Webfeet : English Ceilidh

English Ceilidh is a more riotous and eclectic variation on English Folk, Barn or Country dancing. Simple Folk Dances done with excitement and energy to music deriving from anything from Irish to Caribbean.

What is it...

• What is English Ceilidh?...
  • What makes an English Ceilidh Band?
  • List of English Ceilidh Bands...
• List of Dance Series and Events...
  • Diary for the next month
  • The full list
• Music and recordings
  • Audio Samples and Demos on the Web (.wav .au .mid etc)...
  • Cross referenced index of Records and Tracks...
• Webfeet's annotated dances and explanations of the jargon you are likely to meet
  • Schottisches, a personal collection of links and favourites.
  • Speed the Plough, another ad-hoc collection.

See also...

• Steve Harris's English Ceilidh site and- Mailing List - discussions, announcements, information etc
• AllCeilidh mailing list - more discussions, announcements, information etc on Yahoo
  • The last 100 or so messages...
• E-Ceilidh UK and Double Progress groups on Facebook (these were Public Groups, now you need to be on Facebook to join)

plus collected diaries of forthcoming ceilidhs, as part of regular dance series or festivals

• If you have been to a Barn Dance want to find out more...
• English Folk Dance - the more genteel older cousin of eCeilidh, links to collections of dance notations, descriptions and sources, tunes and hints about calling.

You can also search the webfeet site and neighbouring pages: