"Step we gaily, on we go
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and row in row
All for Marie’s wedding"

The High Kings - Marie's Wedding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y1EOWBr78E

Jimmy Shand and His Band - Mairi's Wedding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCptMS8IZvA

#StepByStep
#JukeboxFridayNight
#ScottishCountryDance
#folk

Family Holiday Dance, Saturday, 13 Dec 2025, 8:00 pm (Doors open 7:30PM)

An evening of dances for all ages and skill levels with a holiday spirit!

At the Gymnasium at Havergal College Junior School, 460 Rosewell Ave., Toronto

All dances are briefed and walked through once.

Dance program with cribs and video links here: https://dancescottish.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/03_2025-Dec-MD-cribs.pdf

Live music by Scotch and Soda

Members – $27 (includes HST) Non Members – $32 (includes HST) – cash or e-transfer at the door.

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Will ye join us? It will no be the same without ye.

The Tartan Ball, for a very special evening, will be at the Royal York Hotel on 7 February 2026

Which may explain why it sold out so quickly!

Didn't get a ticket before they sold out?

Don't be doubly disappointed by purchasing a ticket from a third party!

The only way to get a ticket now is to join the wait list. Once you join the wait list, if a ticket becomes available, the Convenors will contact you.

If you purchase a ticket from a "scalper", you'll be wasting your money.

Purchased a ticket to the Tartan Ball, but not able to attend?

Contact the Convenors, Laurie McConachie and Sandra Peden, and they will work with you to get your ticket into the hands of someone on the wait list.

For more info, including Laurie's and Sandra's email addresses, go to the Tartan Ball page: https://dancescottish.ca/tartan-ball.html

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Will ye join us? It will no be the same without ye.

Rescheduled!

A Broadland's Special? Not something you order at your favourite diner!

Blair Gerrie will teach this special class for Intermediate and Experienced dancers.

Sunday, November 30th, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

$10 at the door; cash only

Location: Broadlands Community Centre; 19 Castlegrove Blvd, North York, ON M3A 1K9

https://dancescottish.ca/broadlands.html

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Will ye join us? It will no be the same without ye.

The 60th Tartan Ball, 7 February 2026, is SOLD OUT!

Our thanks to everyone who will join us at the Royal York Hotel for a very special night of dining and dancing.

If you missed purchasing your ticket, there is a wait list should any tickets become available.

To add your name to the wait list, to see the dance programme, or for details on practice sessions, please visit the website at:

https://dancescottish.ca/tartan-ball.html

#DanceScottish #TartanBall60 #RSCDS #TorontoDance #ScottishCountryDance

Just a few days left to enter the Early Bird Draw by purchasing your ticket to the Tartan Ball!

The 60th Tartan Ball offers experienced dancers an evening of Scottish Country Dancing and fine dining, this year combined with the elegance of the Ballroom of the Royal York Hotel.

Purchase your ticket to the Ball by 7 November 2025 and you will be entered in a draw for accommodation for two at the Royal York on the night of the Tartan Ball.

Full details, including how to purchase your tickets, are on the website https://dancescottish.ca/tartan-ball.html

Will ye join us? It will no be the same without ye.

#DanceScottish #RSCDS #TorontoDance #ScottishCountryDance #TorontoEvents

Experienced dancers look forward every year to The Tartan Ball, celebrating with other Scottish Country Dancers from near and far.

To make it extra special this year we return to the ballroom of the Royal York to celebrate the 60th Tartan Ball on 7 February 2026.

If you purchase your ticket to the Ball by 7 November 2025, you will be entered in a draw for accommodation for 2 at the Royal York on the night of the Tartan Ball.

Full details, including how to purchase your tickets, are on the website https://dancescottish.ca/tartan-ball.html

Will ye join us? It will no be the same without ye.

#DanceScottish #RSCDS #TorontoDance #ScottishCountryDance #TorontoEvents

It occurred to me recently that I don’t think there are any contra dances that feature a set and link figure that's popular in Scottish Country Dance. So I decided to write some!

https://chromamine.com/2024/11/set-and-link-contras/

#ScottishCountryDance #SocialDance #TradFolk #ContraDance

My plans of becoming an elegant yet deadly assassin are continuing apace-- I learnt last week that the venue that hosts my #ScottishCountryDance class also does #HEMA swordfighting directly beforehand. So this week I turned up for both!

I haven't wielded a sword in about a decade and a half, and I dropped in on the last week of a course, so I was a little scared of embarrassing myself. Especially turning up in skirt and tights when everyone else was in camo trousers and the like! But the movements jumped straight back into my brain. 💃🗡️

I guess Sword Lesbian was always my destiny.