Music & Events - Ceòl is Tachartasan

Ceolas

Share in the Gaelic language, the music, the dance and the place!

Ceolas is a unique summer school set in the Gaelic speaking community of South Uist in the Hebrides. Ceolas is a music and dance summer school featuring expert tuition in piping, fiddling, singing, Scotch reels and Quadrilles, Step Dancing and the Gaelic language. Ceolas explores the vital connections between Scottish Traditional music, Gaelic song and dance while allowing ample forms in ceilidhs and in homes, the place which fostered them.

Classes during Ceòlas are all held in Daliburgh School in Daliburgh (Dalabrog) at the south end of South Uist. Each day follows a set format. You can ease yourself into the day by joining one of the optional classes in Gaelic language (for learners) or Gaelic lectures (for fluent speakers),even if you have been out "ceilidh-ing" till dawn!

Typically, tuition takes place between 9.30am and 4.30pm. Thereafter there is a range of options available to participants. A lively fringe programme, which includes cèilidhs, community concerts and dances, is organised by Ceòlas. A particular highlight are the 'house cèilidhs' at which tutors, participants and local folk get together in houses in the community and sing, dance and play the night away.

A record-breaking number of people attended the Ceòlas music and dance summer school in South Uist last July. Attendance more than doubled compared with the year before, marking a further major expansion for the event that was first held in 1996.

If you aren't already aware of the old Gaelic saying "Thig crioch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol agus ceòl" - the world will come to an end but music and love will endure - you'll be a firm convert to its fundamental truth by the end of the Ceòlas week.

Ceolas summer music school takes place in early July each year, for more information please contact: info@ceolas.co.uk or see www.ceolas.co.uk.