January 2015 Vancouver Island Scottish Country Dance Society

PO Box 30123, Reynolds RPO

3943C Quadra Street, Victoria BC V8X 1J5, Canada

Affiliated with the RSCDS, Edinburgh, Scotland

Web address: www.viscds.ca

Executive Committee President Margaret Mercer 250-478-5996 margaret@eaglesrest.ca

Past President Dora Dempster 250-598-0207 doradempster@shaw.ca

1st Vice President and Publicity Hilary Fedoruk 250-477-0658 hilaryfedoruk17@gmail.com

2nd Vice President and Membership Rick Deegan 250-477-6271 rdeegan@shaw.ca

Secretary Janet Yonge 250-721-3747 jebazett@gmail.com

Newsletter Editor Edith Chapman 250-592-0143 enchapma@shaw.ca

Treasurer Jamie Orr 250-478-5338 jas_orr@yahoo.com

Social Convener Sheila Eaglestone 250-727-6225 eagleroc@shaw.ca

Teacher Representative Sheila McCall 250-721-4078 sheilamccall@shaw.ca

President’s Corner January 2015 It is my pleasure to report that the St Andrews Social in November and the Christmas Social were both very

successful. We had good numbers at both and a pleasant evening was had by all.

The November dance was hosted by the Thursday night “Beyond Basic” class, with teacher Gordon Robinson

briefing the dances. Attendance was listed at 60 dancers, who kept the hall filled to the limit each dance. Thanks to

Theresa Harbidge, the class representative who helped organize the social, and to her many helpers, who made this

evening such a great success.

The Christmas social was also well attended with over 60 people attending. Quite a few of our newer dancers

came to give it a go, and they did very well. Kudo’s to our basic teachers, Sheila, Joan and Liz, who prepped their

classes so well. And thanks to all our more experienced dancers, who chose to help out the newer members get the

hang of it.

Christmas decorations in the hall were provided by the members of City Light Church and added to the festive

atmosphere, and took some of our work load away.

All classes were involved in bringing goodies and helping with this social, and the old saying,” many hands make

light work”, seemed to hold true. A delicious assortment of food was laid out and enjoyed by all of us. Thanks to

Sheila for her oversight of this area at all our socials.

Joan Axford emceed the evening with Mary Ross providing the most wonderful live music on her accordion,

which livened up our evening. Most of our teachers briefed several dances, which helped our membership to

recognize who the teachers are, and to benefit from their different styles.

Our club ended the year on a high note of solid membership, sound finances, and many new younger dancers

coming in.

As we look forward to another year of dancing, I wish you all of you a happy and healthy 2015.

Margaret Mercer, President

Newsletter The deadline for the next newsletter is February 23, 2015. Please send submissions to enchapma@shaw.ca.

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Membership This is a reminder to members who are paying their class fees in half-year installments that January to April fees are

now due. Please give these fees ($60.00) to your class rep, or to Membership Secretary Rick Deegan. Thank you!

Edith Chapman for Rick Deegan

Drop-in Fees You’ll find the opportunity to buy 10 drop-in classes for $60.00 on the membership form; please be sure to mark

Punch Card, and it will come to you through your class rep. Cards do not expire, and more can be purchased as yours

run out.

Class Reps Mon. Social Class Robin Gubby 250 - 595-6813

Linda Foley 250 - 881-1536

Tues. Basic Class Jan Beckett 250 - 598-0464

Susannah Andersen 250 - 812-9303

Wed. Afternoon Class Ian Danks 250 - 477-0346

Wed. Evening Class Ellen Campbell 250 - 592-3938

Thurs. Beyond Basic Class Theresa Harbidge 250 - 658-3834

Fri. West Shore Class Marcia Farquhar 250 - 474-6890

Vancouver Island Scottish Country Dance Society

2014 2015 Classes

All classes (except the afternoon class) run from 7:30 to 9:30 pm

2015 Mondays, January 5 to March 30, 2015 (there will be a class on February 16, Family Day)

Tuesdays, January 6 to April 7, 2015

Wednesdays, January 7 to April 1, 2015

Wednesday afternoons, January 7 to April 1, 2015

Thursdays, January 8 to April 2

Fridays, January 9 to (possibly) April 10, 2015 (no class on Good Friday, April 3)

