** NEXT EVENT **
Our Assembly on
Saturday 8 November 2008
Dancing to Gordon Shand and his band
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Weekly Dancing
Dunedin Dancers meet every Wednesday evening (apart from holidays) at the Braid Centre, off Morningside Road [note new venue] (click here for a map) for social Scottish Country dancing from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm. [We meet every week from September 10 to December 17 2008, from January 7 to April 1 2009, and from April 22 to June 24 2009, all dates inclusive.] The dances are chosen and called by a different member of our group each week. Visitors are very welcome; each evening only costs £2.50, although it is cheaper if you pay for the term or year. Dress is very informal.
We dance to live music from one of our regular musicians playing accordion on two evenings each month; on the other evenings we dance to recorded music. There is a short break half way through the evening for juice, biscuits and socialising, and after the dancing several of us usually go to a local pub for more socialising! We do not run classes to teach dances or technique so our group is not ideal for absolute beginners.
Dances
Dunedin Dancers currently organises three dances each year, in November, March and June. All Country Dancers are welcome. Information about the dances will be provided on this website, or if you would like to receive details of our dances and our festival by e-mail, please enter your e-mail address in the space in the left column, and click on “Add”.
Our next dances will be:
- An Assembly on Saturday 8 November 2008; click here for further details.
Click here for a map - An Informal Dance on Saturday 21 March 2009; dancing to Neil Copland and his band, details later.
- An Informal Dance on Saturday 13 June 2009; dancing to James Coutts and his band, details later.
- An Assembly on Saturday 14 November 2009; dancing to the Danelaw Band, details later.
Other Events
Our 20th Festival will run from Saturday 18 July to Saturday 25 July 2009.
In addition we organise a variety of social (non-dancing) events to include partners and friends. Recent events have included a trip to the Falkirk Wheel, a walk in Roslin Glen (pictured below), a Beer and Skittles evening and a barbecue.
