Dec 11
Tonight we enjoyed something a little different during class – some Highland Steps! Occasionally Highland steps appear in our dances, so here was an opportunity to learn or polish these steps. In addition to that we enjoyed the following dances – The Riders of Rohan (from The Lord of the Rings Book), The Sands of …
Nov 27
What a night, some hysterical laughter, great dancing and visitors – what more could we want. It was lovely to see Sheilagh and Walter from Bermagui. We enjoyed Mrs Stephan’s Jig (aka Mrs Stewart’s Jig minus 8 bars), The Broken Link, Dance No 263 (from the 10 evaluation dances), Best Set in the Hall, The …
Nov 20
Tonight we enjoyed a mix of challenging dances as well as a couple of old favourites. It is always a pleasure to revisit old favourites. Jeanette taught Follow Me Home, A Tribute to Heinz, Dance 257 (one of the ten evaluation dances from headquarters), The Wild Geese and Domino 5. A Tribute to Heinz has …
Nov 06
An extremely windy Melbourne Cup night saw an enthusiastic group of dancers enjoy another session with Jeanette. We polished our pousette in jig and reel time and strathspey setting and travelling steps. The dances we enjoyed tonight were Miss Welsh’s Reel, Lord Brownlow’s Strathspey (which we also did last week), Muirland Willie, Sweet and Savory …
Oct 30
We had a very interesting night trying out some new dances – Hedwigs Reel, Smitten, The Brownlow Strathspey, Black Donald and an old favourite Domino 5. We were delighted to welcome three visitors – Janis and Ned from San Francisco and Paul from Canberra. Thank you Jeanette for a good night.
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