Note: Easter Weekend Friday, April 3 to Monday, April 6

April 16, 2015 Annual General Meeting

Wednesday Evening Classes Jan 7 – Demonstration and Performance Dancing

Jan 14 – Social Review

Jan 21 – Demonstration and Performance Dancing

Jan 28 – Workshop

Feb 4 - Demonstration and Performance Dancing

Feb 11 – Social Review

Feb 18 – Social Review

Feb 25 –Demonstration and Performance Dancing

March 4-Demonstration and Performance Dancing

March 11-Workshop

March 18-Social Review

March 25-Social Review

April 1-Demonstration and Performance Dancing

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Valentine Social February 21, 2015

2:30 pm

$10.00

Dance Bars type Level Source

The Caleb Pike Jig 5x32J R-t-R B St. Martin Coll Vol 2

Mrs. MacPherson of Inveran 8x32R I Bon Accord Bk

The 24th Summer 4x32S I Devised R. Anderson Leaflet

Quarries’ Jig 8x32J A Core RSCDS Bk 36

Haste to the Wedding * 6x32J B Core RSCDS Bk 25

Neidpath Castle 3x32S I Core RSCDS Bk 22

Joy’s Jig 8x32J B St Martin Coll, Vol 2

Cadgers in the Canongate 8x48R A+ RSCDS Bk 9

The Valentine 8x32S B 5 dances for 2009

The Hazel Tree 8x32J I Core Brodie Book

Lady Dumfries 8x32R B RSCDS MMM Vol 1

Mrs Milne of Kinneff 4x32S A RSCDS Leaflet

Seton’s Ceilidh Band 4x64J I Core Morison Bush Coll

The Musical Ride 4x40R A Devised R. Anderson Leaflet

Cherrybank Gardens 3x32S I Core Bankhead Bk 1

The White Cockade * 8x32R B Core RSCDS Bk 5

Sugar Candie 8x32S B Core RSCDS Bk 26

Follow Me Home 8x32J I Core RSCDS Bk 38

Legend: Dances marked with * are No Brief, No Walk Through. All other dances will be Briefed & Walked

through.

- Instructions for the dances so marked are on page 8 of this newsletter.

St Andrew’s Social On November 15th the Beyond Basic Class hosted the annual St. Andrew’s Social. The Obed Hall was

appropriately festooned with blue and white. It was well attended with 60 dancers taking part. Gordon Robinson

once again led us through a series of basic and beyond dances and everyone seemed to be having a very good time.

Many enjoyed the marvelous array of goodies during the dinner break. The 50/50 draw paid $39 to a very lucky

person! The late revelers went out with a BANG! or many bangs as someone introduced the balloons to a tack.

Many thanks to all the volunteers who put up and took down decorations, worked in the kitchen or sold tickets,

and those who took charge of the chairs. Special thanks to Sheila Eaglestone for all the time and effort it takes to put

on a dance, and to Gordon for the many hours getting the music and program arranged. Looking forward to The

Christmas Social.

Theresa Harbidge, Beyond Basic Class Rep.

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2015 Workshop and Dance Those of you who participated in the workshop and dance last March will remember what a successful day we

had. The morning and afternoon workshops were enjoyable and informative and the delicious lunch offered a nice

break to relax and chat with other dancers.

We wanted to let you know we have a similar event planned for Saturday March 28th 2015. Same venue and

format (10am for Experienced and 1:30pm for Basic/Intermediate). The guest teacher will be Fiona Miller and the

class musician will be our own Mary Ross. In the evening we will again have The Tartan Players (with four

musicians) but the dancing will start at 7pm. We hope you can mark this date on your calendar and share the news

with your dancing colleagues.

Please check the website for further information and for the registration form. You are reminded that although

tickets are available at the door, $5 per event will be added if you have not paid and preregistered before the March 15

deadline. Many thanks from the committee for adhering to this timeline and we hope to again have an enthusiastic

response for this fun event.

