General Dancing Sessions
Thursday evenings from 8:00 pm until 10:30
pm from
10th September, 2009 until 17th June, 2010. The only
exception is that there are no sessions on 24th December, 2009
and also on 21st January, 2010,
which is the evening before our Burns Night.
Unless otherwise
stated, all events take place in
St Mark's Church Hall, Church
Hill Road, Surbiton.
The first night of our new season - 10th September -
is just before Dance Scottish Week. There is a list on
the website of the London Branch of the RSCDS giving details of
all the Dance Scottish Week events in the South-East during the
period from 12th to 19th September.
Special Evenings - Apart from the
annual Burns' Night Dinner Dance held in January, on these
evenings we have a Canadian supper
(in other words we all bring some food to share and the
Society adds the wine to keep our spirits high).
But we still manage to pack in 12 or more dances into the evening.
Welcome Evening
1st October, 2009: an ideal evening to bring along some
family and friends with some simpler dances on the programme.
St Andrew's Evening
26th November, 2009.
As the long nights set in, come and be cheered up with a special
party (photos) with some Scottish (and other) delicacies and a dance programme
featuring some St Andrews connections.
Hogmanay Party
31st December, 2009: Why not see in the New Year, have
fun and keep fit, all on one evening?.
We can expect lots of visitors as many other clubs close down over the
Christmas period.
Have a look at the photogallery
from previous events.
Burns' Supper (Dinner and Dancing)
Our annual celebration of the birthday of Scotland's bard will be held in Claygate village hall
on Friday, 22nd January, 2010. Includes all the usual "haggisy"
celebrations and a slightly more serious Immortal Memory. The event in January, 2009 was as
usual a sell-out with 88 members, guests and visitors from a
number of local clubs attending. The haggis was addressed by
Peter Fyfe and Stewart Murray proposed the toast to the Immortal
Memory. We have a selection of
photos from previous event in the Members' page.
Spring Event (25th March, 2010)
We all get dressed up
a bit to welcome in the Spring.
Annual General Meeting
This will be held on 13th May, 2010 at 8:00 pm and followed by a slightly
curtailed general dancing session. End-of-Season Party (17th June 2010) Get dressed up and come and celebrate another year
of fun and frolics.
As with any other of our special events, Non-Members are welcome. Request a Dance
We have not yet decided on the date for this evening, when the
programme is based on requests from the members. There is
sure to be lots of dancing and given the
familiarity of many of the dances, we will have shorter walkthroughs. If you have a
favourite dance that you would like us to do at one of our
weekly sessions, then don't be shy! Tell our secretary,
David Horwill.
Tuition Sessions
On certain evenings, and in particular when Jim Cook is our MC, we spend a bit more time on tuition.
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