Day: December 11, 2010

Hello there

Well I told you about the journey we took last week over to Adelaide in South Australia

 http://stillwaters-cathy.blogspot.com/2010/12/going-west.html

I finally got round to telling you the reason we went over there

I suppose you could call them Highland Sword Dancers

I’ve only ever seen nice little girls performing Sword Dances

usually in competitions on big stages out in the open air

at some of our shows and special Highland Games

so this was very very different

It seemed odd to see these fellas wearing soft dancing shoes

I can assure you there was no sissiness about them

I really enjoyed watching them

they moved very well in them – so surefooted with lots of movement 

Also found out that the round shield they carried is called a Targe

Anyway I’ll let the photos tell the story for me

Then I discovered someone had put a video on you’tube

So let it load and enjoy the performance the same as I did

This is what was written in the program for the Celtica Festival

for a group called

Border Celts / An Ghillie Mor

as these bluefaced women and some men in kilts

gathered at the side of the stage

But I’ll let the photos talk to you first

All I can say is I was facinated by what was going on in front of us

I’d never seen it before so didn’t know what to think

Reminiscent of Morris Dancing but nothing like it at all 

I sat there totally engrossed for what was a very long set

Fabulous all the same

Here’s their web site

along with a description from a previous festival

and I see someone has actually put that particular performance on you’tube

so do click here and watch it

Let it load and then enjoy

This post been about the group called Border Celts

I’ll show you the other part of the group

An Ghillie Mor

another day