Hilary Fedoruk

Workshop Social Program

7:00 pm start

The Laird of Milton’s Daughter * 8 x 32 J I Bk 22

Fisherman’s Reel 5 x 32 R I Dunblane Holiday

Butterscotch and Honey 4 x 32 S B Alexander Leaflets

Hooper’s Jig 8 x 32 J I MMM 2

Scott Meikle 4 x 32 R I Bk 46

The Gentleman 8 X 32 S I Bk 35

The Rothesay Rant 4 x 32 J B Birmingham 12 SCD

The Irish Rover 8 x 32 R A Cosh 22 + 2

Linnea’s Strathspey 8 x 32 S I Bk 47

The Flowers of Edinburgh ** 8 x 32 R B Bk 1

BREAK Shiftin’ Bobbins 8 x 32 R B Ormskirk

The Compleat Gardener 8 x 32 J I RSCDS 3rd Graded Book

The Flower of Glasgow 3 x 32 S I Bk 46

The Dancing Master ** 96 J A Donside Bk

The Dancers’ Wedding 8 x 32 R I Bk 41

Sugar Candie 8 x 32 S I Bk 26

MacLeod’s Fancy 4 x 32 J A Bk 33

The De’il Amang the Tailors * 8 x 32 R B Bk 14

* brief only ** no brief no walk

A note from Pat Blair Attention: To my dancers in my class.

Thank you to the Wednesday Class for their most generous gift. I really appreciate your gift and will put it to

good use in my garden. You all deserve a medal for turning up to my class. I will toast to you all over Christmas &

New Year. Have a very merry Christmas and a great New Year and I look forward to our class starting in January,

2015. Regards to all,

Pat

In Memoriam It is with regret that we announce the passing of Margaret Mitchell of Duncan on August 28, aged 99. Margaret and

her husband, Bert, were members of Van Isle in the late 1970’s. They also taught SCD in the Duncan area during

the early 1970’s. Bert will be remembered as the devisor of the strathspey “Staffin Harvest”. Sincere condolences

go to their family.

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Youth Weekend West 2015 Youth Weekend West is a fun, annual workshop and dance for young Scottish country dancers aged approximately

16-35. The location moves around western Canada and the US every year, and the upcoming event will be hosted in

Victoria, B.C. on the weekend of May 1-3, 2015! It's being organized by a committee of local dancers and will

include both events for youth and events that dancers of all ages are encouraged to attend.

Below is the tentative schedule for the weekend:

Friday evening:

Ceilidh at the James Bay Athletic Association (JBAA) with music by Mary Ross

Saturday:

Morning: SCD classes taught by VISCDS' own Gordon Robinson and Louise McGillivray

Afternoon:

o electives in other styles of dance

o a ball walkthrough to give dancers a quick refresher on the patterns for the ball dances (open to all

dancers)

Evening: a ball at the White Eagle Polish Hall with music by The Tartan Players (open to all dancers)

Sunday morning:

a workshop class at the JBAA with Gordon and Louise

We're hoping to see lots of local dancers out for the ball on Saturday night to dance the fantastic program that Sarah

Kell is preparing, so please add the dance on May 2nd to your calendars. We'll also be asking for help from the local

group for various tasks (e.g. billeting musicians, setting up and cleaning up) a little closer to the date, so if you're

interested in helping out please let Fiona know.

For more information on the event, please visit the website at www.youthweekendwest.com . Registration is planned

to open in February 2015, and we'll be posting all the details on the website.

Fiona Warman

Christmas Social Our Christmas Social on Dec. 13th was held at the hall on Obed Ave. which was tastefully decorated for the

festive season. This social was complete with fantastic live music by Mary Ross, a great program of dances from

our teachers, a dining table filled with the finest finger foods and even half time entertainment by a number of

dancers dressed in the wildest of costumes from Joan Axford’s Wed. evening class. Introduced by Sinan Ozel and

led by Joan, these dancers did everything from snippets from A Chorus Line to Shake Your Booty to the Glasgow

Highlanders setting step.

Hopefully this was a wonderful first social experience for the many new members who attended from the basic

classes at Obed and the West Shore. We were delighted to have so many new members join us for this special

evening.

Margaret Chapman was the lucky winner of $42.50 from the 50/50 draw. Congratulations Margaret.

Thank you to the many volunteers such as Jan Beckett for selling the 50/50 tickets, Jane Matthews for taking

admission at the door, Jennifer Harley and Theresa Harbidge and Beth Weston for helping in the kitchen and to all

who bought donations of food, and last but not least, everyone who helped with the clean up.

May I take this opportunity to thank everyone who remembered to bring their own plates, cups, napkins and

cutlery to the social. We strive to keep our socials as environmentally friendly as possible. No styrofoam cups here.

