News and events
RSCDS Cape Town Introductory Courses - 2018
Introductory courses to learn the basics of
Scottish Country Dancing are to be offered by the RSCDS Cape Town Branch. Learn the basics in 8 classes Tuesdays starting 27 March Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Venue: Congregational Church Hall, Church Street, Claremont (off Hershell Street). Cost: R360.00 for eight lessons
For more info or to secure your place contact Fiona secreatary@rscds.capetown by Friday 23 March 2018. |
| Attachments:
RSCDS Cape Town 2018 Intro course flyer.pdf
No walk - no talk evening of dancing - 21 April 2018
The
RSCDS Cape Town Branch will be holding the seventh in their popular No
Walk/No Talk evenings of dancing on Saturday 21 April to which you are all
invited. The programme and crib are available for
downloading below. The event takes place at Trinity Presbyterian Church Hall at 6:45pm for 7pm and will continue till 9pm, after which we adjourn for socialising over supper at a local restaurant. 1. Quarries' Jig J32 3/4L Smith: RSCDS XXXVI
2. The Reel of the 51st Division R32 3/4L Atkinson: RSCDS XIII
3. The Minister on the Loch S32 3/3L Goldring: Magazine
4. Pelorus Jack J32 3/4L Skelton: RSCDS XLI
5. The Montgomeries' Rant R32 3/4L Castle Menzies (18C): RSCDS X
6. Cherrybank Gardens S32 3/3L Drewry: Bankhead 1
7. Jaywalking J40 3/4L Tyler
8. J. B. Milne R32 3/4L Foss: Angus Fitchet
9. Land Of The Heather Hills S32 4/4L Priddey: Capercaillie
10. The Waternish Tangle J32 3/4L Barfoot: Skye 2
11. Mairi's Wedding R40 3/4L Cosh: 22 SCD
12. The Belle of Bon Accord S32 4/4L Drewry: Deeside 2
E1. Seton's Ceilidh Band J64 4/4L Fordyce: Bruce Fordyce Mem. Coll.
E2. The Recumbent Stone R48 5/5L Drewry: Greenburn 3
E3. Shiftin' Bobbins R32 3/4L Clowes: Ormskirk Mem. |
| Attachments:
2018-04-21 RSCDS Cape Town No-walk-no-talk Evening VIII.pdf
RSCDS Cape Town Branch Introductory Social - 10 March 2018
The RSCDS Cape Town branch will be having an Introductory
Social on Saturday 10 March.  Please encourage family, friends and colleagues to join us for a fun evening of easy dancing. There will be a lucky draw for dancers who bring along a newcomer to Saturday's event and refreshments will be served in the break. This social will be followed later in the month by the Branch's Introductory course on Tuesday evenings in Claremont. |
Koeksusters and Kilts - 20 March 2018
The RSCDS Cape Town Branch will be supporting a fund-raising initiative of 'Christine
and The Kilts' and doing a short display during an upcoming concert at the Artscape on Tuesday 20 March. "Chirstine and the Kilts" will be taking part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this coming August.Since it's such an expensive venture, they have decided to host a fundraising concert to pay for airfares, venue hire and accommodation. The fundraising concert is called 'Koeksusters and Kilts' and it boasts a stellar line up of artists: Alan Committee will MC the evening, multi award winning comedian, Rob van Vuuren will make a guest appearance, Fleur du Cap winner, Godfrey Johnson will entertain on song and piano, the bagpipers from the Cape Field Artillery and Indie rock band 'Mobbing Bali' will enthrall the audience with their music. All this, plus a dance performance by the Royal Scottish Country Dancing Society, a bottle of Monkey Shoulder, and Glenmorangie 10 year whiskey up for raffle, and of course, a performance from the hosts, 'Christine and Kilts'. Tickets range from R150 to R500 depending on how much you wish to give to 'The Kilts'.  |
Bergvliet's 60th Birthday Ball - Saturday 9 June 2018
Bergvliet Scottish Country Dance Club is celebrating its milestone 60th Birthday in style, hosting a Ball in Kelvin Grove’s Ballroom, on Saturday June 9, 2018. This is a not-to-be-missed occasion with a full evening’s programme of dancing to music provided by a four-piece band, led by accordionist Leon Oosthuizen. Bergvliet club is subsidising costs to keep ticket prices as low as possible so that many local dancers can enjoy the event. The dance programme and further details of costs, etc, will follow in early March. Meantime, please save the date! |
Love to Dance Class - Monday 12 February 2018
There will be a themed dance class in Fish Hoek on Monday 12th
February 2018. Scottish Country Dancers from other clubs are welcome to join us. |
| Attachments:
2018-02-12 Fish Hoe Love to Dance Class.pdf
Fish Hoek SCD End-of-year Dance Class - 11 December 2017
Fish Hoek Club will be holding our end-of-year dance class on
Monday 11th December 2017. Dancers from all clubs are once again invited
to
join us for a fun evening of dancing. The programme for the evening and crib can be downloaded below.Time: 19:45 for 20:00 Cost: R20 |
| Attachments:
2017-12-11 Fish Hoek End-of-year Party.pdf
Lynfrae End-of-year Party - 9 December 2017
Lynfrae will hold their end-of-year dance on Saturday 9 December, in the hall of Christ the King, Garfield Rd, Claremont, starting 6:30pm for 7:00pm: the cost for those other than annual members of Lynfrae, will be R20.00 . Please bring a mug along if you want tea/coffee as there are no cups in the kitchen. Eats and soft drink will be provided. We would love to see you on the dance floor. The party
programme and crib can be downloaded below. |
| Attachments:
2017-12-09 Lynfrae End-of-year Party.pdf
RSCDS Pretoria - Christmas Social 2017
If you find yourself in Gauteng consider taking
your ghillies with and joining the Pretoria branch of the RSCDS for
their Christmas social. It will be held on Thursday 7th December at 19:30 to 22:00 at their normal
venue, St Columba's Presbyterian Church hall. The cost for this enjoyable evening of dancing and social interaction is only R10 per person. Eats will be provided and there will be a raffle. Wouter Joubert has compiled a wonderful dance programme for the evening. The crib is available for download below. |
| Attachments:
RSCDS Pretoria Branch Christmas Social 2017.pdf
RSCDS Pretoria Happy Blues
RSCDS Pretoria's latest
publication 'Happy Blues' in celebration of their 45th blue sapphire
anniversary is now available.The publication is filled with happy memories, exciting
music and dances by Wouter Joubert, Liebet Joubert, Urisa Reungsuwan,
Terry Lynne Harris, and Andrew and Heather Hodgson.The thirty dances, for the most
part, fall within the intermediate spectrum of dancing expertise and
with a near-perfect balance between Jigs, Reels and Strathspeys. There
is music for every dance composed by Wouter and his son Christof and the
book has been decorated with amazing artwork. It is selling for R80 for
black and white version with colour cover or R250 for a full cover copy. For more details email: rscdspta@gmail.com |
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