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Recent Examples of ceilidh
Dancing The Irish Network hosts its annual ceili (dance) from 4 to 7pm Sunday at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter.
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
The night concluded with a ceilidh hosted by Amber’s music school friends, the Haggis Chasers.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
The night concluded with a ceilidh hosted by Amber’s music school friends, the Haggis Chasers.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
The Scotland episode sandwiches the synagogue moment with Levy standing in an ornate castle doing Sean Connery impressions, visiting a tailor to custom-make a kilt, and at a ceilidh, dancing in a kilt and making jokes about the ventilation.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
Make sure to grab a wee dram at The Malt Room, Inverness’ first whisky bar, followed by Hootananny, a ceilidh cafe for live traditional Scottish folk music (even Mumford and Sons have played here).
—Marisel Salazar, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
The wedding featured three musical moments in total: Italian jazz, followed by a ceilidh band, and then an ’80s and ’90s disco by DJ Henri, which had everyone dancing past 3 a.m.
—Emma Elwick-Bates, Vogue, 28 June 2022
She’s a member of the Irish American Club and a traditional Irish ceilidh dancer.
—Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
But later in the episode, while attending a traditional Scottish ceilidh — think of the Gatherings featured on Outlander — at Borthwick Castle, McTavish and his hips are given their rightful time to shine.
—Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2021
Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
The night concluded with a ceilidh hosted by Amber’s music school friends, the Haggis Chasers.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
The night concluded with a ceilidh hosted by Amber’s music school friends, the Haggis Chasers.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
The Scotland episode sandwiches the synagogue moment with Levy standing in an ornate castle doing Sean Connery impressions, visiting a tailor to custom-make a kilt, and at a ceilidh, dancing in a kilt and making jokes about the ventilation.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
Make sure to grab a wee dram at The Malt Room, Inverness’ first whisky bar, followed by Hootananny, a ceilidh cafe for live traditional Scottish folk music (even Mumford and Sons have played here).
—Marisel Salazar, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
The wedding featured three musical moments in total: Italian jazz, followed by a ceilidh band, and then an ’80s and ’90s disco by DJ Henri, which had everyone dancing past 3 a.m.
—Emma Elwick-Bates, Vogue, 28 June 2022
She’s a member of the Irish American Club and a traditional Irish ceilidh dancer.
—Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
But later in the episode, while attending a traditional Scottish ceilidh — think of the Gatherings featured on Outlander — at Borthwick Castle, McTavish and his hips are given their rightful time to shine.
—Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ceilidh
Noun
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From 2000 to around 2010, Reid was a mainstay in the house band at the Monday night jam sessions at the Los Angeles club The Mint.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Yet the festival and screenings also underscore AI's evolving democratizing role and its enhancement of human creativity.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The festival runs from 11:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. all three days; admission is free until 4 p.m. Friday, and until 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The sit-down was so named for the Japanese charcoal grill used in many courses, which included Japanese A5 Wagyu steak, edible floral arrangements of microgreens and crackling chicken-skin cones filled with foie gras and cloudberry jam.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Its 6 fillings include hazelnut spread, pastry cream, pistachio spread, dark chocolate, apricot jam and mixed berry jam.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The church annually has a songfest following Dec. 25, which actually begins the Christmas season, but this one will honor the Rev. Wally Hyclak, who is retiring Jan. 1.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Dec. 2019
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The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names.—
Dennis Hohenberger,
Courant Community,
29 May 2018
Noun
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Also held at the offices was Saturday’s big ending recital where the new musicians performed for family and friends.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
22 July 2025
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The 29-year-old shared several photos on her Instagram of her 2-year-old daughter Holland's first ballet recital on Monday, June 9.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
10 June 2025
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“Ceilidh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ceilidh. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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