I've been asked by a bride for a ceili wedding. She was very specific about wanting Irish music, which i booked, but she was very vague about what ceili dancing was. She said " not really sure the names of the dances, we had the one with torpedo, in lines, some squares, dosey does spinning and such not sure if that helps."

I do know how to teach ceili, but going into great detail on 3s and 7s and jig step didn't seem to really lend itself to a wedding. My plan was definitely to include The Haymaker's Jig, Walls of Limerick, maybe Shoe the Donkey, but not too get much more complicated than that, subbing in ONS material from my regular wedding dances of squares, family dances, etc. but done with a little more Irish styling.

So, any advice on more Irish dances that lend themselves well to weddings?

Regards,

Deborah Hyland

St. Louis