The History of RSCDS Banffshire Branch 1929 to present day Esmaspäeval, 9. septembril 1929 Buckie's toimunud avalikul koosolekul moodustati algselt Buckie and District Scottish Country Dance Society, kuid esimesel aastakoosolekul muudeti pealkiri Banffshire'i filiaaliks. Need algklassid Buckies levisid peagi, kui meie esimene tantsuõpetaja hr John Duncan koos preili Nen Watsoni ja proua Jean Mairiga andis tunde Forglenis, Marnochis ja Cornhillis. Traditsioon on kestnud juba üle 90 aasta. Ootame uusi liikmeid igas vanuses ja võimetega Šoti Kuningliku Kantritantsu Seltsi Banffshire'i filiaali 90. aastapäeva tähistamine - CD ja tantsuraamat - Külastage meie 90. aastapäeva veebisaiti Balmoral visit RSCDS Banffshire Branch Anne awarded British Empire Medal (BEM) Balmoral visit 1/9

Link to Banffshire Branch Events Dance Diary 2025 FEBRUARY 2025 Forres RSCDS Nairn Community and Arts Centre 7th February 2025 Fundraising Dance for Nairn Community and Arts Centre £12 Light Supper, Raffle Please bring your own cup Susie Simpson Duo 7.30-10.30pm CRIB can be found here SCDDB link https://my.strathspey.org/dd/list/55137/ MARCH 2025 Buckie Rally Friday 7th March 2025 8 pm to midnight Fishermen's Hall Buckie Dancing to Colin Donaldson Dancers £10 Juniors, spectators £5 Programme CRIB RSCDS PETERHEAD BRANCH ANNUAL DANCE Longside Church Hall Sunday 16th March 2025 2pm to 4.30 pm £10 Dancer Spectators welcome at £3.00 Dancing to Scott Band Tea & Raffle CRIB (tree friendly) CRIB (eye friendly ) Programme Videos of the dances found her e Please bring your own cup MARCH 2025 Friday 14th March Aberdeen, Ashdale Hall, Westhill (Aberdeen Branch Dance) Marian Anderson and her band aberdeenrscds hotmail.co.uk SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2025 RSCDS Banffshire Branch Social dance Church Centre, Portsoy Music by Scott Band £10 dancer £5 spectator There is a Day School - General class in the afternoon followed by the evening dance - Details can be found here Programme can be foud here Strathspey dance videos found here All Welcome Friday 4th April Dufftown SCD Club Rally Dufftown Memorial Hall, Dufftown Dancing to Colin Dewar Trio Dancers £10 Spectators £5 More information to follow APRIL 2025 Friday 11th April Huntly SCD Club Huntly, Stewart's Hall, Dancers £10 Please bring own mug. (Huntly Dance Club) Frank Thomson 7:45 - 11:30 pm FRIDAY 11 TH APRIL TAS spring dance held in Aberdeen, Great Western Community Centre, (TAS programme) more details to follow Turriff SCD class social event Friday 9th May 2025 Dancing to Dennis Morrison in the Baden Powell centre, Turriff 7.45 pm to 11.30 pm £10 Dancer £5 Spectator (please bring own cup) Light supper at the interval MAY 2025 Saturday 24th May Westhill (T), Ashdale Hall, (Aurora Ball) Sandy Nixon and his Band7 for 7:30 - 11:30 pm secretary aurorascot.org.uk JUNE 2025 SAVE THE DATE Details can be found here 15 JUNE 2025 IN THE VICTORIA HALL ELLON 2pm to 4.30 pm £10 dancer (please bring your own cup) £5 for spectators All WELCOME Scottish Country dancing to music by SCOTT BAND July 2025 August 2025 September 2025 October 2025 Friday 17th October Aberdeen, Ashdale Hall, Westhill (Aberdeen Branch Dance) Frank Thomson and his bandaberdeenrscds hotmail.co.uk Saturday 18th October Aberdeen, Elphinstone Hall, Aberdeen Branch 100th Anniversary Ball (with supper) Glen Craig Band aberdeenrscds hotmail.co.uk In times of adverse weather, please check with organiser regarding the event going ahead Contacts found here RSCDS Forres events dance information found here RSCDs Inverness events - dance information found here Miltonduf f SCD events - danc e information found here RSCDS Aberdeen branch dance diary SCD Events Scotland - found here

