Spring Dance
To be held on Saturday 14th April 2012
7.15p.m. - 11p.m.
at
Littlebourne War Memorial Hall
High Street
Littlebourne
Dancing to CDs
Admission: Dancers £4.00 Spectators £2.00; plus a plate of food
Joie de Vivre
Miss Johnstone of Ardrossan
Minister on the Loch
Mrs Stewart's Jig
Emmett's Chase
Kinfaun's Castle
Luckenbooth Brooch
Scott Meikle
Silver Grey
Bees of Maggieknockater
Mairi's Wedding
Jubilee Jig
Polharrow Burn
Wind on Loch Fyne
The Cranberry Tart
College Hornpipe
Cashmere Shawl
Midnight Oil
Scotland's Gardens
Cherrybank Gardens
Follow me Home
West's Hornpipe
Extra:The Irish Rover
If you have never seen or tried Scottish country dancing may we recommend it as an enjoyable way to take regular exercise. We hasten to add that country dancing is not the same as Highland dancing – no swords and no solo efforts.
Now, you may be looking forward to attending a ceilidh, Burns night or Hogmanay celebration later in the year. Well, we can help you out there by giving you the opportunity to learn some Scottish country dance steps while helping to get you in trim. Even if you have no pressing Scots sponsored engagement, just come along for fun.
As most dances are performed in ‘sets’ of six or eight people it is also highly sociable. You don’t need to bring a partner. Singles, couples or groups are all equally welcome. No special clothing is required. Just bring a pair of soft shoes (preferably non-slip) and yourselves. Rest assured, you will always receive a warm welcome from us Scottish country dancers.
To contact the Canterbury St Andrews Scottish Country Dance Group 'click' here and send an email
Canterbury College Sports Centre,
Dance Studio
New Dover Road,
Canterbury
We meet on Friday evenings at the Dance Studio, upstairs in the Sports Centre of Canterbury College.
For those of you who already know the pleasure of this activity, we have SOCIAL DANCING, (which follows on from the ‘Beginners Class’) at the same venue from 8 – 9.45 p.m. All dances are walked through. The cost is £2.50 per evening.
We hold dances during the year at the Littlebourne War Memorial Hall, near Canterbury. Listed below are the dates for dances to be held this year and next. We shall be delighted to see you there if you can attend.
Here is Chairman Andrew with his new 'best friend', who is anxious to help him extort (oops, sorry) / collect money for 'Children in Need'. We are expected to contribute to the collection for any dancing mistakes that we make. As you can imagine the charity does quite well!
Our group began originally in 1963 when 6 people, one of whom was Eileen Acott, came together to dance Scottish.
We first danced as a group in St. Andrews United Reform Church, hence our name.
A public dance was held for the first time in 1978 and dancers were charged the exorbitant sum of 75 pence entrance.
Many successful occasions followed, (thanks to Eileen’s strenuous efforts teaching the dances) and now we hold three each year.
Happily our group flourished and we moved to Barton Court School in the early 90s before coming, in 2001, to Canterbury College where we now dance.
Eileen retired in December 2010 after leading us for some 47 years but sadly died in February 2012. We are still dancing with Pat Ansell as our teacher. Members come to enjoy and improve their dancing with much fun and laughter on the way. So on with the dance!
Usually each July, at the end of our year Jenny and Andrew Helbling invite us to their home for the ‘Chairman’s Garden Prance’. A gloriously sociable evening of fun and dance.
