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You may have gathered that I, we, were away for all of September and into October but all went well in my absence which only goes to show I am not needed and the ceilidh dancing will continue.\u00a0 Thanks to all who helped make the ceilidh dance on September 28 with our guest musician John Carmichael successful.\u00a0\u00a0That is not to say we would not have appreciated more dancers\u00a0but that will do for the first dance of the season.<\/p>\n
I hope we will have many more come to the nest Ceilidh Dance\u00a0on Friday, October 26.\u00a0 The Ceilidh will follow the usual format with the “class” from 7 – 8 pm and the dance, with Calanais providing the music,\u00a0from 8 – 11 pm.\u00a0\u00a0Mark your calendars NOW!\u00a0 If you have a group of 8 or more everyone in your group qualifies for $1 discount off the amazingly low admission price of $15 ($10 for students).<\/p>\n
You have to let everyone in your group know the password you have chosen which you then relay to me (ceilidh@rscdsvancouver.org) before midnight on\u00a0Wednesday, October 24.\u00a0 So get busy, put a group together be it student friends or a faculty celebration, or an office get together, or a bunch of friends, or a birthday\/anniversary\/start of a new semester\u00a0celebration, or whatever, we ‘d love to have you.<\/p>\n
There are refreshments\/drinks (including beer, cider, juice, etc.)\u00a0available\u00a0for a donation\u00a0\u00a0 So apart from the fun and great exercise of Scottish Ceilidh dancing there is all the ingredients for a great\u00a0evening.<\/p>\n
No need to be scared if you don’t know how – we will teach you and you won’t be the only newbie.\u00a0 Two left feet? we will show you how to use the right one – it doesn’t matter, no ones watching anyway!\u00a0 You will be a star before the night is out.\u00a0 Make it a date – it will be a night you won’t forget.<\/p>\n
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For those new to ceilidh dancing the class\u00a0is a great introduction and you will soon find out you are not the only one who does not know their left from right or back from front!!\u00a0 We teach everything and the dance follows the same format.\u00a0 Everything is very relaxed so you don’t have to worry about anything.\u00a0 If you can walk; you can dance.\u00a0 Wear flat<\/strong> comfy shoes and loose, layered clothing as it is warm work reeling and spinning.<\/p>\n What is a Ceilidh dance? It is informal, easy Scottish Country dancing in a relaxed style for all ages. We teach everything, no experience or partner required just a desire to have fun an ability to move to the wonderful beat of the lively music and to enjoy the company of other like-minded folk.<\/p>\n The ford at Upper Corrie<\/p>\n The next Ceilidh dance is on\u00a0Friday, October 26, 2018 at the Scottish Cultural Centre, 8886 Hudson Street, Vancouver with the usual class at 7 pm and the dance following from 8 – 11 pm. Pay at the door – $15 ($10 for students). Tell your friends etc. about the dances, they are lots of fun.<\/p>\n The dances are all held at the Scottish Cultural Centre, 8886 Hudson Street, Vancouver (73rd and Hudson which is between Granville and Oak Streets). They are all held on Friday evenings and where possible the last Friday of each month – the exceptions are December (as we never schedule one) and January (because of Burns.)<\/p>\n =====================================================<\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 2- If you already found the C, now find the 6 below.<\/p>\n 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 3 – Now find the N below. It’s a little more difficult.<\/p>\n MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these 3 tests, you can cancel your annual visit to your neurologist. Your brain is great and you’re far from having a close\u00a0\u00a0relationship with Alzheimer.<\/p>\n Congratulations!<\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=======<\/p>\n You might have gathered by now that our trip took us to the UK where we visited our son and partner and their 3 daughters.\u00a0 We spend 10 happy days with them in Surrey before heading north to Scotland.\u00a0 I promised my wife a trip to the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde – a\u00a0favourite place for a family holiday and one with lots of\u00a0happy childhood memories.\u00a0 We took her sister and partner, or rather they took us\u00a0as they had the car! and we stayed in a far more luxurious hotel than the boarding houses of their youth.<\/p>\n My family did spend a holiday\u00a0but unlike my wife we did not have so many happy memories as it rained for the entire fortnight!!<\/p>\n Arran (not to be confused with Aran which is in Ireland) is not a big island – 167 square miles – but it takes a while to navigate to narrow, twisting roads.\u00a0 You can, and we\u00a0did, drive around the island and there is a road cutting through the middle across the mountain valley aptly named the String.\u00a0 The highest mountain is Goat Fell at 2,866 feet – we did not climb!\u00a0 The weather was typical September in Scotland with showers,\u00a0bight sunshine, clouds, cool, more rain and a storm (Helene) which necessitated an extra day on the island as the ferries were cancelled.<\/p>\n ********************************************************************************<\/p>\n The next regular Ceilidh Dance is the 4th FRIDAY of the\u00a0October – October 26, 2018. – I sure hope you can come and bring lots of friends. <\/strong><\/p>\n ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????<\/p>\n The village of Upper Corrie is up an unmarked steep, gravel road which we were willing to walk up but Jim tackled\u00a0in his car but turned back at the ford.\u00a0 It was like taking a step back in time though they now have all mod cons as can be seen by the TV arial.<\/p>\n yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy<\/p>\n Thanks to the Celtic Treasure Chest there is now an online list of all the Celtic societies as well as a calendar of events:<\/p>\n List https:\/\/www.celtictreasurechest.com\/links\/index.php<\/a> The Celtic Treasure Chest on Dunbar is open 7 days a week and stock includes haggis imported from Scotland and many of your favourite foods.<\/p>\n Celtic Fashions on E-Bay – go to https:\/\/www.CelticFashions.com<\/a><\/p>\n xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<\/p>\n The Scottish Cultural Centre is a pretty unique and wonderful asset and space is available for rent to anyone or any group. The Centre does not run itself but is actually run by the United Scottish Cultural Society (USCS). Memberships in this Society are for individuals only and presently cost $10 annually. Membership Application Forms may be obtained either at the Centre or on the USCS website – www.scottishculturalcentre.com<\/a> . The cost is only $10.<\/p>\n Any person may join USCS and Scottish Country & Ceilidh Dancers are encouraged to show their support by doing so. If any USCS member would like to be more involved, then, Darryl Carracher, the Manager at the Centre, will be pleased to give you further information.\u00a0 The annual general meeting is on Wednesday December 12 come along and learn what is going on.<\/p>\n EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE<\/p>\n More of Upper Corrie<\/p>\n ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n The next Ceilidh Dance is Friday, October 26, 2018. That will be the second one of\u00a0 the season. There is lots of time for you all to get yourselves and your friends organized to come along for another fun, filled evening. Come and dance, it is lots of fun and really easy. Everything is taught from scratch – you won’t be the only newbie! <\/strong><\/p>\n =======================================<\/p>\n !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n Michelle has very kindly made up a Facebook event page for the Ceilidh but you need to “Search for Vancouver Ceilidh on Facebook and “Like” us to receive updates on upcoming Ceilidhs and other events”. Then, if you “Like” the Vancouver Ceilidh FB page (do as described above), you too will receive updates AND be able to share those updates and events on your personal Facebook page to your friends and ask that they “Like” and “Share”, etc. Ceilidh Dances are great ways to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries etc. Invite all your friends to come and join you at the Ceilidh. 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\nMuch to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! \u00a0Since ‘pluck yew’ is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F’, and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! \u00a0It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as ‘giving the bird.’ <\/strong><\/p>\n
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