A Birthday Barn Dance

Another repeat booking. In the Autumn I called for a church anniversary dance in Sale with Bernard Cromarty.

We were invited back for Ken's 70th birthday.

Judging by his cake Ken is a man of many, varied interests, and the guests included people from all parts of his life. All good dancers. We danced some dances I often call.

And some I do less often

I had a request from one of them (identified as a Morris-man by his reaction to Bernard's warm-up tune) for a dance that I usually only call at clubs. Luckily I had noticed that Bernard's tune book included tunes for some dances I had asked him to play when I called with him at Contra club. So we had a quick practise after our supper and they danced Duke of Kent's Waltz in the second half. Managed it very well too.

I think some of the guests were tiring by 10.45, when I was trying to fill the second set for the last dance. Bernard was reminded of a corny joke (you don't just get music from Bernard).
How many ceilidh dancers does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one more couple.