We try to recycle as much of our garbage as we can and use biodegradable products wherever possible. We must

do our part to “Make memories and not garbage.”

I cannot help but think of how lucky we all are to have each other to share such a memorable Christmas event

together.

Sheila Eaglestone

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New Year’s Eve Social Potluck and Dance On a cold crisp December 31st, Vancouver Island Scottish dancers gathered to share a potluck dinner and then

dance the New Year in. The tables gleamed with polished silver, poinsettias, the diners draped fine linen napkins

across their laps, thanks to the Penny Catton. Janet Bailey ably directed the kitchen, while occasionally offering

first aid assistance. A host of volunteers whisked food in and out, so that by 8 pm 5 sets could take the floor.

Many thanks to Dora Dempster for coordinating the event and all the teachers that briefed the dances: Sheila

McCall, Anita Mathur, Penny Catton, Ed Pitkin, Sarah Kell and Edith Chapman. The 50/50 draw of $35.00 was

won by Jim Watson.

Auld Lang Syne was sung at 11:00 to the plaintive strains of the bagpipes, expertly played by Jamie Orr.

We were happy to welcome some complete newcomers to Scottish dancing who dropped by later in the evening.

While the regulars danced Jennifer's Jig, the newcomers danced an impromptu Kingston Flyer.

As midnight approached, many danced enthusiastically on, keen to welcome the New Year, in the best way

possible.

Pat Warman

Burns Social – due to unforeseen circumstances, the Elastic Ceilidh Band will not be available to pay at our social.

As we will be dancing to recorded music, the cost of the social will be reduced to $10.00.

The Ages of Dance Have you ever wondered about the dances you do in class or at socials: “how old are they?”, or “where did they

come from?” Many of the dances we do were devised (the usual term for ‘written’, or ‘made up’) in the last seventy

or so years; they are considered to be ‘modern dances’. Other familiar dances have been around for hundreds of

years; they are considered to be ‘traditional dances’. The early books published by the Royal Scottish Country Dance

Society (RSCDS) contained strictly ‘traditional’ dances. The RSCDS often included the name of the publication they

used for reference, and the date, if known, when publishing the dances in these early books. The first ‘modern’ dance

published by the RSCDS was “The Reel of the 51st Division” (Book 13), which was devised in a POW camp during

World War II.

One of the earliest written sources of dances is John Playford’s “The English Dancing Master”, which was

published in 1651, and which, despite its name, contained a number of dances that, nowadays, we refer to as ‘Scottish

Country Dances’. Many dances from various sources are known to both English and Scottish Country dancers.

Playford published several collections of dances. Other publications from the 18th and 19th Centuries include “The

Castle Menzies Manuscript” (1749), “The Blantyre Manuscript” (early 1800’s), and collections by John Walsh (early

to mid-1700’s), David Rutherford (circa 1760) and Button and Whittaker (circa 1812).

The oldest dances in the RSCDS publications include “The Old Way of Killiecrankie” (Leaflet 33), Holman ms,

1710; “Daintie Davie” (Book 11), Walsh, 1718; and “Cold and Raw” (Book 5), J Playford’s ‘The Complete Dancing

Master’, 1718. The dates are taken from the RSCDS publications.

Here is a chart showing the dates for some of the traditional dances that we still do today.

Dance Modern publication Original publication and date, if known

The Montgomeries’ Rant Book 10 Castle Menzies ms, 1749

General Stuart’s Reel Book 10 Castle Menzies ms, 1749

Maxwell’s Rant Book 18 Rutherford, 1752

The Machine Without Horses Book 12 Rutherford, 1772

West’s Hornpipe 5 Traditional for 1965 Ladies Pocket Book, 1797

The White Cockade Book 5 Preston, "24 New Country Dances for the Year 1797"

Seann Truibhas Willichan Book 27 Thomas Wilson's Companion to the Ballroom,

possibly 1816

The Flowers of Edinburgh Book 1 “The Ballroom”, 1827

Clutha Book 31 Thomas Murphy's Aide Memoire (MS), c 1890

The De’il Amang the Tailors Book 14 Davies Collection, no date given

Sources: publications by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/history.html

Edith Chapman

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COMING EVENTS – LOCAL Scottish Country Dance Events

2015 Jan 17th Robbie Burns Social, $10.00. Note the change in price. The program was in the November

newsletter.

