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It’s not that often that get invited to a big ceilidh* and less often than that I can make it** so when I was invited to a ceilidh which was also a friends birthday party well in advance I made sure I could make it.Rachael was kind enough to offer somewhere to stay so I got a flight up to Edinburgh on the Friday night (that was a little late) after one of THOSE weeks.I confirmed with Matt that I’d help him set up for the party and headed off into Edinburgh to see some more people and do a little shopping. A little later I realised that Matt was allowing 4 hours to set up… I turned up to find that Matt had an entire van full of kit to load in and rig which, on reflection, was to be expected. It was a fun few hours setting up some lighting and decorations to make the Terrace Bar in Teviot actually look nice.The Ceilidh band was Teannaich who, for those who don’t know, are an excellent band with a good caller lots of rocking music. They were a little surprised I think by our sense of adventure when Fran requested the Cumberland Square Eight. That particular dance requires quite a lot of space to avoid serious injury (which we managed) and serious bumps and bruises (which we didn’t). My apologies to anyone who I caused injury to by throwing the ‘basket’ off a bit!It was an excellent ceilidh and an excellent evening in general. Thanks for the invite Fran and Mindy and Happy Birthday!
P.S. The remainder of the weekend was also excellent, making it the best weekend I’ve had in a very, very long time. * More often that you might think |
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