Please include teachers' names, number of dancers (and details if new), dances taught, and any formations/steps taught.

 

December 17 - Rebecca and Janice

~17 dancers including newer dancer Christine from Milwaukee

Taught Rondel and Poussette Right Round and some Set to Corners & Partner preparation (quick)

• Come What May 
• Royal Deeside Railway 
• Sauchie Haugh
• Toast to the Mousies
• Snowdrops
• Arthur's Seat 

 

December 10 - Terry and Kate

19 dancers including newer dancer Christine from Milwaukee

• Joanna's Jig
• Toast to the Mousies
• The Camp of Pleasure
• Tap the Barrel
• Anna Holden's Strathspey
• Blue Bonnets
• Bratach Bana

 

December 3 - No Dancing

Party on December 2

• The Borrowdale Exchange R32 Haynes: Carnforth 2
• Kendall's Hornpipe J32 RSCDS Graded
• Broadway S32 Ronald: The Big Apple Collection
• Fair Jenny's Jig J32 Wallace: Redwood
• State of Grace S32 Wilson: Dances Online [San Francisco]
• The Australian Ladies R32 Campbell: Glasgow Ass.
• Programme Item: Interval
• New Year Jig J32 Robson: RSCDS LI
• Culla Bay S32 Dix: RSCDS XLI
• Ha! Ha! The Wooin' o' it R32 MMM
• The Flight of the Falcon J32 Priddey: Anniversary 10sm
• Barbara's Strathspey S32 McKinnell: RSCDS XLVI
• Trip to Timber Ridge

 

November 26 - Kate & Nancy

20 dancers, including MSCR students Mike & Paula

Figures taught/reviewed: Rights & Lefts, Ladies’ Chain, Set & Link for 3C, Diagonal Rights & Lefts

• The Borrowdale Exchange 
• New Year Jig 
• Barbara’s Strathspey
• Kendall’s Hornpipe
• Broadway
• Australian Ladies 

 

November 19 Graduation Party - Janice & Nancy

26 dancers

• Sheena's Saunter
• Charlestown Chaser
• Seann Tribhaus Willichan
• Culla Bay (Demo)
• Ha! Ha! The Wooin' o' It
• Gramachie
• Lord MacLay's Reel (Demo)
• New Year Jig 

 

November 12 - Janice & John

? dancers

Taught: Petronella in Tandem, Advance/retire in skip change

• The Borrowdale Exchange
• Come What May
• State of Grace
• Trip to Timber Ridge
• Anna Holden's Strathspey
• New Year Jig

 

November 5 - Janice & Kate

11 dancers

Reviewed Set and Rotate

• The Fairy Ring
• Caldercruix
• The Falkirk Lass
• Desperation
• Linnea's Strathspey
• Culla Bay

 

October 29 - Terry & Nancy

13 dancers

• It’s All Right
• Ha! Ha! the Wooin’ o’ It
• Broadway
• Maxwell’s Rant
• Barbara’s Strathspey
• Fair Jenny’s Jig 

 

October 22 - Nancy & Janice

12 dancers

Reviewed Strathspey traveling step

Dolphin reels (alternating tandem reels)

Many corner formations for Marie: Corners Pass & Turn, Turn Corners Pass Partner, Set to and Turn Corners

• Collie Law
• Gramachie
• Lord MacLay's Reel
• The Flight of the Falcon
• A Lovely Hall
• Trip to Timber Ridge

 

October 15 - Rebecca and Kate

17 dancers

Special guests Mel and Ken (Portland) 

Newer dancer Marie did *very* well in tricky dances

Reviewed strathspey poussette and pas de basque coupe

• New Year Jig
• Desperation
• State of Grace
• Lord MacLay's Reel
• Change Your Shoes Faster (request): We decided that on bars 9-10 2C should dance up sideline as 1C begins leading down, and that after dancing up on bars 17-18, 2C should cast into the reel across.
• MacDonald of Keppoch

 

October 8 - Terry & Janice

15 dancers

?

