Dancing

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

Am I right in thinking that in practical terms in England, there's no difference between a 'ceilidh' and a 'barn dance'?

I'm not entirely sure, because at least spliceruk has indicated that ceilidh dancing, even in England, is often simpler than barn dancing.

On the other hand, the one and only 'ceilidh' I've been to was an awful lot like the 'barn dances' I've been to (except that we didn't dance the Gay Gordons. I *like* the Gay Gordons.)

Comments

[spliceruk.livejournal.com]

I would say a proper scottish ceilidh's is more complex than a Barn Dance.... Well the sorts of dances I would do at a scottish ceilidh tend to be more complicated than the ones the ones at a barn dance.

In England ceilidh's are often just just another name for Barn Dance unless you go to one that actually tries to do it the scottish way. There is at least one in london that does. They are often used interchangably.