The classes taught earlier can be found here:
More specific information on steps, formations and dances can be found at:
2023-03-13 (Bexi/Tim)
first half (experienced)
- dances and practice:
- Miss Allie Anderson (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS Leaflets 16)
(danced on recap only)
- Fasching 2023 (R32, ?, Bolton-Maggs: MS)
unpublished dance by Tim
- The Rose Garden (S32, 3/3L, Johnson: MS)
- Society Piper (R32, 3/4L, Goldring: Goldring 10 soc.)
- The Piper and the Penguin (R88, 4S, RSCDS Scotia 6)
with dancers from the 2nd half
- notes:
second half (open class)
2023-03-06 (Bexi/Ann)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
- dances and practice:
- Step practice: skip change (count for 8, dance for 8, stop+count for 8, dance for 8)
- Formation practice: half Strathspey Poussette reviewed
- Ladies' Fancy (J32, 2/4L, RSCDS XIII 12)
- Step practice: Strathspey: travelling step; setting step; changing feet
- Formation practice: turn both hands; dancing in sidelins (do not back in)
- Formation practice: review half strathspey poussette
- Neidpath Castle (S32, 3/3L, RSCDS XXII 9)
- Farewell to Balfour Road (J32, 5/5L, RSCDS LII 7)
- notes:
2023-02-27 (Heiko/Ann)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
- dances and practice:
- Step practice: changing steps: "skip change -> setting step -> skip change"
- Formation practice: Set and Link for 2; mirror Reels of Three (mirroring partner)
- Farewell to Balfour Road (J32, 5/5L, RSCDS LII 7)
- Formation practice: Corner positions reviewed
- The Reel of the 51st Division (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS XIII 10)
- Formation practice: Allemande reviewed (covering, esp. while In and Under on 6, men to step in); circle (starting with right foot)
- Rakes of Glasgow (S32, 3/4L, RSCDS XI 11)
- The Old Man of Storr (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS Children 6) (quick review)
- notes:
2023-02-20 (Heiko/Ann)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
- dances and practice:
- Step practice: changing steps: "skip change -> setting step -> skip change", "skip change -> slip step -> skip change", and combinations for St Andrews Fair
- St Andrew's Fair (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS 5/1982 2)
- Step practice: travelling step, setting step, and changing steps for Strathspey Poussette
- Formation practice: half Strathspey Poussette
- Neidpath Castle (S32, 3/3L, RSCDS XXII 9)
- Formation practice: quick time Poussette
- Flowers of Edinburgh (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS I 6)
- notes:
2023-02-13 (Ann/Tim)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
2023-02-06 (Felix/Tim)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
- dances and practice:
- 1st February (J32, 2/4L, A&D Quarrie: MS)
- The Old Man of Storr (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS Children 6)
- Rakes of Glasgow (S32, 3/4L, RSCDS XI 11)
- Barley Bree (J40, 4/4L, RSCDS XIII 4)
- Duke of Perth (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS I 8)
- Step practice: skip change; stepping up & down; strathspey travelling step; Tulloch (elbow) hold for quick turns;
- Formation practice: turn corners & partner (CPCP)
- notes:
2023-01-30 Burns Dance
- from the original dance list
- the following were done:
- A Galloway Tale (R32, 4/4L, Keppie: Burns Night / Annapolis)
- Barley Bree (J40, 4/4L, RSCDS XIII 4)
- The Lea Rig (S32, 2/4L, RSCDS XXI 5)
- Corn Rigs (R32, 2/4L, RSCDS IV 12)
- Mrs Stewart's Jig (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS XXXV 1)
- Johnnie Walker (M128, 4S, N&H Robson: Whisky)
- Mei schazzal is no füü zu glaa (R32, 2/4L, Bolton-Maggs: MS)
- interval
- Tam o' Shanter (J40, 4/4L, Malley: MS)
