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Ceilidh Dance Instructions

Here are the steps for some of the band's favourite Ceilidh Dances 

Gay Gordons Ceilidh Dance

Gay Gordons

Great one to start off the night 

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Couples Dance

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Scottish Ceilidh Band

Flying Scotsman

Fast dance names after the famous steam train

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Sets of 4 couples

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Scottish Ceilidh Dancing

Virginia Reel

Easy, fun American influenced dance

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Sets of 4 couples

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Canadian Barn Dance

Canadian Barn Dance

Progressive round the room dance

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Couples

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Strip the Willow Ceilidh Dance

Borrowdale Exchange

Progressive dance with a difference

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Sets of 3 couples

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Duke of Perth

A favourite of Reelers

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Sets of 4 couples

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Swedish Masquerade

Promendae, Waltz, Skip

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Couples

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Dashing White Sargeant Ceilidh Dance

Dashing White Sargeant

Round the room progressive dance

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Sets of 6 (two trios)

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Eightsome Reel ceilidh dance

Eightsome Reel

A fun dance for those with plenty stamina 

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Sets of 4 couples

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Scottish Ceilidh Dancing

Military Two-Step

Round the room dance

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Couples

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Scottish Wedding Dance

Orcadian Strip the Willow

Great for the last dance of the night

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Long line of couples

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Dancing at a Scottish Wedding

Circassian Circle

A great progressive dance that involves everybody in once big circle around the room. 

One big circle of couples

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Reel of the 51st

A popular Scottish Country Dance

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Sets of 4 couples

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Scottish Dancing Fun

Cumberland Square 8

Energetic set dance 

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Sets of 4 couples

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HotScotch Ceilidh Band in Edinburgh

Strip the Willow

One of the most famous

Ceilidh Dances 

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Sets of 4 couples

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Riverside Jig Ceilidh Dance

Riverside Jig

Named after the famous Riverside Club in Glasgow

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Long line of couples

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Scottish Waltzing Dance

St Bernard's Waltz

Gentle Waltz

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Couples

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Circle of Scottish Dancers

Britannia Two-Step

Progressive round the room dance

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Trios

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Scottish Ceilidh Dancing

Troika

A great fun dance in trios around the room which can also be made progressive

Trios

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Pride of Erin Waltz

Irish Waltz

Couples

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Ceilidh Dance Instructions

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Gay Gordons

Dashing White Sargeant

Strip the WIllow

Flying Scotsman

Eightsome Reel

Riverside Jig

Virginia Reel

Military Two-Step

St Bernard's Waltz

Canadian Barn Dance

Orcadian Strip the Willow

Britannia Two-Step

Borrowdale Exchange

Circassian Circle

Troika

Duke of Perth

Reel of the 51st

Pride of Erin Waltz

Swedish Masquerade

Cumberland Square Eight

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