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Scottish Evenings
Scottish Evenings are simply unmissable evenings of Scottish music, costume, bagpipes, fiddles and dance.
There are essentially three different styles of Scottish traditional dance: ceilidh dancing, country dancing and Highland dancing.
Ceilidh dancing (pronounced kay-lee) is a traditional Gaelic social dance originating in Scotland, but now common throughout the Celtic Diaspora. It is the most accessible form of our traditional dancing. The basic dances are all fairly easy to master, are few in number and comprise mostly round-the-room and set dances. Ceilidh dancing is taught to school kids across the country so most Scots grow up with it, which is no doubt why it's a regular feature of weddings and other social gatherings, such as Burns Suppers.
Scottish country dancing is much more organised affair than ceilidh dancing. The dances involve combinations of up to five couples, usually arranged in lines facing each other or in squares, moving through a repeating series of prescribed steps and movements which eventually ends with all the dancers back in their original formation.
Unlike ceilidh and country dancing, Highland dancing is performed competitively, usually by youngsters. The dances are mostly solo performances, where the emphasis is on the precise execution of intricate footwork.
See the PDF factfile for further information on ceilidhs and Scottish evenings taking place around Scotland soon!