- Burns' Hornpipe (R32, 4/4L, RSCDS XXVII 4)
- The Silver Grey (S32, 3/3L, Goldring: Goldring Graded 2)
- Cutty Sark (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS XL 2)
- The Deil amang the Tailors (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS XIV 7)
- Auld Lang Syne (sung)
- Polka
- Waltz
- notes:
- 24 dancers
- 2 dances had to be dropped from the original programme
2023-01-23 (Tim/Tim)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
- dances and practice:
- Corn Rigs (R32, 2/4L, RSCDS IV 12)
- Burns Night (J32, 2/4L, McOwen: Boston 50)
- Johnnie Walker (M128, 4S, N&H Robson: Whisky)
- Ca' the Ewes tae the Knowes (S32, 2/4L, RSCDS XVI 8)
- The Deil amang the Tailors (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS XIV 7)
- notes:
2023-01-16 (Heiko/Felix)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
- dances and practice:
- A Galloway Tale (R32, 4/4L, Keppie: Burns Night / Annapolis)
- Cutty Sark (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS XL 2)
- Formation practice: Diamond Poussette, Strathspey
- The Lea Rig (S32, 2/4L, RSCDS XXI 5)
- Burns' Hornpipe (R32, 4/4L, RSCDS XXVII 4)
- Barley Bree (J40, 4/4L, RSCDS XIII 4)
- notes:
2023-01-09 (Felix/Felix)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
2022-12-19 Christmas Party
2022-12-12 (Tim/Tim)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
2022-12-05 (Heiko/Tim)
first half (experienced)
- dances:
- The Ambassadors' Reel (R32, 3/4L, Mayr: Vienna Book)
- The Cranberry Tart (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2 6)
- The Swan and the Tay (S32, 3/3L, Saunders: Perth 800)
- Trip to Timber Ridge (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS LII 12)
- The Chequered Court (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS XLII 3)
- figures:
- Corners Pass and Turn (with different transitions and endings: passing or ending back to back)
- Double Triangles
- notes:
second half (open class)
- dances:
- Highland Schottische (S8, 1RR, Guide (ex-Collins))
- The Silver Grey (S32, 3/3L, Goldring: Goldring Graded 2)
- The Reel of the 51st Division (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS XIII 10)
- The Duke of Atholl's Reel (J32, 2/4L, RSCDS XVI 3)
- MacDonald of the Isles (S32, 3/3L, RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2 58)
- figures+steps:
- Step practice: strathspey travelling & setting steps
- reels of four
- snowball chain
- balance in line
- notes:
- 14 dancers (incl. 4 beginners)
2022-11-28 (Heiko/Felix)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
2022-11-21 (Robert/Felix)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
2022-11-14 (Heiko/Bexi)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
2022-11-07 (Bexi/Judy)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
2022-10-31 (Felix/Felix)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
2022-10-24 (Robert/Felix)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
- dances:
- The Ambassadors' Reel (R32, 3/4L, Mayr: Vienna Book)
- Holland Park (J32, 3/4L, Westwood: Let's All Dnc 1)
- Duke of Perth (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS I 8)
(slowed down)
- The Dashing White Sergeant (R32, ?RR, RSCDS III 2)
- The Ambassadors' Reel (R32, 3/4L, Mayr: Vienna Book)
(repeated)
- notes:
- 10-12 dancers, 5 beginners
- steps:
- figures:
2022-10-17 (Robert/Tim)
first half (experienced)
second half (open class)
- dances:
- Circassian Circle (R32, 2RR, RSCDS I 3)
- Barley Bree (J40, 4/4L, RSCDS XIII 4)
- Fiona's Fancy (R32, 4/4L, Gradon: Beyond the Black Stump)
- The Ambassadors' Reel (R32, 3/4L, Mayr: Vienna Book)
- The Brudenell Jig (J32, 2/4L, RSCDS Graded 2 3)
- Orcadian Strip the Willow (J16, ?/-anyL, Collins Little)
- notes:
