{"id":13357,"date":"2021-05-23T16:40:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T20:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/?page_id=13357"},"modified":"2021-05-23T17:49:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T21:49:25","slug":"ceilidh-dance-newsletter-2020-21-14","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/?page_id=13357","title":{"rendered":"Ceilidh Dance Newsletter – 2020\/21 #14"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTICE RE CEILIDH DANCES:-<\/strong>
\nThe Ceilidh dances were cancelled for the 2020\/21 season due to the threat of Covid 19, the variants, the restrictions that still exist and the slow vaccination rate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We really hope to start again in the fall of 2021, possibly Friday, September 24.\u00a0 Updates will be announced as soon as there is definite news.\u00a0 I shall try to continue with these newsletters to keep you informed.<\/b><\/p>\n

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McDonald Saunter\u00a0 – 5 x 32 Reel\u00a0 Muriel Johnstone’s SD Band – Dances with a Difference<\/p>\n

\"\"Anstruther harbour<\/p>\n

We have had very few miserable, wet days here near White Rock, B.C. and so I have been loathe to spend a day sitting at the computer.\u00a0 Today started off with a shower so I thought I would get my walk in before it rained again.\u00a0 It was still threatening to rain when I returned and so I thought I would at least make a start.\u00a0 It has been a while and I had to phone Paul to get him to remind me how to get started.\u00a0 Paul is great, he is not like others but takes his time and waits while I perform the forgotten task.\u00a0 Thanks, Paul, again for your help and here’s hoping Janice gets better soon.<\/p>\n

I, we, cleaned the easy to reach gutters – I have hired a company to come and clean the others – and we also stained the wooden decks with a water sealer and that was after power washing them.\u00a0 The sealer instructions said after washing to leave for 48 hours for the deck to dry before application and not to apply if rain was forecast in the next 48 hours.\u00a0 That meant we needed 5 days in a row without any rain.\u00a0 So believing the forecast we started but we had a shower on the morning of the 5th day.\u00a0 I think it will be OK – it will have to be!<\/p>\n

We have some large planters on the back deck so they were move into one area while the rest was treated then move back 48 hours later and that bit treated.\u00a0 The rain now beads on the deck and has to be brushed or blown in order to get them to dry faster.\u00a0 It is glorious sunshine outside now without a cloud in sight.\u00a0 I should get changed into my garden scuffs but I am too lazy so I will just go and sit in the sunshine and come back to this later.<\/p>\n

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You may want to come back to this later as it is over an hour long but it is worth it to hear Bobby Brown & the Scottish Accent.\u00a0 It is a repeat of a BBC Programme “Take the Floor.”\u00a0 Thanks to Mairi for sending me the link.<\/p>\n

Here is the Link<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m000w39c<\/a><\/p>\n

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Auchindrain, Argyll and Bute<\/p>\n

With thanks to Ed & Jean<\/p>\n

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These shoes would be useful at the TAC Summer School which will take place virtually.\u00a0 All of the details can be found on the TAC website under the link:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/tac-rscds.org\/index.php\/tac-summer-school<\/a><\/p>\n

I am finishing this a few days later after power washing the concrete driveway, doing some weeding, just enjoying looking at the garden and the sunshine.\u00a0 Today it is cloudy and a bit cool so what better thing to do than sit in front of my computer for 2 hours or more?\u00a0 Hope you all get a laugh or two or even a smile would make it all worth while.\u00a0 Thanks to the many donors most of whom are not mentioned by name but to whom I am most grateful.<\/p>\n

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Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn’t\u00a0 you say?<\/em><\/strong>
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\n<\/strong>Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter<\/strong>
\nThis one I caught in the SGV Tribune <\/strong>recently<\/strong> and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this.\u00a0 It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!!\u00a0 They put in a correction the next day.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

