A video to show/teach the steps involved in dancing the famous Scottish Ceilidh Dance The Gay Gordons featuring the Alastair Scott Ceilidh Band - a project for the Ulster-Scots Community Network funded by ACNI.
Hi I don't know if my post will be noticed I'm an 88-year-old Gentleman & who has danced this dance since I was a teenager I'm surprised no one has noticed that this young lady is being taught to lead off with the wrong foot the gentleman leads with the left foot not the right check out more videos' this is not meant to be over critical as I have taught dancing of all kinds & it is important to be taught correctly best wishes good dancing.
At school in the 60s/70s we were shown each of these dances once then were easily able to join in with the help of a “caller” and enjoy, with just the occasional misstep and wrong turn and clash, which all added to the fun.
Who else has a school ceilidh soon and is trying to: A - See if they remember how the fuck to do this And B - Figure out how the fuck they’re meant to do this in heels??
Yeah but at a ceilidh in Scotland at least you dance with not just your partner, but some of your friends if your partner is getting a drink say. So it really is tallest or smallest when you’re dancing with your best friend! :)
Honestly that’s not how we’ve ever done it. I’m taller than a few male friends I’ve danced with and we’ve always based it on sex. I often take the male role dancing with female friends but not otherwise. Maybe if there was a significant height difference, but I’m just a couple of inches taller than the average man so it’s never felt necessary.
Tallest person, smallest person - no! Man woman boy girl. At school I danced with chest high boys but we learned the relevant steps for our adult size.
She looks so much like you 😊 I'm not sure why i thought the Gay Gordon was an English Folk dance. Thanks for correcting my misconception via your video.
Very nice! Wish you wold have taught your daughter to do the polka though. Everything is perfect up til the polka-part, and that's the tricky bit you realy need instructions for these days. (I teach children and adults historic- and folk dancing in Sweden)
What do you gain from being rude about a child who’s just doing a nice thing with her mum? I hope you’re not mean to your own family like this. I would be upset if my ma said something like that to me.
@@thacic8480I wanted people to know that it is very, very much easier and much much more fun than this girl is making it look. We are not all equally good at everything, a thought that I’m sure she’s able to bear by that age. Somebody has to be worst and most of us have had the experience of being that person at something other, some game, some dance, some sport, some subject, some art. What do you do? Laugh at yourself! Realize that and try harder.