Feb 21st Valentines Tea Dance (Saturday afternoon). $10.00. The program is in this issue.

Mar 28th Workshop and Social Dance. Further information and registration forms are in this issue. Note

that the social dance starts at 7:00 pm.

Apr 18th Spring Fling Social.

May 1st – 3rd Youth Weekend West (YWW) Workshop. The Ball on May 2nd is open to everyone. Further

info: http://www.youthweekendwest.com/, and in this newsletter.

All VISCDS Socials take place from 7:30 to 10:30 pm Saturday evening with the exception of the February 21st

Tea Dance which will take place in the afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30 pm. YWW will have its own times.

OUT OF TOWN Scottish Country Dance Events 2015 Feb 6th – 8th Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa Ball Weekend. Saturday dinner and ball; Sunday brunch. Info:

www.ardbrae.org.

Feb 13th – 15th RSCDS Honolulu Branch Aloha Winter Weekend. Info – www.RSCDSHawaii.org.

Feb 14th RSCDS Vancouver Branch Love to Dance Scottish Workshop and Tea Dance. Gordon Robinson

is one of the teachers. Further info and registration form – www.rscdsvancouver.org.

Feb 21st Comox Valley SCD Society Snowdrop Special. Afternoon event. Music: accordionist Dennis

Orr. Further info – www.http://cvscottishcountrydance.org/2015_Feb21_Dance.html

Mar 14th RSCDS Portland Branch 36th Annual Workshop and Ball. Info - Linda Mae Dennis at

lmae@comcast.net; or http://portlandscottishdancers.org/files/workshop_registration_2015.pdf.

Mar 21st RSCDS Vancouver Branch Golden Jubilee Ball, Hellenic Centre, Vancouver, 6:30 – 11:30 pm.

Music by the Torridon Scottish Dance Band and guest musicians. Tickets: $100.00. Further

info: www.rscdsvancouver.org

Apr 10th – 12th Lethbridge SCD Club SCD Dance and Music Workshop and Ball. Dance Friday night; classes

all day Saturday; Ball Saturday evening; Brunch Sunday noon – 3:00 pm. Info:

www.lethbridgescottishcountrydance.org.

May 1st – 3rd RSCDS Winnipeg Branch Workshop Weekend. Bob Anderson is one of the teachers. Info –

http://www.rscdswinnipeg.ca/LandA/LandADecember%2020142column.pdf - (Light and Airy -

Branch newsletter, December 2-14 issue, page 4).

Jul 26th-Aug 2nd Teachers Association (Canada) (TAC) Summer School, Farmville VA. Open to all levels of

dancers. Info - http://www.tac-rscds.org/summer-school/summer-school-2015.

Aug 24th – 28th Valley Scottish Country Dancers, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, “Scotch on the Rocks”, SCD classes

and excursions. Further info - keppie@eastlink.ca, or Phone 902-542-5320.

Scottish Country Dance Resources: SCD Videos Looking for You Tube clips of Scottish country dances? There are two websites dedicated to sourcing good

Scottish country dance videos:

The first list forms a part of the Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary.http://www.scottish-country-dancing-

dictionary.com/scottish-dancing-youtube-videos.html Videos in this list are chosen on educational merit although

the quality varies. Multiple versions of the dance are displayed on one page and there is also a link to the written

instructions for the dance.

The second useful You Tube video listing is part of the Scottish Country Dance Database, a comprehensive

resource for Scottish country dancers, teachers and musicians. You’ll find the videos at

http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dancevideo/ . As well as providing an alphabetical listing, it allows you to search by

keyword using the filter box in the upper right hand corner. Each version of the dance is graded by quality of the

video so you can easily pick out the one that most clearly illustrates the dance.

The links to both of these resources are on the Van Isle’s SCD Resources webpage http://viscds.ca/home/scd-

resources/ If you are aware of other dance resources which should be highlighted on our website let us know.

Dora Dempster

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The Valentine

Bars 32-S-3

1 - 8 1st cpl set and turn BH to face down; dancer below 3rd cpl and cast up to 2nd plc.

9 – 16 2nd and 1st cpls dance dbl fig 8’s; 1st cpl X up to start. 1st cpl end facing 1st cnrs.

17 – 20 1st cpl set to 1st cnrs as 2nd cnrs set diag. 1 cpl dance round each other R shldr as cnrs dance on 1 plc

clockwise. 1cpl end facing 1st cnr posn.

21 – 24 1st cpl set to 2nd cnr person (in 1st cnr posn) as 1st cnrs set diag. 1st cpl dance round each other to end

in 2nd plc on opp sides as cnrs dance on 1 plc clockwise. All are on opp sides, order 3, 1, 2.

25 – 26 3rd, 1st, & 2nd cpls turn RH ½ way; remain in middle, all facing up.

27 – 28 3rd, 1st & 2nd cpls set.

29 – 32 3rd cpl, followed by 1st & 2nd cpls, dance up to 1st plc & cast off to 3rd plc. 1st cpl cast off to 2nd plc

and 2nd cpl curve into 1st plc.

Repeat, having passed a couple.

RSCDS 5 Dances for 2009

The Musical Ride

Bars 40-R-4

Square set

1 – 8 All 4 cpls dance interlocking reels of 4.

9 – 16 All 4 cpls dance Schiehallion reels, finishing opp orig posns.

17 – 24 All 4 Men dance LH X and pass ptr L shldr; chase counter clockwise round outside of set, back to orig

posns.

25 – 32 All 4 Ladies dance RH X and pass person they were standing beside R shldr; chase clockwise outside

the set, back to orig posns.

33 – 36 All 4 cpls circle 8 hands round to L 1/2 way.

37 – 40 All 4 cpls turn ptr RH into promenade hold and dance 1 plc clockwise. All cpls finish 1 plc counter

clockwise from orig posns.

Repeat three more times from new posns.

` Devised by Bob Anderson.

The 24th Summer

Bars 32-S-4

1 – 4 All 4 cpls set & link; end with 2nd M, 1st L, 4th M and 3rd L in ctr.

5 - 8 2nd M, 1st L, 4th M and 3rd L dance ½ reel of 4; finish on opp sides.

9 – 12 All set & link; end with 1st M, 2nd L, 3rd M and 4th L in ctr.

13 – 16 1st M, 2nd L, 3rd M and 4th L dance ½ reel of 4; finish on opp sides. The order is now 4, 3, 2, 1, all on

opp sides.

17 - 20 - 4th cpl & 3rd cpl dance 1/2 fig 8; 4th cpl cast off while 3rd cpl X up.

- 2nd cpl & 1st cpl dance 1/2 fig 8; 1st cpl cast up while 2nd cpl X down.

21 – 24 All 4 cpls turn ptr RH; 1st cpl end in 4th place out on sides. 4th cpl, 3rd cpl & 2nd cpl end in ctr ready

for . . .

25 – 32 4th cpl, 3rd cpl & 2nd cpl dance an Allemande.

Repeat with new top cpl.

Devised by Bob Anderson.

Vancouver Island Scottish Country Dance Society

One Day Workshop and Dance

Saturday, March 28, 2015

REGISTRATION FORM

Name: (please print) _______________________________________________

Telephone: ( ) _______________________

Address: _________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

E-mail: Please print clearly. Confirmations and more information will be delivered by email.

Both workshops (one person) $25

Experienced workshop $15

Lunch $ 7

Basic/Intermediate workshop $15

Evening Dance $20

Evening Dance - non dancer $10

Total enclosed (Canadian $) $_______

*Note: $5 per session will be added for payment at the door.

Please ensure registration form and payment is received by March 15, 2015.

Would you like to be billeted with a local dancer? Y N

Can you offer a place to stay? Y N

If Yes to either question, we will contact you.

PLEASE SIGN THE FOLLOWING WAIVER

I understand that the Vancouver Island Scottish Country Dance Society is

under no liability whatsoever in respect to any personal loss or injury

which I sustain and agree to abide by any regulations which may be made.

Signature: _____________________________________Date:______________

Please send this form with cheque or money order (Canadian funds)

payable to VISCDS to: Maureen Orr, Registrar

3332 Painter Road, Victoria BC, V9C 2H9 Canada

Phone: (250) 478 5338 E-mail: viscds@yahoo.ca

Vancouver Island

Scottish Country Dance Society

VAN ISLE ONE-DAY

WORKSHOP & DANCE 2015

Victoria BC Saturday, March 28, 2015

Venue: Colwood Community Hall, 2219 Sooke Road

Workshops

Teacher: Fiona Miller

Musician: Mary Ross

10am to noon Morning experienced class

12:15 to 1:15 pm Lunch (more details on website)

1:30 to 3:30pm Afternoon basic/intermediate class

Dance

7pm Dance to the music of The Tartan Players

For accommodation suggestions, please see VISCDS website.

