Jul 31
A very chilly Tuesday evening saw us all gather for our class. John kept us moving in order to warm us up – this included John’s warm up special dance. One amongst us needed their own hand warmer – really was quite nippy. We happily danced The Peat Fire Flame (for the second week), it …
Jul 17
Tonight we danced The Ladies of Milford Reel, Gramachie, Links with St Petersburg and Scott Meikle.
Jul 10
Tonight the sashes made a rare visit to Tuesday night. Sashes are usually used when ladies dance as men. At Scots on The Rocks however we often have equal numbers or sometimes more men than women, which leads to the question should the men wear sashes when dancing as ladies? Anyway, we had a good …
Jul 03
A cold and chilly Sydney night saw 20 or so dancers gather to enjoy another varied programme. We began with warm-ups, concluding the warm up with the dance The Bramble Circle. We then tackled one with the unpronounceable name “Allt An Duin” (The Burn by the Hillock), progressed to Lady Lucy Ramsay, had a hoot …
Jun 26
We welcomed Jane and Anne to the class tonight. Dances enjoyed on this chilly June evening were: Festival Interceltique, Pelorus Jack, Beach Dancer, Over the Waves and Best Set in the Hall. Thank you John for the interesting class with a strong Kiwi flavour – it was very enjoyable and you kept us moving and …
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