• Rosnor Abbey 
• Linnea's Strathspey 
• Caldercruix
• Culla Bay
• Jenny dang the Weaver
• Australian Ladies 

 

 

October 1 - Rebecca & Nancy

17 dancers, including new dancer Marie Whelan from MSCR Try It night

Step Practice: pas-de-basque coupe, transition from pas-de-basque to traveling step & vice versa

Figure Practice: interlocking reels, Schiehallion reel

• Gay Gordons
• Ha! Ha! The Wooin' o' It
• A Lovely Hall 
• Lord MacLay's Reel
• 1314 (Strathspey only)
• Kendall's Hornpipe

 

September 24 - Technique Month - Terry & John

13 dancers - Welcome back Isabella!!!

Formation Practice: Allemande 2C; Allemande 3C; Chain progression 3C; Rondel

• Collie Law
• Linnea's Strathspey
• Jenny dang the Weaver
• The Sauchie Haugh
• The Flight of the Falcon

 

September 17 - Technique Month - Terry & Rebecca

15 dancers

Step practice: Pas de Basque, transitions, moving Pas de Basque

Formation Practice (in quick time): Set to and turn corners followed by reel of 3; Set to corners and partner

• The Falkirk Lass
• It's All Right
• Mrs MacLeod 
• Hello-Goodbye (Reel time)
• Fair Jenny's Jig

 

September 10 - Technique Month - Rebecca & Kate

18 dancers

Step practice: Strathspey traveling and setting, and transition between steps

Figure Practice (in strathspey time): Set to and turn corners followed by reel of 3; Set to corners and partner

• The Fairy Ring
• The Crieff Strathspey
• The Braes of Tulliemet
• Lady Susan Stewart's Strathspey
• Maxwell's Rant

 

September 3 - Technique Month - Nancy & Janice

14 dancers

Step Practice: Skip Change of Step, Advance & Retire

Formations: Ladies' Chain, Diagonal Reels of 4 

• Collie Law
• Wild Water
• MacDonald of the Isles
• Crom Allt
• The Kissing Bridge

 

August 27 Dances in Honor of Chuck Snowdon - Kate & Nancy

23 dancers, including Debbie Nelson and Suzie Kinsman

• Luckenbooth Brooch
• Constant Companions
• The Muirland Briggses
• Ann Lindsey’s Strathspey 
• J B Milne 

 

August 20 Social Evening - Terry & Nancy

18 dancers, including Carol and Petrovnia, who remembered almost everything from 13 years ago!

• Jessie’s Hornpipe
• Festival Fling
• Asilomar Romantic
• The Cranberry Tart
• Mairi’s Wedding 

 

August 13 - Janice & Rebecca

16 dancers

Practice: handing/ leading with purpose

Formations: Set & Rotate, Schiehallion and interlocking reels

• Spice It Up
• The Saint John River
• Desperation
• 1314
• The Scallywag
• The Reel of the Royal Scots

 

August 6 - no dancing

 

July 30 - Nancy & Kate

13 dancers, including Lauren, Val, and Lauren's mother, Cheryl (all from MSCR class). Many experienced dancers out of town at TAC in Halifax.

Step practice: Strathspey travelling & setting steps

• Jessie's Hornpipe
• Festival Fling
• Lady Glasgow
• Asilomar Romantic
• The Cranberry Tart
• Deil Amang the Tailors

 

July 23 - Social Dance Evening/AGM - Kate & Janice

18 dancers

• The Flowers of Edinburgh
• The Orchards of Co. Armagh
• The Starry Eyed Lassie
• Follow Me Home
• Deil Amang the Tailors 

 

July 16 Rebecca & Nancy

18 dancers

Step practice: Coupe pas de basque

Formation practice: Set and Rotate

• Follow Me Home
• Desperation
• Red Wine and Straight Lines
• Sugar Candie
• Lord MacLay's Reel 
• The Starry Eyed Lassie

 

July 9 Terry and Kate

17 dancers

• The Flowers of Edinburgh
• The Orchards of Co. Armagh
• The Starry Eyed Lassie
• Norma's Garden
• Midsummer Common
• New Year Jig

