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**Phil** · 11th February 08, 02:29 AM

Looks like a great ceilidh and you could post one of those pics in the windy thread. Are there more kiltie weddings down your way nowadays? When I was in Alnwick last year there was one going on and a whole lot in kilts then. Ceilidhs I find a lot more fun than country dancing where you get into bother if you put a foot wrong. Half the fun I think is getting newcomers up and helping them through a reel. They always seem to enjoy it and fun is what it's all about isn't it?

**McGurk** · 11th February 08, 03:34 AM

Originally Posted by Phil

Looks like a great ceilidh and you could post one of those pics in the windy thread. Are there more kiltie weddings down your way nowadays? When I was in Alnwick last year there was one going on and a whole lot in kilts then. Ceilidhs I find a lot more fun than country dancing where you get into bother if you put a foot wrong. Half the fun I think is getting newcomers up and helping them through a reel. They always seem to enjoy it and fun is what it's all about isn't it?

When I was planning the wedding, I was expecting to be fairly unique in being in a kilt around here. In my home town (South Tyneside) It would have been fairly unique, but around here, there's actualy quite a few weddings where kilts are worn. (but still, its a minority.) I'll be going to a cousins wedding in north yorkshire, and I expect I'll be the only one in a kilt!

In reality, there is no cultural border between england and scotland, its just a gentle gradient between edinburgh being mainly scotish and york being mainly english.

I agree entirely about the Ceilids, being more fun. That was the whole reason we had one at the wedding. I dont enjoy discos, but always loved ceilidhs when I was younger. It ment everyone was in the same boat, noone knew how the dances went, so no one could use it as an excuse for not dancing!

Everyone had a great time (even one very shy and quiet girl got up to dance and had a great time, which stunned me because I was sure she'd spend the whole night being miserable!) and people where saying, we'd have to find an excuse to do it again!