Taff Rapper took command of the hall for a thoroughly entertaining spot which included as a bonus a morris jig by Rhys Boorman.
Cats Claw kept up the pace with a swinging set of tunes through the whole evening. Mic Spenceley gave us a good variety of dances.
Another first for the Ruff Ceilidhs – Juice with added bits, melodeon and mandocello.
Another great night from this established band sounding fresher than ever. Bernard Kilbride on the fiddle, Imogen O’Rourke playing flute, Dean Ryan on the bass, Daniel James with his mandocello and Sam Mabbet playing melodeon. Not to forget Dave Parsons sporting a restrained Christmas tie.
The crowd were a little thin in numbers but of course of the highest quality.
Please bring your mates to our next spasm in January. If you’re looking for a last minute Christmas present get them an advance ticket (and save £2)!
We’re all chickens now! Steamchicken wowed the crowd with their music and Lisa was loved for her calling. Her dances were interesting without being too complicated and she kept the dancing going with hardly a break.
Cobblers Awl put on a spot to their usual high standard.
I certainly had a great time last night.
We had a good number of new dancers, bringing the average age of the crowd down quite a bit. Paul Weir stuck to some fairly straightforward dances which suited the audience well. We had for example, La Russe, Waves of Tory, Guid Man of Ballanguigh (is that how you spell it?)
There was a full dancefloor of happy dancers from start to finish – including a typically lively spot from Cardiff Morris.
Now if they all come back and bring their mates we’ll have a storming night with Steamchicken.
Ceilidhography – I have to say they were fabulous and Phil Bassindale was a really lovely 
caller.
I’m delighted that we had a good crowd to do justice to the band and caller, it really was a memorable night. We’ve now shut down until our next in October which is how it took me so long to post this – time expands to fill the work available?
The other fabulous detail is that we did manage to break even so lets hope we can repeat the formula next year or sometime soon.
We’ve just had a meeting. Very civilised with tea and cakes (and very nice cake too thank you). The basic situation is we’re losing money at the moment on most ceilidhs, especially the ones with the more expensive bands.
The best thing would be if we could get more people in to see how much fun it is. Then we could stop worrying about the money. All suggestions will be considered.
If you like it, please bring a friend – If you buy your tickets in advance you can also save on the admission. That’s got to be a win-win for us all.