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.
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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.
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Events
- Dances, balls, training and other events including where to look for events in your locality.
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Publications
- The Society provides various publications to help dancers, teachers and event organisers. See below.
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Technique
- Specific points on SCD technique put forward by the Technique Committee.
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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.
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The RSCDS Shop
- The place to buy dance books, CDs, or just find out which book contains a particular dance.
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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.
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Faces of the RSCDS
- Who's who, including all scroll recipients through the years and the headquarters office staff.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.....
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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.
