Strip The Willow - learn the steps with Robbie Shepherd 

In a real full blooded Ceilidh the gloves are off. Forget elegance and finesse it's every man and woman for themselves.

LOL! "Here, unlike in Ceilidhs, the turn is controlled." YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT! I was baffled when I saw the people in this video were primly holding hands; in the Strip the Willow I know and love you better hook your elbow around the other person's TIGHT if you don't want to be tossed into oblivion. Best dance ever!!!

This is so elegant that it doesn't capture my childhood memories of getting nearly kicked in the shins and shouting at everyone to get out of your way before you accidentally hurt them.

It's not the strip the willow unless your ankles are in genuine danger tbh 🤣

Ceilidh dancing is Scotland's answer to unarmed combat

My uncle, an American B-17 pilot, wrote in his diary that he danced "Strip the Willow" at a country dance near Stornoway in September of 1943. His partner was Muriel MacCloud.

I much prefer the wilder ceilidh style, but Shepherd's explanation is spot on. Why is this listed under "Comedy"????

This video is so passive aggressive against ceilidh dancing 😂

I am from Scotland, I come from a small village, I had to dance like this in school, it was wonderful when you got to dance with a handsome boy but torture when you got a boy you hate.

when ye would dance this at school and actual feeling so dizzy afterwards lol

Wow, this looks like so much fun! 😍 I want to learn and try this sometime in my life. 🤩

It might only be my family but for this dance we used the rule, scream if you want to go faster!

Very helpful, thank you from the US!

Ohhhh I should have watched this before we did in school, I just moved to Scotland I had no idea what to do

thank you - such beautiful dance instructional videos - such good dancers too.

In the SCA, it was sometime called "Spin and Puke" and they'd play it very fast indeed

were aw tryin this every new year n get it wrong we just fling each other aboot

I'm English, Irish, Scottish and German and should know this dance but sadly I grew up with a mother who knew nor seemed to care nothing about dancing. Her mother died when she was eight but apparently my grandmother loved dance as much as I do. I now live in an area where the only dancing is a mixture of country and other American dances, none of which are as fun and potentially dangerous as this! I learned of this dance through a book I'm currently reading, titled Royals. Not at all my favorite genre but I'm glad I stepped out of my comfort zone! Blessings to all in love and light!🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💙🙏🏼💚🙏🏼💛🙏🏼🧡🙏🏼

Childhood memories 😊

We were introduced to Scottish country dancing in my suburban, middle-class primary school.