Dozens of people enjoyed an outdoor ceilidh with a difference yesterday.
And the dreich weather made no difference to the dancers, as they whirled around Stonehaven Open Air Pool to traditional tunes with a twist, such as the Splashing White Sergeant and Drip the Willow.
The popular annual event forms part of the line-up for the Stonehaven Folk Festival, but was all the more special this year as organisers managed to get more than 80 musicians to provide the music – on the 80th anniversary of the pool.
The band were led by the North East Folk Collective, and made up by other musicians who played at the folk festival, with pool mascot Splasher the Dolphin stepping in with a tambourine to become the 83rd member of the ceilidh band.
Charlie West, organiser of the folk festival, said the four-day event had been excellent, with sell-out concerts and positive feedback from both visitors and musicians about the programme, which also included workshops.
He said: “We had three sell-out concerts, excellent audiences and a lot of good, positive feedback.
“My personal highlight was seeing Patrick Street, a legendary band who haven’t played in Scotland for 12 years. We managed to get them to do a free concert in the town square before their main concert.
“It rained for the aqua ceilidh which was unfortunate, but we had 83 musicians playing and it was good fun.”