Iona Gallery Ceilidh

This is a continuation of the previous post, the same day, a really busy day. After lunch we went to two local studios. The first was in the house of a friend of Jennifer's friend, Kate.

Studio in a really old house that they are beautifully restoring.

The name implies that it was the house for the widow of the estate.
A framed article inside said that it had been visited by D. H. Lawrence.

Kate's friend makes items (Christmas stockings, purses, eye glass cases etc) all from Harris Tweed wool.
They where all lovely and I bought a cushion (without the stuffing so it will pack flat)

We then went to a studio that I think was called the Tin House or the Tin Shed and were lucky to find the proprietor there. She does lovely sewing, again in wools, and I bought another cushion. Suitcase is going to be heavy!
When we got home Don and Peter were home from their distillery tour day.

I think Peter enjoyed his Scotch tasting.

After a quick supper we went next door to the Iona Gallery as they were having a Ceilidh (sounds like Kay Lee) to end the Homecoming Exhibition. There was a musical group with at least 4 fiddles, two drums, 2 guitars, a keyboard and a harp.

Musicians on a break

One of the young fiddlers had a lovely voice and she sang a couple of solos. There was a bar with donations suggested. A storyteller stood up a couple of times and recounted a local story. There were people to help those of us who didn't know the dances and as you can see in the video, Jennifer had no problem. She said it was like riding a bike, you always remember how.

I twisted my ankle (again !) during the first dance so sat out the rest but enjoyed the watching and the listening. It all wrapped up at about 11pm but we were told later that some of the music and dancing continued at a house ceilidh. We were having a final drink in our living room when there was a knock on the front window and the leader of the musicians was at the door and gave us all a CD as a memento.