As a tradition at our school, David Vivancos visited us, making students and teachers of the 2n and 3r year sing and dance Scottish Dances.
We learn easy dances and join in with folk songs in an inclusive atmosphere, using English vocabulary and some new words too!”
Useful Vocabulary for a ceilidh (traditional Gaelic social dance in Scotland)
Find a partner / Face to face… / Look at… / Hold hands with…. / Waltz Take your partner in ballroom hold / Lift your arms / Make arches Turn away / Step away / Change places / Drop your hands / Towards Hop /Jump / Stamp / Clap / Step / Side-step / Walk / Pirouette / Swing Turn / Spin / Kick / Spread out / Use all the space / Let go / grip / Hold on Right / Left hand / Arm / Shoulder / Foot / Heel / Toe / Waist / Back together / away / in / out / forward / back (wards) / down / up in front / behind / under / over / through / past / round / parallel back where you started / beside / clockwise / anticlockwise / closer beats (of music) / long line / couple / partner / top / bottom/ nearest / furthest / move along / move round / bigger / smaller.
