Helen Lynch first took up the tin whistle to entertain her baby daughter and avoid doing the washing up. A founder member of Danse McCabre in 2003, she plays up a storm and calls the dances with clarity, energy and humour, loving the way a ceilidh brings together young and old, expert and beginner, drunk and sober… During daylight hours she teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Aberdeen, as well as tin whistle evening classes for Scottish Culture & Traditions Association. She also plays bodhran, if nobody stops her, and can also call ceilidh dances in French and Polish (though not, so far, at the same time).