Glencar Reel - Irish Ceili Dance

[suicidefairie]

this is great ^^

[CEILIMAN]

nicely danced ,great to see ceili dancing been done in other countries when it is all but dead in ireland,,well done,,,lets hope others will follow,,anton coyle irish centre camden town "ceili on sunday nights trying to keep ceili alive in london

[Cuchullain10]

@CEILIMAN

Hi, Anton! Unfortunately you found the "rehearsal" version. In the meantime I prefer the social sets, because- as I have learnt- a lot of the Ceili-Dances were/are not pure irish, but composed from necessity, since the church & the dancing comission had destroyed the old dances. Source: John Cullinane, Irish Ceili dancing. You may read a wee on my homepage (GOOGLE-translation is possible)

[CEILIMAN]

@Cuchullain10 HI AS YOU MAY KNOW I AM A CEILI PERSON IN THAT I LIKE AND ORGANISE ""REAL CEILI" IN LONDON AT THE IRISH CNTRE CAMDEN TOWN ON SUNDAY NIGHTS,,I USE THE WORD ""REALCEILI TO DISTINGUISH FROM THE THE SETDANCE FRATERNITY WHO SADLY ADVERTISE THEIR EVENTS AS CEILI,WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE SET DANCE NIGHTS AND IT IS MISLEADING FOR THE CEILIGOER". WHY THEY SHOULD USE IT I DO NOT KNOW,IT IS FALSE.,THEY DO NOT LIKE CEILI SO WHY USE TE NAME"",,,WE AT THE CENTRE WILL HAVE SETS"IF REQUESTED,

[CEILIMAN]

WE AT THE IRISH CENTRE ON SUNDAY NIGHTS IN CAMDEN TOWN RUN ,"REALCEILI",,TO IDENTIFY FROM SETDANCE AS THEY ADVERTISE THEIR EVENTS AS CEILI,WHY I DONT KNOW AS THEY DO NOT WANT CEILIDANCE .?WHY USE IT. WE SET UP TO PROMOTE "CEILIDANCE" AS IT IS ALL BUT DEAD OVER HERE,,SADLY THE IRISH DANCE COMMISSION DOES LITTLE TO PROMOTE IT,AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO,,MORE INTERESED IN "CASH""SADLY,,,WE MUST SAVE THE ""CEILI"WE CANNOT LET IT DIE IN FAVOUR OF THE SETDANCES,,THERE IS ROOM FOR BOTH TO COEXIST,ANTON

[CEILIMAN]

@Cuchullain10 ,,,,Somebody, has got it wrong,, it is the Set dancing that is not of pure irish,,You will get a lot more info if you google Irish dancing.. Why do Set Dance groups Feel the need to advertise their events as setdance/Ceili if they have no love of the Ceili,,Anton Coyle

[Cuchullain10]

@CEILIMAN

I'm sorry that I've triggered a discussion about Irish Dancing, Ceili Dancing and so on. Before I forget, I'd strongly recommend to read the books of Dr. John Cullinane, AFAIK (former) member of the "Irish Dance Comission", especially his book "Aspects of the History of Irish Ceili Dancing 1897-1997".

Maybe we are talking about "Ceili" and "Fior Ceili" (as you mentioned a month before)? AFAIK in Ireland most of the dancing events are announced as ceili, sometimes "gathering". Yours,

[mrjr03]

looks liek so much fun!

[1animeaddict]

do you know of any good Irish music? I'm starting to get into the (is it a genre?) and I need reccomendations.

[bandgeekbaby]

Check out the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast on iTunes.

[1animeaddict]

ok. thanks!

[chtodelat]

Following bands: Dubliners, Planxty, Chieftains, Altan, Flogging Molly ( which is Celtic Rock)