Poynton Ceilidhs

Dates

2009

Oct 24: Albireo, caller to be confirmed
The first date of the Autumn season. Tunes from around the Western world, played with an English slant.
Nov 21: Stömp, caller to be confirmed
Concertina, flute, mandolin and fiddle weave an intricate and imaginative mix of marches, polkas, hornpipes and schottishes over the solid foundation of one of the most flexible & muscular electric rhythm sections in the land. Samples available at their Web site, as is the reason for the umlaut...
Dec 12: Cock and Bull, caller to be confirmed
Still going strong 30 years after they were formed, Cock and Bull play an Anglo-French mix of music, variously with bagpipes, clarinet, sax, keyboards, electronic percussion, mandocello and appalachian dulcimer. Note change of date.

2010

Jan 30: Random, caller to be confirmed
Feb 27: 422, caller to be confirmed
Mar 27: Time Bandits, caller to be confirmed
Apr 24: Albireo, caller to be confirmed

Times, places, prices and such

Dances are held at Poynton Community Centre. There's a map on their Web site, or on Multimap, or the address is:
107 Park Lane,
Poynton,
Stockport,
SK12 1RB

Doors open 7:45pm. Dances run from 8pm to 11:30pm. The bar's open till 11pm.

Tickets are available on the door, priced at £8 per adult, £4 per under-16. Tickets are also available in advance, at the discount price of £7 per adult, £3.50 per under-16, from Steve Hodgskiss on 01625 613679 / 07776 483 017. We can't take credit or debit cards yet (we're working on it). Cash only on the door, but we can take cheques in advance.

The venue can hold 200, but it gets very crowded for dancing above 100. As a result, we're limiting tickets to 100 per event - first come, first served, so book early make sure you get a place! We've reduced this limit recently, as our old limit of 110 was still too high for dancing.

Can I help?

We're always looking to attract new people into the ceilidh dance community. If you know of a good place to advertise the Ceilidhs, please feel free to print one of more copies of the current flyer onto white or (preferably) pale green paper and hand them out / pin them up / cut them to A5 and put them in the leaflet dispenser.

We're also always looking for feedback on the ceilidhs. If you don't tell us what you want, there's no guarantee you'll get it! We welcome constructive comments - for example, we've reduced the maximum number of tickets we'll sell as we've had feedback that the room got too overcrowded. Please feel free to email Peter and Tom at info@poyntonceilidh.co.uk with any comments.

Why isn't the web site fancier?

It doesn't need to be to get the basic facts across, and we all seem to be busy! A full website to include decent styling, dance details, music samples and a chance to leave feedback will arrive once Peter can put it together.

Until then, please email info@poyntonceilidh.co.uk for more information on any aspect of the ceilidh or to be added to the Poynton Ceilidh mailing list.

Who's running the ceilidhs?

Poynton Ceilidhs have been taken over by those nice people from Albireo.