I just couldn’t help but send this along. Too funny.\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nSomething Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says<\/strong>
\n\u00a0No really? Ya think?<\/strong>
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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers <\/strong>
\nNow that’s taking things a bit far!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPanda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over <\/strong>
\nWhat a guy!\u00a0 <\/strong>
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Miners Refuse to Work after Death<\/strong>
\nNo-good-for-nothing’ lazy so-and-so’s!<\/strong>
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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSee if that works any better than a fair trial!<\/strong>
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War Dims Hope for Peace <\/strong>
\nI can see where it might have that effect!<\/strong>
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\u00a0<\/strong>If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile<\/strong>
\nYa think?!<\/strong>
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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures <\/strong>
\nWho would have thought!<\/strong>
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Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nThey may be on to something!<\/strong>
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges <\/strong>
\nYou mean there’s something stronger than duct tape?\u00a0<\/strong>
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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group <\/strong>
\nWeren’t they fat enough?!<\/strong>
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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft <\/strong>
\nThat’s what he gets for eating those beans!<\/strong>
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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks <\/strong>
\nDo they taste like chicken?<\/strong>
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\u00a0Local\u00a0 High School\u00a0Dropouts Cut in Half <\/strong>
\nChainsaw Massacre all over again!<\/strong>
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors <\/strong>
\nBoy, are they tall!<\/strong>
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And the winner is….\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTyphoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead \u00a0<\/strong>
\nDid I read that right?<\/strong>
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https:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/I-apologise.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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Ardnamurchan<\/p>\n

Very short & funny.\u00a0 Click on the link which is also short<\/p>\n

\u00a0 1r3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arisaig beach<\/p>\n

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I want what he’s having<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/I-want-what-hes-having.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t be worried about your smartphone or TV spying on you. Your vacuum cleaner has been collecting dirt on you for years.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t think of a word say \u201cI forgot the English word for it.\u201d That way people will think you\u2019re bilingual instead of an idiot.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m at a place in my life where errands are starting to count as going out.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t always go the extra mile, but when I do it\u2019s because I missed my exit.<\/p>\n

Ate salad for dinner. Mostly croutons and tomatoes. Really just one big round crouton covered with tomato sauce, and cheese. FINE, it was a pizza…. OK, I ate a pizza! Are you happy now?<\/p>\n

I just did a week’s worth of cardio after walking into a spider web.<\/p>\n

I don’t mean to brag, but I finished my 14-day diet food supply in 3 hours and 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

A recent study has found women who carry a little extra weight live longer than men who mention it.<\/p>\n

Kids today don’t know how easy they have it. When I was young, I had to walk 9 feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel.<\/p>\n

Senility has been a smooth transition for me.<\/p>\n

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Annan harbour<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/09-McArthurs-Raod-Laxo-Burn-Cape.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

McArthur’s Road, Laxo Burn, Cape Breton Fiddlers Welcome to Shetland
\nFochabers Fiddlers –\u00a0 Frontline<\/p>\n

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WOW! A great deal of dancing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/1funny.com\/movie-stars-dancing-to-im-so-excited\/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse&utm_content=Movie+stars+danci<\/a><\/p>\n

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Applecross sunset<\/p>\n

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Why are wine barrels so expensive?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VID-20170109-WA001911.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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We had one of these in Glasgow.\u00a0 Know what it is for and what it is called?\u00a0 \u00a0I’ll tell you later.<\/p>\n

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Eildon Hills near Melrose<\/p>\n

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The machine is called a “Mangle” and it is really a big wringer.\u00a0 You fed sheets etc. through between the rollers and it squeezed the water out to speed up drying.\u00a0 It was manual and you turned to handle to move the rollers.<\/span><\/div>\n
This was in the days before dryers and the washing was hung outside to dry.\u00a0 We had poles at each corner of the back green to hold a wire rope strung between them.\u00a0 The washing was pegged onto the wire on wooden poles propped up the wire which sagged from the weight.\u00a0 Of course the washing had to be brought in when it rained and then put back out again or it had to be hung up on pulleys in the kitchen.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Going back further to my father’s youth here is an excerpt from his story;<\/span><\/div>\n
In the kitchen were two long wooden poles, suspended from the ceiling by ropes and pulleys, used for drying clothes.\u00a0 There was always something hanging on a pulley and a distinct and fully recognisable smell of damp clothes and soap.\u00a0 The soiled clothes for washing were usually taken to the public washhouse called the Steamie where there were a row of stands consisting of a washing tub with plenty of hot running water and a rinsing tub and a drying oven and a stand could be booked for a certain day and time.\u00a0 It was a fine place for the housewives to relax and gossip while the clothes were in the oven drying.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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A polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl.\u00a0\u00a0Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well.<\/p>\n

