barn dance vs gala

barn dance

noun
  • A type of set step routine dancing, such as square dance. 

verb
  • To take part in barn dancing. 

gala

noun
  • A showy and festive party. 

  • A competition 

  • Pomp, show, or festivity. 

  • A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna. 

adj
  • Celebratory; festive. 

How often have the words barn dance and gala occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )