Our caller, Ben has been calling ceilidhs for 20+ years and has led dances at hundreds of events: weddings; birthdays; engagement parties; festivals; charity events; school and university events; ceilidh clubs and even a divorce party! He aims to make the dances accessible and inclusive, calling some less well known dances along with some popular standards, as a means to cater for all dancers regardless of previous experience.
Here is a list of some of our most popular ceilidh dances, but there are plenty more we can offer if there’s one you particularly want for your event:
| Arches of St Magnus’ |
| Auld Lang Syne |
| Black Nag |
| Boston Tea Party |
| Bottoms Up |
| Bransle de Moutarde |
| Bridge o’er the Bay |
| Bridge of Athlone |
| Britania Two-step |
| Canadian Barn Dance |
| Chancellor’s Farewell |
| Chapelloise |
| Christmas Tree |
| Circassian Circle |
| Circle Waltz |
| Clopton Bridge |
| Cornish 6-hand Reel |
| Cumberland Square Eight |
| Dashing White Seargent |
| Djatchko Kolo |
| Flying Scotsman |
| Four Round Four |
| Fretful Porcupine |
| Gay Gordons |
| Highland Barn Dance |
| Holmfirth Square |
| La Pieternelle |
| Lucky Seven |
| Maggie’s Mixer |
| March to the End |
| Miiltary Two-Step |
| Ninepins |
| Orcadian Strip the Willow |
| OXO Reel |
| Rebecca’s Roundabout |
| Riverside |
| Rozsa Waltz |
| Sausage Machine |
| Siege of Ennis |
| Small Potatoes |
| Snakes and Ladders |
| Snowball Reel |
| St Bernard’s Waltz |
| Strip the Willow |
| Swedish Masquerade |
| Sweets of May |
| Tarantella |
| Virginia Reel |
| Walls of Limerick |
| Waves of Morecambe Shore |
| Waves of Tory |
| Westmoreland Cottagers |
| Witch’s Reel |
| Wring out the Dishrag |
| Zemer Atik |