 

July 2 Janice and Special Guest Saskia

14-16 dancers

Step practice: PDB

Reels of four

• Follow Me Home
• MacDonald of Keppoch
• The Shetland Shepherdess
• The Orchards of County Armagh

 

June 25 - Social Dance - Kate and Nancy

21 participants, including Carol and Suzie

• Charlestown Chaser
• Happy to Meet
• Catch the Wind
• Rakes of Glasgow
• Postie's Jig
• The Reel of the Royal Scots 

 

June 18 - Terry and Rebecca

20 dancers. Reel of 4 in hallway and focus of 2 dances. Also: pas de Basque Coupé  

  1. The Wild Geese J32 3/4L RSCDS XXIV

  2. Caldercruix J32 3/4L Drewry: Bankhead 3 [experienced/confident dancers]

  3. Fair Donald S32 3/4L RSCDS XXIX

  4. Lord MacLay's Reel R40 4/4L Robertson: Collins SCD

  5. Lord Elgin's Reel S32 3/4L RSCDS XXVI

  6. The Piper and the Penguin R88 4S Goldring: RSCDS Scotia

 

 

June 11 - No Dancing: Midwest Scottish Weekend

 

June 4 - Janice and Rebecca

Figure: Dance to Corners and Set

• EH37AF
• The Montgomeries' Rant
• Never Forgotten
• Light and Airy
• Many Happy Returns
• Gothenburg's Welcome

 

May 28 - Janice and Kate

20 dancers including Ross Dixon, currently living in Nebraska

Figure reviewed: Chain and Turn Progression

• The Highland Reel
• Tinkling Jade
• The Duke of Perth
• Mrs. Stewart's Jig
• The Celebration Strathspey
• The Flowers of Edinburgh

 

May 21 - Terry and Kate

22 dancers

Formation breakout group: Mairi's Wedding half reels on the diagonals

Three of the dancers opted to watch Mairi's Wedding - not ready to dance it

• Jubilee Jig
• Reel of the Royal Scots
• Westminster Reel (during breakout group)
• Delvine Side
• State of Grace
• Mairi's Wedding

 

May 14 - Janice and John

16 dancers

Formation breakout group: All Round Poussette, Knot

• The Old Man of Storr
• Miss Milligan’s Strathspey
• Gothenburg’s Welcome
• Asilomar Romantic

 

May 7 - Rebecca and Nancy

21 dancers

Formation break-out group: RS reel of 3 across the set with 1C in promenade hold, butterfly 

• Highland Reel 
• Never Forgotten
• Luckenbooth Brooch
• Neidpath Castle
• Da Rain Dancin’
• Reel of the 51st Division 

 

April 30 - Janice and John

18 dancers, including two new people, Magda and Chelsea

Formation break-out group: RS reel of 3 across the set

• Festival Interceltique
• The Nurseryman
• The Celebration Strathspey
• Catch the Wind
• The Flowers of Edinburgh 

 

April 23 - Nancy and Kate

22 dancers, including semi-newcomer Steve and Aberdeen grad student Katrina, who is writing a news story about us!

Formation break-out group: Corners Pass and Turn, Set and Link

• Crabbit Shona
• Da Rain Dancin'
• Many Happy Returns
• Tinkling Jade
• Deil amang the Tailors 

 

April 16 - Nancy and Janice

16 dancers, including semi-newcomer Steve

Steps reviewed: Strathspey traveling & setting

Formation break-out group: Rights & Lefts, Set & Rotate

• Delvine Side
• EH3 7AF
• Westminster Reel
• Balquidder Strathspey
• Flowers of Edinburgh

 

April 9 - Terry and Kate

24 dancers

Formation break-out group: set to corners and partner; review ladies' chain

• Waltzing to Iowa
• The Montgomeries' Rant
• John Cass
• Kendall's Hornpipe
• State of Grace
• Joie de Vivre

 

