS