Tonight we were joined by Merka and Peter. They, along with the regular class, enjoyed Another Piece of Silver, Gypsy Glen, The Nurseryman, Summer’s End, Moonshine, The Jubilee Jig and The Australian Ladies. Thank you Ruth for a lovely evening.
Monthly Archive: April 2013
Apr 23
Tuesday dances
Despite dancing their feet off at the Jane Austen Festival in Canberra over the weekend, the intrepid bill and Adrienne were in class and dancing. Well done. Tonight we danced The Reivers (cattle rustlers), Pigeon on the Gate, The ring of Brodgar, The Giants of Fouland, The Shores of Solway, Pumpkin Pie and Pelorus Jack. …
Apr 16
Tuesday dances
We were delighted to welcome Anne Walker from WA , visiting for a few days, to dance on Tuesday night. Ruth had an interesting programme waiting for us all – “twirl” became the word of the night – Hamilton Rant, 12some Reel, Mist on the Loch, The Rowan Glen (with an interesting take on double …
Apr 02
Tuesday dances
Excitement ran high tonight after the success of the National Folk Festival demonstrations, workshop and ceilidh. Fortunately to compete with this elation, Ruth, teaching this month, had an interesting selection of dances for us – The Horologist, then a John Drewry Strathspey with rocking step and a diagonal back to back for 2 couples called …
Apr 01
Scots on The Rocks @ The National
This Easter weekend Scots on The Rocks travelled down to Canberra to share our enthusiastic brand of Scottish Country Dancing with the folk community at the National Folk Festival. We danced two demonstrations, ran a workshop and held a mini Chaotic Ceilidh. It was bundles of fun, and we hope that it served as a …
Scots on The Rocks is a not for profit organisation dedicated to promoting Scottish Country Dancing in Sydney, Australia.