One day he rushed into a lawyer\u2019s office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him.<\/p>\n

The lawyer said that getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances and asked him the following questions:<\/p>\n

Have you any grounds?
\nYes, an acre and half and nice little home.<\/p>\n

No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?
\nIt made of concrete.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think you understand.\u00a0 \u00a0Does either of you have a real grudge?
\nNo, we have carport, and not need one.<\/p>\n

I mean what are your relations like?
\nAll my relations in Poland.<\/p>\n

Is there any infidelity in your marriage?
\nWe have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player.<\/p>\n

Does your wife beat you up?
\nNo. I always up before her.<\/p>\n

Why do you want this divorce?
\nShe going to kill me.<\/p>\n

What makes you think that?
\nI got proof.<\/p>\n

What kind of proof?
\nShe going to poison me.\u00a0\u00a0She buy a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom. I can read English pretty good and it say\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Hopkins – A multi talented person.\u00a0 \u00a0If interested, Google and go to Wikipedia for a glimpse into his life.\u00a0 \u00a0Music was his first “love”.\u00a0 \u00a0You may well have viewed this item earlier.\u00a0 If so, consider spending another few minutes in review.\u00a0\u00a0 Personally, it stands out as one of the better examples of the best in human creativity.\u00a0 Violinist Rieu’s audience certainly agrees with that!<\/p>\n

Mr. Hopkins clearly enjoyed multiple creative gifts.<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Rieu – And The Waltz Goes On (composed by: Anthony Hopkins)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Happy Valley, Orkney
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A SENIOR\u2019S DRIVER’S LICENSE<\/p>\n

A man was sitting on a lawn sunning and reading, when he was startled by a fairly late model car crashing through a hedge and coming to rest on his lawn. He helped the elderly driver out and sat her on a lawn chair.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goodness\u201d he exclaimed, \u201cyou are quite old to be driving!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes\u201d she replied,\u201d I am old enough that I don\u2019t need a license anymore. The last time I\u00a0 went to my doctor he examined me, and asked if I had a driver\u2019s license. I told him yes and handed it to him. He took scissors out of a drawer, cut the license into pieces and threw
\nthem in the wastebasket.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dYou won\u2019t be needing this anymore,\u201d he said.\u00a0 “So I thanked him and left.\u201d<\/p>\n

DON’T YOU JUST LOVE OUR SENIORS<\/p>\n

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We all knew Roger Federer, Tommy Haas and Grigor Dimitrov could play tennis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But wait there\u2019s more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch them, with David Foster on the grand piano, as they sing in harmony, amazingly well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

https:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VID-20180208-WA00341.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n
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Loch Maree & Slioch<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/05-Mays-100-8-x-32-Jig.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n

May’s 100 – 8 x 32 Jig – Marian Anderson And Her Scottish Dance Band
\nThe Other Kangaroo Paw<\/p>\n

Confused
\n<\/strong>I became confused when I heard the word ‘service’ used\u00a0<\/strong>with these agencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Internal Revenue ‘Service’
\nPostal ‘Service’
\nTelephone ‘Service’
\nCable TV ‘Service’
\nCivil ‘Service’
\nCity, State & Public ‘Service’
\nCustomer ‘Service’<\/p>\n

This is not what I thought ‘service’ meant.<\/p>\n

But today, I overheard two farmers talking, and one of them said he had hired a bull to ‘service’ his cows.<\/p>\n

BAM! It all came into focus. Now I understand what all those agencies are\u00a0 doing to us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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View from Barassie beach<\/p>\n

I hope that many of you have had your jab by now, at least the first one.\u00a0 If not please get it whenever you are eligible.\u00a0 The more people that are vaccinated the sooner we can get back to dancing.<\/p>\n

Keep masking up, obey whatever restrictions there are in your area and stay safe!<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy this and whatever faith you have enjoy the peaceful music on this holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TheLordsPrayer.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

May your troubles be one, may your blessings be more,
\n<\/strong>and <\/strong>may nothing but happiness come through your door.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duncan MacKenzie
\n<\/strong>ceilidh@rscdsvancouver.org\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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