I was most pleased this week – I got the final go-ahead to start a ceili club at CVCA. Ceili (“kay-lee”) is Irish social dancing – it is like American square dancing, but with Irish music and basic Irish dance steps. Last year and this year (coming up), CVCA has had square dancing at the winter social event, but this will be the first time CVCA has had a club where the primary focus is dancing. I hope there is enough interest; I probably need about 16 people who can come more often than not. The room can hold up to 30 people or so, so I’ll have to see. We have an informational meeting this Thursday with the juniors and seniors to see what the interest level is. I also have 4-5 faculty/staff who have shown interest. I hope it goes well.

I also hope to eventually get to bring in some demonstrations of Irish culture – maybe Gaelic speakers, maybe Irish musicians, maybe Irish story tellers.

I think dance (as long as it is not vulgar) is a source of joy, and Christian communities should excel at joy. I’m looking forward to Ceili Club. Wish me well!

(The picture is the picture of the “four evangelists” page from the Book of Kells, which could be Scottish in origin, but we’ll overlook that since it is in Dublin now.)