Victoria On The Square, Hanley

Happy Birthday Sylvia!

This was probably the smallest dance floor that we've ever held a ceili on – we had dancers galloping up the corridors trying to find a little more space. It was so cramped that we had to do some of the dances in relays. There's an Irish tune called Round the House and Mind the Dresser which refers to the days when dances were held in homes rather than halls. We've renamed it Round the Pub and Mind the Speakers in honour of the Victoria on the Square. Thanks to Mike who was much in demand to make up the numbers and still found time to take the photos and to Tom (bass) and Arthur (drums) for halving the average age of the band.

Here are Sylvia's dances for your Moody Food Dance Card:

Cock o' the North / 100 Pipers
The Flying Scot
Behind the Haystack / Merrily Danced the Quakers Wife
The Snowball
Discouraging Waltz / Ragtime Annie
Goatland Square Eight (1)
The Humours of Scariff / Some Say the Devil is Dead
The Siege of Delhi / The Earl's Chair
Simple Longways Set
Clopton Bridge
The Gravel Walks / Crowley's Reel
Goatland Square Eight (2)
Cumberland Square Eight
Circassian Circle
Cock o' the North / 100 Pipers

Happy Birthday Sylvia.  59 + 1 = 60.