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Dancing (incl Schools)

Do you like to dance? So do we. Here's a collection of information to help you, including places to dance, forthcoming events and the major RSCDS schools; where to find dance instructions, standard terminology, the Proficiency Test and more.

Folder RSCDS Schools
The Society holds several annual schools for dancers and musicians: Summer School in St Andrews, mid-July to mid-August, Winter School in Pitlochry in late February, and Music Courses, both at Summer School at separately.
Folder Events
Dances, balls, training and other events including where to look for events in your locality.
Document Publications
The Society provides various publications to help dancers, teachers and event organisers. See below.
Link Technique
Specific points on SCD technique put forward by the Technique Committee.
Document Featured Dances
To provide some consistency and familiarity for dancers who visit other branches, the Society has selected a set of common dances which it suggests are featured during the coming year's programme of events. Featured dances for the coming year and previous years are listed below.
Link The RSCDS Shop
The place to buy dance books, CDs, or just find out which book contains a particular dance.
Document Other sites
There are various web sites which provide further information relevant to Scottish dancers. Here is a collection of links to key sites which you may find useful.
Link Faces of the RSCDS
Who's who, including all scroll recipients through the years and the headquarters office staff.
Link The Dancing Proficiency Assessment
Do you think you're a good dancer? Take the Dancing Proficiency Assessment and find out. There's more information here, including the syllabus and prescribed dances.
News Item Core Programme for Tutors (extracts) - interim document
"The Core Programme for Tutors: a synopsis by Lesley C Martin", is out of print. It is currently being updated by the Education and Training Committee. As an interim measure, to assist current candidates, an extract has been created and can be downloaded from the site. See below. N.B. If you have problems downloading this file, your Adobe Acrobat Reader may need updating. Currently (late June 2007) the latest version is 8.1.
Document John Wilkinson - Schools Director
John is Director of Schools, his main responsibility being the organisation of Summer School. He plans to encourage younger dancers and first-timers, as well as developing standards whilst maintaining the traditions and all-important social aspects of the annual four-week event.
News Item A Trip to Lorient
"A Trip to Lorient" is a new dance to be publically performed for the first time at the largest Celtic gathering in Europe. The creator, Ian Brockbank (Edinburgh Branch), will lead a young RSCDS team to perform his dance at the Interceltique Festival in Lorient, Brittany, France in early August. The Scottish Executive has provided significant funds to VisitScotland, the governmental agency responsible for promoting Scotland as a tourist destination, to ensure a strong Scottish representation at this very popular summer event. The RSCDS is, for perhaps the first time, playing a role in promoting Scottish culture in an official capacity.
News Item A Trip to Lorient (sequel)
The RSCDS, invited to participate in the Festival Interceltique, with the support of the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Minister for Culture, put on a good show.....
News Item 2008 New Year's Honour's list
Scottish country dancing featured in the January New Year's Honour's list, doubly so, when two RSCDS notables, 'Peggy' Spouse and 'Bill' Clement were awarded the MBE.
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