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

 

August 9 - Terry & Kate

 

August 2 - Kate & Nancy

22 dancers including new dancers Josh and Jackie, friends of Shelby

Steps: briefly went over skip change and strathspey traveling steps

Formation: Grand Chain, Corners pass and turn in strathspey and quicktime

• Canadian Barn Dance
• The Tabby Cat
• Triple Happiness
• The Reel of the Royal Scots
• Glayva
• The Paisley Weavers
• Trip to Timber Ridge

 

July 26 - Nancy & Hugh

17 dancers

• The Scots Bonnet
• Simon Brodie
• The Kissing Bridge
• The Bus Pass
• 12 Coates Crescent
• Trip to Timber Ridge 

 

July 19 - Rebecca & Janice - Social Dance / AGM

19 dancers

• Canadian Barn Dance
• Kathy's Fascinator
• The Sauchie Haugh
• The Sailor
• John Cass
• Dunfermline Glen
• Mairi's Wedding 

 

July 12 - Rebecca & Hugh

23 dancers

• Witches Reel
• A Jig for Mrsw. Dunn
• Bonnie Stronshiray
• Mairi's Wedding
• John Cass

 

July 5 - Janice & Terry

25 dancers

Formations and practice:

Steps taught: Pas de Basque

Formations taught: Poussette

• Flowers of Edinburgh
• Over the Hills
• Inverary
• The Gilly Flower
• The Paisley Weavers

 

June 28 - Rebecca & Kate

21 dancers

Formations and practice:

"No thank you"

Tournee review

• Canadian Barn Dance (warmup dance)
• The Happy Meeting
• The Sauchie Haugh
• The Sailor
• John Cass
• Dunfermline Glen
• Capelthwaite

 

June 21 - Kate & Janice

24 dancers

Formations: Right hand chain, left hand chain

• Gaelforce Wind   J32     3/4L  Haynes: RSCDS Graded 3
• The Sheltered Cove   S32     2/4L  Zadworny: Aye Afloat
• The Barmkin   R88      4S   Goldring: RSCDS Graded 2
• The Wandering Wallaby   J32     4/4L  Fish: RSCDS 50
• Cauld Kail   M32     3/4L  RSCDS IX
• Red House   R40     2/4L  Playford: RSCDS VII

 

June 14 - Nancy & Janice 

18 dancers, including newcomer Holly, who has danced (modern, other?) and did very well! Her mother Jenny watched, they knew the Briggs family

Steps taught: Strathspey setting

Figures taught: 3 couple poussette

• The Edinburgh Toy Shop
• As Time Goes By
• The Compliment
• A Reel for Alice
• Neidpath Castle

 

May 31 - Terry & Janice 

23 dancers

Review for MSW

• The Lass of Livingston
• Tullynessle and Forbes Hall
• Friday’s Child
• Dunfermline Glen
• Bridge of Nairn
• Napier’s Index
• Airie Bennan

 

May 24 - Nancy & Janice 

30 dancers

• Happy Meeting
• The Sailor
• It's About Time 
• Maxwell's Rant
• Bees of Maggieknockater
• Canadian Landscape 
• The Compleat Gardener 

 

May 17 - Rebecca & Hugh

27 dancers

Figures taught: Tournee

• Tennessee Mixer
• J. B. Milne
• Dunfirmline Glen
• Irish Rover
• Duchess of Atholl's Slipper
• General Stuart's Reel 

 

May 10 - Janice & Rebecca

27 dancers

• Tenneesee Mixer 
• Village Reel
• Uncle Isaac
• Canadian Landscape
• Napier's Index
• Maxwell's Rant

 

May 3 - Nancy & John

25 dancers, including Claire's brother Ross--she didn't know he was coming!

