Do I want a Barn Dance or an English Ceilidh?
• An answer lifted straight off the EC discussion list – If you’re asking the question you want a Barn Dance • In response to the perplexed ‘Eh?’. The term ‘Barn Dance’ is certainly better known than ‘English Ceilidh’. People would recognise a barn dance from various fund raising events such as arranged by school Parent Teachers Associations. People know the term ‘English Ceilidh’ from dance series, folk festivals etc. • If you are putting on an event, a lot more people would know the term barndance. • Nevertheless there’s a short dig into the difference in the overview page.