Please bring your own cup for beverages and your own name tag.

Questions?

Contact (250) 478 5338, viscds@yahoo.ca

www.viscds.ca

Workshop Classes

Experienced: For experienced and advanced dancers who have a good

knowledge of all common formations and steps and are able to dance those

dances with common formations with just a brief walk-through.

Basic/intermediate: For those who are attending basic or intermediate

weekly classes and are familiar with basic formations and dances.

Musician: Mary Ross Accordionist, Mary Ross, has been involved with music

and dancing since the age of five, starting with highland

dancing for twenty years in Calgary and then moving

on to Scottish Country Dancing in Victoria. Mary has

enjoyed playing for Scottish Country Dances, Ceilidhs

and workshops since 1991. During that time she has

played for TAC Summer School at Shawnigan Lake,

Vancouver Island, and Vancouver BC, Youth

Weekends, SCD workshops, dances and ceilidhs in

Western Canada and USA. Mary is also an accordion

instructor, accompanist for the Victoria Police Chorus

and member of the BC Accordion Orchestra.

Teacher: Fiona Miller Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Fiona

learned to dance almost as soon as she could

walk. Her SCD enthusiast parents were her

first teachers. Fiona trained at Dunfermline

College in Physical Education and Health and

in 1978 she took her dance teachers' certificate

under the watchful eye of Miss Milligan. Fiona

and her husband, David, immigrated to

Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1981. As the founding teacher, Fiona has taught the social

class, seniors, children, technique and the demonstration group for the Lethbridge

Scottish Country Dance Club. Fiona has also taught at the TAC Summer School,

week-long summer camps and weekend workshops throughout North America.

Fiona has tutored and mentored candidates to take their RSCDS Teachers’

Certification. In her other life Fiona has just retired from teaching "English As A

Second Language" (ESL) to Middle-School-aged refugee children. It is Fiona's

philosophy that everyone should have fun dancing, while learning a little bit about

Scottish Culture.

Evening Dance

The Tartan Players, formed in 2005, is a Scottish Dance Band which has

rapidly become a sought after group, with their lively playing and

signature sound. Julie Smith (piano/bandleader) teaches music in public

schools, directs choirs and plays for

Scottish Country Dance (“Music is

my life”). She has attended Master

Workshops in Scottish country dance

music. Deborah Jones (fiddle) has

more than 30 years experience of

Scandinavian folk fiddling and has

played in the Vancouver Fiddle

Orchestra since 1990. Carole Berger

(flute/whistle) has augmented her

BMus with the study of Traditional music at workshops in Boston,

Goderich and Vancouver. She has played for Scottish & Irish dancing for

over 10 years. Lukasz Wieczorek (fiddle) has played in the West Coast

Fiddlers for almost 10 years.

EVENING DANCE PROGRAM

The Laird of Milton’s Daughter * 8 x 32 J I Bk 22

Fisherman’s Reel 5 x 32 R I Dunblane Holiday

Butterscotch and Honey 4 x 32 S B Alexander Leaflets

Hooper’s Jig 8 x 32 J I MMM 2

Scott Meikle 4 x 32 R I Bk 46

The Gentleman 8 X 32 S I Bk 35

The Rothesay Rant 4 x 32 J B Birmingham 12 SCD

The Irish Rover 8 x 32 R A 22 + 2

Linnea’s Strathspey 8 x 32 S I Bk 47

The Flowers of Edinburgh ** 8 x 32 R B Bk 1

BREAK

Shiftin’ Bobbins 8 x 32 R B Ormskirk

The Compleat Gardener 8 x 32 J I

The Flower of Glasgow 3 x 32 S I Bk 46

The Dancing Master ** 96 J A Donside Bk

The Dancers’ Wedding 8 x 32 R I Bk 41

Sugar Candie 8 x 32 S I Bk 26

MacLeod’s Fancy 4 x 32 J A Bk 33

The De’il Amang the Tailors * 8 x 32 R B Bk 14

*brief only ** no brief no walk