Display and Survivors' ceilidhs
Dance out at the Display Ceilidh!
Saturday Afternoon
What is the display ceilidh and who should sign up?
Way way back many centuries ago, IVFDF actually included an intervarsity dance competition. Over the years, the competition was lost, but the fun opportunity to do a dance for all the other universities to watch and cheer remains! Displays are particularly welcome from university folk dance societies - it is an excellent IVFDF if every university attending does a display at the display ceilidh. We also welcome displays from the morning workshops - one year the mumming workshop brought their play to the display ceilidh! We love to have other displays as well if there is time for them. Displays can be to live music or recorded music, we have had everything from a single fiddle player to Pitbull’s Timber.
Just sign up for a display on the list at reception if you want to display. The order will be chosen based on who signs up, but let us know if there are times at the display ceilidh that will be difficult for you
You may sign up for a practice slot when the hall is free between 14:00 - 15:00, if you want to try dancing your display in the space.
Call a dance at the Survivors’ Ceilidh!
Sunday Afternoon
What is the survivors’ ceilidh and who should sign up?
The last dance of IVFDF is a scratch ceilidh where each dance is called by a different person. This is a great opportunity to introduce a pile of keen folkies to dances you love, get some practice calling in a friendly space where you only have to call one dance, (and maybe people will notice your calling and book you for more gigs!)
Callers must call gender neutral and pick a dance that the scratch band can play for (see IVFDF website for scratch band tune book).
We especially welcome student callers, young callers, career-young callers, and callers who have not called at IVFDF before. We will prioritise these if we get too many callers - but there is usually space for old favourite callers too!
Dancers will have a wide variety of dancing experience and be very tired by Sunday afternoon, so friendly accessible ceilidh dances are excellent choices. Please do not call a dance that has not been danced before.
Just sign up on the list at reception if you want to call a dance.
