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Enjoy a dram for International Whisky Day 2024

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Schiehallion, a medley devised by Hugh Thurston.

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We'll Dance, and Sing, and Rejoice, Man

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Join our dancers as they dance Lucy Campbell and From Scotia's Shores We're Noo Awa.

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Ten Decades of Dances, the finale! Our Centenary Concert celebrated 10 decades of RSCDS dance music.

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Our Scottish Show at Anstruther Harbour Festival

Join our dancers, musicians (Iain MacPhail, Judith Smith and Matthew MacLennan), along with Jamie Crawford our piper and highland dancer Katie Moore as we celebrate 100 years of RSCDS Edinburgh Branch, part of the Anstruther Harbour Festival and performed in the Scottish Fisheries Museum.
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The New Scotland Strathspey

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Dancers celebrating the centenary of RSCDS Edinburgh Branch with local affiliated groups including: Edinburgh University New Scotland Dance Society, Dunedin Dancers, The Atholl Scottish Country Dance Club, Trinity Scottish Country Dance Club and Morningside Scottish Country Dance Club. Music is from Ewan Galloway and his Scottish dance band. © RSCDSEdinburgh

Enjoy a dram for International Whisky Day 2024

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Enjoy a dram for International Whisky Day 2024

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Enjoy our performance of the jig, Glayva by John Drewry and the Medley, Johnnie Walker, devised by Norman and Helen Robson. Musicians: Jon Bews (fiddle), Calum Pasquale (fiddle), Reuben Taylor (piano) Dancers: Members of RSCDS Edinburgh Branch Demonstration Team © RSCDS Edinburgh

Schiehallion, a medley devised by Hugh Thurston.

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Schiehallion, a medley devised by Hugh Thurston.

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Schiehallion is a Munro in Perthshire. Seen from the west its shape is an almost perfect cone, and it is reasonably easy to climb with great views. Schiehallion was used in 1774 for an experiment to estimate the mass of the Earth by means of the deflection of a pendulum by the mass of the mountain. Musicians: Jon Bews (fiddle), Reuben Taylor (accordion), James Gray (piano) Dancers: RSCDS Edinbu...

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We'll Dance, and Sing, and Rejoice, Man

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A 40 bar Jig devised by John Drewry and published in his Silver City Book. Our Musicians are Maureen Rutherford (piano), Neil Copland (accordion) and Pete Clark (fiddle) and the dancers are all members of RSCDS Edinburgh Branch Demonstration Team. © RSCDS Edinburgh

Join our dancers as they dance Lucy Campbell and From Scotia's Shores We're Noo Awa.

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Join our dancers as they dance Lucy Campbell and From Scotia's Shores We're Noo Awa.

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Strictly Scottish 1996 an evening of dance, music, song and verse was part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and received 5 star reviews. Our show depicts a present day occasion in a Canadian city attended by the descendants of the early settlers. Join our dancers as they dance the reel Lucy Campbell from RSCDS Book 17 and From Scotia's Shores We're Noo Awa, a strathspey from the RSCDS Leaflet B...

Ten Decades of Dances, the finale! Our Centenary Concert celebrated 10 decades of RSCDS dance music.

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Ten Decades of Dances, the finale! Our Centenary Concert celebrated 10 decades of RSCDS dance music.

มุมมอง 474ปีที่แล้ว

Recorded live at our Centenary Concert celebrating 100 years of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Here is our round up of ten decades of music. Take your partners. Ready…and!! Take your partners. Ready…and….!! 1923-1933 Hon. Colonel Hamilton’s Delight Niel Gow Hamilton House, Book 7 1933-1943 Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk Daniel Dow Monymusk, Book 11 1943-1953 Peggy’s Wedding Bremner ...

Celebrating the food and drink of Scotland

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Celebrating the food and drink of Scotland

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The Wee Cooper o’ Fife, an unusual dance set to this well-known song. The Cooper makes the wooden barrels synonymous with the Scottish Whisky industry. The Rakes of Auld Reekie represents the many hours that can be spent wandering the streets of the Scottish capital before tucking into one of our many national dishes, Neaps an’ Haggis, a modern dance by John Drewry. Dancers: Members of RSCDS Ed...

Prince Edward Island, a strathspey devised by John Drewry.

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Prince Edward Island, a strathspey devised by John Drewry.

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Prince Edward Island, a strathspey devised by John Drewry for a Summer School held in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1988. This was performed at our annual show Dancing Forth in 2008. The weather that year was abysmal, and you can see the result of the leaking roof... a bucket strategically positioned behind the team! Musicians: Jon Bews (fiddle), James Gray (accordion), Reuben Taylor (piano) Dancers:...

Highlights from our Scottish Show at Anstruther Harbour Festival, celebrating 100 years of the RSCDS

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Highlights from our Scottish Show at Anstruther Harbour Festival, celebrating 100 years of the RSCDS

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Highlights from our Scottish Show at Anstruther Harbour Festival in June 2023 celebrating 100 years of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Dances include The Reel of the 51st Division, The Jubilee Jig and The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. Dancers: Members of our Demonstration Team and Highland Dancer Katie Moore Musicians: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish dance Band, and Piper Jamie Crawfo...

The Peat Fire Flame, a reel devised by John Drewry

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The Peat Fire Flame, a reel devised by John Drewry

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Far away and o'er the moor, Morar waits for a boat that saileth, Far away down Lowland way, I dream the dream I learned, lad, By the light o' the peat-fire flame, Light for love, for lilt o' laughter, By the light o' the peat-fire flame, The light the hill-folk yearn for. This 40 bar reel by John Drewry was part of our annual show "Dancing Forth" in 2008 where the elements were our inspiration ...

Dance Scottish for International Day of Dance!

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Dance Scottish for International Day of Dance!

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Earlier this year we were thrilled to have dancers from across the world joining us in Edinburgh to celebrate the Centenary of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. With many Branches and Affiliated Groups around the world you are never far from Scottish Country Dancing. This dance, Mairi’s Wedding, is well known around the world for being a fun dance with fantastic tunes you can sing along...

The Musical Sensation of RSCDS Book No 1, one of the highlights of our Centenary Concert

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The Musical Sensation of RSCDS Book No 1, one of the highlights of our Centenary Concert

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Petronella; Duke of Perth; Circassian Circle; Flowers of Edinburgh; Glenburnie Rant (Fight About the Fireside); Merry Lads of Ayr; The Triumph First published in 1924 and arranged by Michael Diack, the music in the first RSCDS collection of dances (Book 1) includes some of the most danceable and energetic music to be found in all the Society’s publications. The tunes are all traditional and wer...

Music and Memories - A selection of "Edinburgh" tunes from Tim Macdonald and Peter Shand

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Music and Memories - A selection of "Edinburgh" tunes from Tim Macdonald and Peter Shand

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Music and Memories - A selection of "Edinburgh" tunes from Tim Macdonald and Peter Shand

The Flying Scotsman Centenary at Waverley Station 24 February 2023

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The Flying Scotsman Centenary at Waverley Station 24 February 2023

มุมมอง 603ปีที่แล้ว

Dancers from South Morningside Primary School, and Edinburgh University New Scotland Country Dance Society dancing the jig, The Flying Scotsman, during the Centenary celebrations for The Flying Scotsman. The dance was devised by Hugh Thurston, and The Flying Scotsman was the fastest steam engine train to travel between London and Edinburgh. With thanks to Ewan Galloway and his Scottish dance ba...