How many people are needed to make it a successful Ceilidh?
I usually say 50 minimum….. In terms of making the event a great success,
the most important participants are the hosts, or, for a wedding, the bride
and groom. As long as the hosts join in fairly regularly with the dancing,
then lots of their guests will also be willing to dance. If there were, say,
about 100-120 guests, we’d never expect everyone to be up dancing every
time. There will always be some people who don’t wish to join in at
all but prefer to sit and watch or chat. As long as about 30 - 40 people
are willing to get up at any one time, the Ceilidh will go well. Even better,
of course, if more are willing to dance, but we realise that occasions like
weddings and parties are a chance for people to meet up for the first time
in ages and catch up on news, so socialising is also a priority. Any fewer
than 16 – 24 keen dancers will be a bit of a struggle. It would mean
that the same people have to dance every dance and it would be totally exhausting!
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