Learning the Gay Gordons

A video to show/teach the steps involved in dancing the famous Scottish Ceilidh Dance The Gay Gordons featuring the Alastair Scott Ceilidh Band - a project for the Ulster-Scots Community Network funded by ACNI.

[@tairneanaich]

Every time I have to brush up for a wedding I realise it isn‘t as complicated as I remember, and then forget all over again for the next one

[@susangregory7724]

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[@gracegorman642]

We used to do this at the church youth club - more than half a century ago. .. ❤

[@sharonwojslaw1716]

THANK YOU!! Our family does a different country every year for Christmas; this year it is Scotland This is so great for us to learn a dance.

[@stephenmcclelland6371]

Thank you Mum and daughter .. brill !

[@lifeisapain2284]

God, this is my favourite dance in school! One of the best

[@renniecameron4804]

My favourite dance with my late wife..... beautiful.

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

At school in the 60s/70s we were shown each of these dances once then were easily able to join in with the help of a “caller” and enjoy, with just the occasional misstep and wrong turn and clash, which all added to the fun.

[@paulineverriere8054]

I remember..lol

[@mbrodie2765]

Thank you! This was super helpful for learning how to teach this dance at a retreat

[@lesliecroft7861]

Hi I don't know if my post will be noticed I'm an 88-year-old Gentleman & who has danced this dance since I was a teenager I'm surprised no one has noticed that this young lady is being taught to lead off with the wrong foot the gentleman leads with the left foot not the right check out more videos' this is not meant to be over critical as I have taught dancing of all kinds & it is important to be taught correctly best wishes good dancing.

[@zellah]

Thank you!

[@Daisyworld743]

Agree - By the left.

[@happydays3678]

Thank you very much to all. This is so helpful. 🙏❤

[@dequidaqwadoa1553]

Oh my goodness ! Thank you for posting this video !! I have always wanted to do the Gay Gordon's and now I can !!!! ❤️ Love from the U.S. !!

[@clairewright2789]

That was great Thanks for posting

[@francoisebeylie2923]

In French, we call the twirl underneath the arm "pastourelle". Good teaching, thank you.

[@adedoyinijiwole5564]

Loved this. Very easy to undertstand and learn

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

Tallest person, smallest person - no! Man woman boy girl. At school I danced with chest high boys but we learned the relevant steps for our adult size.

[@hudl2464]

Hello Ruth you make it look so easy. Next week if you could go through it a few times at our next dance class? Adrian.

[@shannonrapati149]

Thankyou for teaching us

[@lornafw]

Brilliant! Very clear for our next ceilidh here near Seville in Spain!

[@daveenglish2]

Well done. Nicely played and danced.

[@justjacqueline2004]

Love it .with a wedding ensuing this was invaluable.Just need to keep hubby's size 12s off the toes.

[@evelynsaungikar3553]

Steel toed dance/evening shoes should be a thing!

[@Emma-dt5tg]

She says ‘tallest’ and ‘smallest’ but I’m taller than my boyfriend and I definitely wouldn’t switch our dancing roles because of it.

[@amedeacatpaw5987]

Yeah but at a ceilidh in Scotland at least you dance with not just your partner, but some of your friends if your partner is getting a drink say. So it really is tallest or smallest when you’re dancing with your best friend! :)

[@Emma-dt5tg]

Honestly that’s not how we’ve ever done it. I’m taller than a few male friends I’ve danced with and we’ve always based it on sex. I often take the male role dancing with female friends but not otherwise. Maybe if there was a significant height difference, but I’m just a couple of inches taller than the average man so it’s never felt necessary.

[@tacocatt6808]

Who else has a school ceilidh soon and is trying to: A - See if they remember how the fuck to do this And B - Figure out how the fuck they’re meant to do this in heels??

[@frankdsouza2425]

Wish we could have been told Mummy's NAME. She is an excellent tutor, and the Band too have done her justice.

[@evelynsaungikar3553]

It’s the very first thing she says, after “hello”. It’s Ruth.

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

It was great fun doing these at school.

[@paulineverriere8054]

The band was great too

[@betty5064]

I remember dancing thr Gay Gordons at a church "Do" in England in the Fifties.

[@fit2124]

Great job I watched this video at school

[@SQUEEZEBOXful]

Good accordion playing

[@clairewright2789]

Thank You so much ,lovely .

[@Absolutely_Cece]

Well done!

[@noraodywer4917]

She and her daughter are very.good

[@thomascatford2627]

“ quality” all the best from Scotland 🥃

[@JRJunior8624]

Very Nice ladies

[@elizabethbrand3349]

What fun!

[@CallemJayNZ]

She looks so much like you 😊 I'm not sure why i thought the Gay Gordon was an English Folk dance. Thanks for correcting my misconception via your video.

[@johnburns6422]

Music very good ,

[@zellah]

Thanks!

[@clownhall1609]

Please can you tell me the tune names. I know the first is “Scotland the Brave” Best wishes

[@kennylindsay5976]

Miss linda mcfarlane i think thats the second tune

[@innesjackson9044]

Thank you so much!!

[@noraemma6809]

Can’t step on it I used too go to the Social club I love to be able to do it it’s not easy

[@beth1234m]

Great job!

[@duaneestep6070]

Thank you

[@rebeccareay1654]

What is the name of the song to dance this to?

[@jsemplefelton5348]

Scotland the Brave.

[@KerstinWölling]

Very nice! Wish you wold have taught your daughter to do the polka though. Everything is perfect up til the polka-part, and that's the tricky bit you realy need instructions for these days. (I teach children and adults historic- and folk dancing in Sweden)

[@fit2124]

Reeee

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

That girl is exceptionally poor at keeping in time! We did these dances as younger children almost immediately once shown.

[@thacic8480]

What do you gain from being rude about a child who’s just doing a nice thing with her mum? I hope you’re not mean to your own family like this. I would be upset if my ma said something like that to me.

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

@@thacic8480I wanted people to know that it is very, very much easier and much much more fun than this girl is making it look. We are not all equally good at everything, a thought that I’m sure she’s able to bear by that age. Somebody has to be worst and most of us have had the experience of being that person at something other, some game, some dance, some sport, some subject, some art. What do you do? Laugh at yourself! Realize that and try harder.

[@mercedesramosborrego5115]

QUÉ VIDEO MÁS ÑOÑO Y ABURRIDO!!!