April 2 - Janice & Rebecca

25 dancers, including first-timer Steve Elbow

Figures taught--beginners: Figure of 8, Reels of 3, Ladies Chain 

Figures taught--advanced: Set & Link for 3, Knot, 1/2 Reels

• Lady Wynd
• Memories of Mary Ann 
• Montgomeries' Rant
• Dundee Whaler 

 

March 26 - No dancing, ball weekend

 

March 19 - Terry & Nancy

25 dancers, including MSCR beginner Rebekah

Figures taught: Tourbillon, Corners Pass & Turn, Corners Chain

Focus on Madison Ball, last set

• Laird of Milton’s Daughter
• Duke of Perth
• Sands of Morar
• J.B. Milne
• Chequered Court
• The Minister on the Loch 

 

March 12 - Janice & Kate

24 dancers, including longtime dancer Debbie and some very new dancers

Focus on Madison Ball 2023 dances: second six

• Jessie's Hornpipe
• Seann Triubhas Willichan
• General Stuart's Reel 
• City Lights
• Balmoral Strathspey
• Duke of Perth (one walk-through and one dance-through only) 

 

March 5 - Terry & Janice

23 dancers, 

Focus on Madison Ball 2023 dances: initial six

• Sheena's Saunter
• Catch the Wind
• St Andrew's Fair
• Grant's Reel
• Mrs Stewart's Jig
• Miss Milligan's Strathspey
• De'il amang the Tailors 

 

 

February 26 - Rebecca & Kate

22 dancers, including Phyllis and MJ (!) and Carl (!) and Rick (!)

Figures taught: Crossover mirror reel, Allemande 2C and 3C

• Light and Airy
• Seann Triubhas Willichan
• Mairi's Wedding
• Ruby Wedding
• Chequered Court

 

February 19 - Janice & Terry

18 dancers, including Phyllis and MJ (!) and newcomers Talissa (from Open House) and her friend Lauren

Figures taught: Ladies chain, Grand chain, Allemande 2C

• A Highland Welcome
• Kendall's Hornpipe
• Mrs Stewart's Jig
• Deil amang the Tailors
• Sands of Morar
• The Jubilee Jig 

 

February 12 - Nancy & Kate

22 dancers, including Phyllis(!) and newcomers Talissa (from Open House) and her friend Lauren

Figures taught: Corner Chain, the Knot

• Thornycroft
• Jessie's Hornpipe 
• Grant's Reel 
• Laird of Milton's Daughter
• Miss Milligan's Strathspey
• City Lights

 

February 5 -  Rebecca & Terry

16 dancers

Figure taught: Tourbillon

• St Andrew's Fair
• Duke of Perth
• The Swan and the Tay
• The Chequered Court
• Sands of Morar 

 

January 29 - Robert Burns Night - Janice & John

16 dancers

• Corn Riggs
• Silver Tassie
• Welcome to Ayr
• The Lea Rig
• Highland Mary
• White Cockade

 

January 22 - Open House - Janice & Nancy

30 dancers

• Festival Interceltique
• The Ox
• The Bridge of Athlore
• Reel of the Royal Scots (demo)
• The Borrowdale Exchange
• Minister on the Loch (demo)
• Virginia Reel
• Charlestown Chaser 

 

January 15 - Rebecca & Kate

13 dancers

Figure taught: the Meanwhile ;-)

• The Fairy Ring
• General Stuart's Reel
• Balmoral Strathspey
• Chased Lovers
• J.B. Milne

 

January 8 - Rebecca & Nancy

16 dancers and fiddler Dave came together to support each other after Chuck's death

Figure taught: Set & Link

• Sheena's Saunter
• The Earl of Northampton
• The Whistling Wind
• Major Ian Stewart
• The Minister on the Loch 
• James Gray
• The Reel of the Royal Scots 

 

January 1 - Janice & Nancy

12 dancers

• Charlestown Chaser
• Cutty Sark
• Susan Scott of San Rafael
• Tinkling Jade
• Beeswing
• Balquidder Strathspey
• Mrs Stewart’s Jig
• Shiftin’ Bobbins