Feb 03
2013 is going to be a big year at Scots on The Rocks. As some of you may have noticed we are not running a Beginners class in the first half of the year. Never fear, beginners will be back in August for anyone interested in learning Scottish Country Dancing. So the first cab off …
Dec 18
A jolly night was had at SoTR last night – request night for the last evening of dancing for 2012. Diana skilfully got us through Follow Me Home, Minister on the Loch, The Hamilton Rant, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Australian Ladies, Bob Campbell, The Riders of Rohan and Petronella. Thank you Diana. Wishing all Scotty …
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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