• Lady Dumfries
• Lea Rig
• Friday's Child
• Sugar Candie
• Starry Eyed Lassie

 

April 26 - Terry & Hugh

26 dancers

• Happy Meeting

• Airie Bennan

• The Bridge of Nairn

• Ardbrae Angels

• Tullynessle & Forbes Hall

• The Kenora Reel

 

April 19 - Hugh & Janice

16 dancers

• The Lass of Livingston

• The Brudenell Jig

• It's About Time

• The Compleat Gardener

• The Sailor 

 

April 12 - Rebecca & Kate

25 Dancers, including Mandar and another new dancer Joan

Steps: skip change and strathspey traveling

Formation: Allemandes in strathspey time

• Helen's Awa' Tae Scotland

• The Highland Rambler

• The Minister on the Mississippi 

• Onyx

• My Friend Joe

• Welcome to Ayr (walk-through only) 

 

April 5 - Kate & Nancy

24 dancers, including new dancer Mandar (does other kinds of dancing)

Step practice: Skip change

Figure practice: Rights and Lefts

• The Wild Geese

• The Clumsy Lover

• Hame Came Our Gudeman

• The Bees of Maggieknockater

• Trip to Timber Ridge 

 

March 29 - No dancing due to Ball weekend

 

March 22 - Rebecca & Nancy

6pm: Walkthrough 

? dancers

2nd set of ball dances:

• Kathy's Fascinator

• Soldier's Joy

• Something in the Air

• The Nurseryman

• Katherine Hamilton

• Deil Amang the Tailors

 

7pm Regular Class

37 dancers, including first-time MSCR student Caroline Sawyer

3rd set of ball dances:

• Catch the Wind

• Neil M Grant

• Reely Easy Strathspey

• Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder

• Barbara's Strathspey

• Trip to Timber Ridge

• EXTRA: Glayva in 3- and 4-couple sets

 

March 15 - Hugh & Janice  CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW

 

March 8 - Kate & John

 

25 dancers, New dancer JJ, does West coast swing. Nancy gave him flyer

Ball review

• Dashing White Circle

• Rodney's Rant

• Butterscotch and Honey

• Glayva (lots of sets had difficulty - should have reviewed more slowly)

• The Atholl Reel (strathspey)

• Galbraith Gold

 

March 1 - Nancy & Janice

 

26 dancers

Figures: Espagnol

• Rodney's Rant

• Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder

• Barbara's Strathspey

• Glayva

• The Reely Easy Strathspey

• Trip to Timber Ridge

 

February 22 - Terry & Kate

 

29 dancers including Denise, Suzie and Carrie from Chicago; Carl D and Debbie N too!!

Figures: Rose progression, Set and link for two and for three; the Spoke

• The Deil Amang the Tailors

• Something in the Air

• Neil M Grant 

• Katherine Hamilton

• Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder (after 9 PM - 2 sets)

 

February 15 - Rebecca & Janice

 

Focus on reels

6:00

• Fairy Ring

• Reels of Joy

 

7:00

• Catch the Wind

• Reely Easy Strathspey

• Kathy's Fascinator

• Galbraith Gold

• Butterscotch and Honey

• Dashing White Circle

 

February 8 - Kate & Terry

 

21 dancers

Formations: Double triangles and inverting double triangles, reviewed corners pass & turn, 3-couple bourrell

• The Dhoon

• The Nurseryman

• Barbara's Strathspey

• The Soldier's Joy

• The Atholl Reel

• Trip to Timber Ridge

 

February 1- Janice & Nancy

 

22 dancers

Formation taught: Diagonal Rights & Lefts

• The Yorkshire Rose

• Monymusk

• The Winding Path

• Grandmother's Delight

• Rodney's Rant

• The New River Reel

 

January 25 - Terry & Kate

 

24 dancers including new dancer Arica, pronounced like Erica

• Burns Night

• Grandmother's Delight

• Flight of the Lancaster 

• Linnea's Strathspey

• Ingrid

Not enough time to also include The Winding Path 

 

January 18 - Nancy & Hugh

 

Steps taught: Strathspey setting into traveling 

24 dancers

• Corn Rigs

• J.B. Milne

• Miss Eleanor

• Galloping Carousel 

• Slytherin House

• Granville Market 

 

January 11 - Kate & Nancy

 

24 dancers

• Jamie's Jig

• Drifters

• Red Rum

• Polharrow Burn

• Slytherin House

Not enough time for the last dance, so skipped Ingrid 

 

January 3 - Winter Dance Party

 

28 dancers, including Kathy and Brigid Mullen for the first dance

• January Welcome                       

• The Westminster Reel                    

• The Craven Strathspey                   

• Alan J Smith                            

• The Royal Wedding                      

• Torryburn Lassies                       

• The Cranberry Tart                      

• Butterscotch and Honey                 

• Coit Tower Reel                         

• Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder  

• Sandy o'er the Lea                     

• The Highlandman Kissed his Mother