Hi there friends,
I have all of our events booked for the rest of 2024! Please note when registration opens as well. Tickets will go quickly!
Celtic Gala – August 10th at 7:00pm (Ages 18+)
Station 67 – 379 W Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215.
Registration opens on Saturday, June 1st.
Celtic Ball – August 31st, Practice 10am to 1:30pm, Ball 7:00pm (Homeschoolers and their friends, alumni welcome. See note below)
St Charles Preparatory School – 2010 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43209
Registration opens on Saturday, June 29th.
Celtic Gala – November 23rd at 7:00pm (Ages 18+)
Station 67 – 379 W Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215
Registration opens on Saturday, October 5th.
Celtic Ball – December 21st, Practice 10am to 1:30pm, Ball 7:00pm
(Homeschoolers and their friends, alumni welcome. See note below)
St Charles Preparatory School – 2010 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43209
Registration opens on Saturday, November 2nd.
Our April Celtic Ball sold out in less than a day. That’s just amazing to us! Not only did it sell out ridiculously fast, but I had a waiting list of over 150 kids. We are in awe of how the Lord has blessed this event and what a robust and thriving homeschooling community central Ohio has right now!
I’m genuinely sorry to those who didn’t make it into the April Ball. I absolutely hate having to turn people away! But here are my announcements to remedy this as best we can in the future:
First, as I’ve already mentioned, we will do our best to host three Celtic Balls annually instead of just two. I’ll always give a head start signing up to those on the previous Ball’s waiting list. That way, everyone should be able to make it into at least one or two Balls each year, if they wish. We’ll also host at least one event annually for ages 18+ as you already know. Furthermore, beginning in 2025, the Celtic Ball will be strictly for those ages 14 and up.
Waiting to make this change until next year will hopefully keep many little hearts from breaking who are looking forward to attending when they turn 13 later this year. Before 2020, the Ball was more often for ages 14+, however after Covid we opened it up to 13-year-olds to help fill our events as many families were slow to resume attending large events.
The other issue that keeps coming up is alumni attending the ball. I’d like to address that now.
Alumni will still be allowed to attend the ball. We have had many discussions about this and still feel that it only adds to the event as a whole to have them attend. The ball is meant to be a social dance similar in that respect to a square dance, Ceili, or other such event where people of all ages are dancing and socializing together. We say ages 13+ (soon to be 14+) just to keep it more of a formal event. The alumni bring some dancing experience that helps the newer kids learn, and also allows for sibling sets to attend together if they wish, even if some siblings have graduated. Josiah and I both come from large families and loved having the opportunity to do this back when we attended this event before it became ours years ago. Also, almost the entire team who hosts the ball is made up of Celtic Ball alumni, many who are in their mid to upper 20s now. It would seem odd to me to restrict other alumni from attending since this is the case and since the team participates in the dances.
We, above all, desire this event to be an uplifting and God-honoring experience. This is obviously why we encourage certain social graces, require a certain dress code, etc. To those who feel it’s inappropriate for an 18+ year old to dance with a younger person, I’d l say that the nature of the dances we teach would hopefully never lend themselves to being misconstrued as inappropriate by someone who only has pure intentions. If a gentleman/lady has acted above reproach, at any age, there should be no means for someone to accuse them of behaving otherwise. It’s just as possible for a seventeen-year-old to misconduct themselves as it is for a 20-year-old to do so. Our goal, of course, is that neither would happen! To that, our team and wonderful chaperones have done a great job of helping to keep the Ball safe, fun, and uplifting.
Having said all that, few alumni attend anyways. The actual stat for the current ball is under three percent. Some 19-year-olds are also seniors, so we’d never want to exclude them. The gala (our adult only event) isn’t really to pull alumni away from attending the ball so much as to give those who don’t attend the ball anyway an event of their own to enjoy.
I understand that some of you may not agree with at least part of what I’ve said, and that’s okay. I just wanted to clearly convey our vision and heart for this event and hopefully clear a few things up.
Blessings,
Josiah and Elaina Moore
Celtic and Moore
614.381.5697
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