- steps:
- skip change, stepping up & down
- figures:
- new: ’strip the willow’ movement, turn corners, R&L
- Revision of figures: Fig8, circle, hands across, DoSiDo
2022-10-10 (Robert/Tim)
first half (experienced)
- dances:
- The Compleat Gardener (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS Graded 3 14)
- Love is in the Air (R48, 3/4L, Eysseric: Paris Book 2)
- Slytherin House (S32, 3/4L, RSCDS LII 3)
- The First Rain of Spring (J32, 3/3L, RSCDS XLIX 4)
- The Aviator (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS LII 9)
- notes:
second half (open class)
- dances:
- The Fairy Ring (J32, 1C, Boyd: Happy to Meet)
- The Ambassadors' Reel (R32, 3/4L, Mayr: Vienna Book)
- Good Hearted Glasgow (J32, 3/4L, Knapman: Guide (ex-Collins))
- Fiona's Fancy (R32, 4/4L, Gradon: Beyond the Black Stump)
- Joe MacDiarmid's Jig (J32, 4/4L, RSCDS 5/1982 3)
- Virginia Reel (R40, 4/4L, Guide (ex-Collins))
- notes:
- figures:
2022-10-03 (Tim/Tim)
first half (experienced)
- dances:
- The Highland Rambler (R40, 3/4L, RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2 34)
- Spiffin' (J32, 5S, Quarries and Friends: )
- Five-Couple Macdonald of the Isles (Big Mac) (S32, 5/5L, Rigby: Rigby: Nine)
[5-couple version of MacDonald of the Isles (S32, 3/3L, RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2 58)]
- The Festival Man (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS XLVIII 10)
- Saint Columba's Strathspey (S32, 5/5L, Sproule&Gillan: Leaflet)
- notes:
second half (open class)
- dances:
- Cumberland Reel (J32, 4/4L, RSCDS I 11)
- Eight, Eight, Eight (R32, 4/4L, Bolton-Maggs: MS)
- The Spinning Dee (J32, 4/4L, Eilidh Thomson and Elie Stevens: )
- Fiona’s Fancy
- Joe MacDiarmid's Jig (J32, 4/4L, RSCDS 5/1982 3)
- Virginia Reel (R40, 4/4L, Guide (ex-Collins))
- notes:
- steps:
- new: skip change (basic: rhythm only)
- figures:
2022-09-26 (Tim/Tim)
first half (experienced)
- dances:
- The Wee Cooper O' Fife (J40, 2/4L, Foss: Song Tunes)
- The Two Gray Cats (R40, 3/4L, Walduck: Other Kangaroo Paw)
- Friendship (S32, 3/4L, Reungsuwan: Happy Blues)
- A Dance for Susi (S32, 3/3L, Brown: World Wide Weavings)
- DODGEM Reel (R32, 3/3L, Wepner&Turi: 2nd Reel Goulash)
(Walk-through only, taught by Bexi)
- notes:
second half (open class)
- dances:
- Virginia Reel (R40, 4/4L, Guide (ex-Collins))
- The Dhoon (J32, 4/4L, RSCDS Children 1)
- Oxtail Soup (R32, 4/4L, McMurtry: Devil's Quandary)
- Joe MacDiarmid's Jig (J32, 4/4L, RSCDS 5/1982 3)
- The Dunedin Festival Dance (R32, 3T, Haynes: Dunedin 4)
- notes:
- steps:
- figures:
- new: circles; hands across; Back to Back (DoSiDo)
2022-09-19 Dancing at the AGM
- dances:
- The Royal Deeside Railway (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS XL 9)
- Wha'll Be King But Charlie? (J32, 3/4L, Foss: Song Tunes)
- Balmoral Strathspey (S32, 4/4L, RSCDS XXII 3)
- Elizabeth II (R32, 3/4L, Miller: SDA 117)
- The Gentle Shepherd (J32, 4/4L, RSCDS XVII 5)
- Holyrood Strathspey (S32, 3/4L, RSCDS LI 7)
- The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (R40, 3/4L, RSCDS XXXIX 7)
2022-09-12 Start of saison social
- dances:
- The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (R40, 3/4L, RSCDS XXXIX 7)
- The Compleat Gardener (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS Graded 3 14)
- Slytherin House (S32, 3/4L, RSCDS LII 3)
- The First Rain of Spring (J32, 3/3L, RSCDS XLIX 4)
- Best Set in the Hall (J32, 3/4L, RSCDS XLVI 7)
- Love is in the Air (R48, 3/4L, Eysseric: Paris Book 2)
- Moment Of Truth (S32, 3/4L, RSCDS XXXVII 2)
- The Duke of Atholl's Reel (J32, 2/4L, RSCDS XVI 3)
- Casting Glances (S32, 2/4L, Wilson: Solstice)
- The Deil amang the Tailors (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS XIV 7)