Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Breecher
This is actually the true spirit of a ceiledh. Traditionally they were always held at home, and you'd pack as many people as possible into your living room. At least in Ireland, it's the reason the traditional dancing keeps the arms at the sides: because there was never any room to be flailing your arms about without hitting the person next to you.

Andrew.
The same with Scotland, although the "Ceilidh" at Highland Games in the US, etc. has become more of a formal program in a venue like a restaurant and little audience participation, which takes a lot of the charm of the original Ceilidh away, in my humble opinion.

T.