Day School and Evening Dance with guest RSCDS Teacher Angela Young To book your place Angela Young Guest Teacher Angela Young was born and brought up in Aberdeen, Scotland, and grew up surrounded by music & dance – taking lessons from the age of 4, going on to study Music at Aberdeen University. Moving to London to work with the BBC, Angela quickly became involved playing for branch classes and went on to teach both adults’ and children’s classes for the RSCDS London Branch, including the London Demonstration Team. Now back in Scotland, Angela has most recently been teaching for the St Andrews Branch. As well as teaching day and weekend schools in the UK and Europe, she has taught at the RSCDS Summer and Winter Schools, at weekend schools in Toronto & Asilomar, and TAC and New Zealand Summer Schools. Training teams for Festivals and Competitions across the UK, Angela has also choreographed displays for a variety of events and spaces, including London’s Trafalgar Square and the Royal Albert Hall. She has adjudicated at various festivals including the Newcastle Festival in 2024 and is looking forward to going back there in February 2025. As a musician she has played regularly at the RSCDS Summer School in St Andrews since the age of 18, as well as being one of the Directors for the Music Courses. Most recently Angela has just completed her term as RSCDS Membership Services Convenor and was proud to lead the team on the centenary publication for the Society, RSCDS Book 53 in 2023. Away from dancing Angela is a Children’s Television Producer having created animation series and arts specials including Ballet, Proms and Shakespeare productions for preschoolers! To book your place General class starts 2pm to 4.30 pm with live music provided by Scott Band Evening dance starts at 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm programme can be found here Music provided by Scott Band duo Costs for both £15.00 payable by BACS Mail To book Email rscdsbanffshire@gmail.com (advise of name and contact phone number) and the following information: General Class & Evening dance - Cost £15.00 General Class ONLY 2pm to 4.30 pm Cost - £5.00 Dance only £10. ( we welcome dancers on the night and pay at the door) BACS DETAILS RSCDS Banffshire Branch Sort Code 80 06 66 Account Number 00471060 What you need to know: Tea , coffee, juice and biscuits will be available for the general class at the interval. The evening dance - A light supper will be served at the interval (sandwiches, quiches and biscuits) For those attending both classes: The church centre has a 'supper room' that will be set up for those who wish to take their own tea, snack, light dinner. Changing rooms will also be available. There will be tea, coffee and juice available throughout the day for those attending both classes. Please bring your own cup Available in Portsoy within easy walking distance: Aspire Restaurant - details can be found here Hook , line and Sinker fish and chips found here The Station Hotel, Portsoy can be found here Please contact our Secretary Linda by email if you need clarifcation on any of the above details rscdsbanffshire@gmail.com

The Branch is hosting a Day of Dance ' with an ' Evening Dance ' on the 22 March with guest RSCDS Teacher, Angela Young - head over to our dedicated page to book your place Classes with a Difference SUNDAY 26TH JANUARY 2025 CTI INSTRUCTOR DIANNA BAILLIE Spey Bay Hall, Spey Bay 2pm to 4 pm RSCDS members FREE non members welcome for a small charge of £5 All Welcome SUNDAY 16 th FEBRUARY 2025 (please note change of date) JOIN LINDA THOMAS Forglen Hall, Forglen, Turriff 2pm to 4 pm RSCDS members FREE non members welcome for a small charge of £5 All Welcome SUNDAY 30 MARCH 2025 RSCDS TEACHER, Isobel Turner Arradoul Hall, Arradoul, Buckie 2pm to 4 pm RSCDS members FREE non members welcome for a small charge of £5 All Welcome SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2025 RSCDS Banffshire Branch Social dance Church Centre, Portsoy Music by Scott Band £10 dancer £5 spectator There is a Day of Dance - General class in the afternoon followed by the evening dance - Details can be found here Programme can be foud here Strathspey dance videos found here All Welcome RSCDS Banffshire Branch dance SAVE THE DATE 14th November 2025 St Thomas's Church Hall, Keith Musician - TBC Programme to follow

Šoti kantri tantsuklass, Fraserburgh Fraserburghi šoti kantritantsu klass on sotsiaalne klass, kus peamised koostisosad on silmad, naeratused ja kuulavad kõrvad. Õpetaja on dr Anne McArthur, Šoti kantritantsu veteran, kes omandas õpetaja kvalifikatsiooni 1972. aastal. On vähe, mis poleks 50-aastase õpetamisaasta jooksul tema teed ületanud. Kõik on teretulnud Võtke ühendust meili teel Võtke Annega ühendust meili teel, klõpsake siin Võtke Annega ühendust telefoni teel, klõpsake siin Friday afternoon Dance Class Fraserburgh Scottish Country Dance class Dalrymple Hall, Fraserburgh 2pm to 3.30 pm Teacher Dr Anne McArthur 2025 Session Friday 10th January 2025 to 28th March 2025 All Welcome Dalrymple Hall, Fraserburgh – klõpsake siin

Autumn/Winter news 2024 Branch Dance 8th November 2024 Celebrating 95th Anniversary Established 1929 to present day The Branch dance was held in the Fisherman's Hall, Buckie on Friday 8th November dancing to Colin Dewar's Scottish Country Dance band. There were 8 sets on the floor with a number of spectators enjoing the music and the dancing. Gary Coull, Chair of the RSCDS and a member of the Banffshire Brnch cut the anniversary cake along with the Chair of the Branch, Alice Archibald. A thank message from Alice Archibald: I just wanted to say thank you to all those who contributed in any way to the very successful night of dancing at Buckie last night. I have not yet heard about the finances, but as far as enjoyment, friendship and energy goes it was a wonderful night. Mavis, thanks to you and your helpers everyone was welcomed with a smile, Anne, the cake was very good and sliced up well. The music was so very clear and crisp and all the callers were very clear and crisp too!! Isobel, the programme was very much up to your usual standard and really enjoyed by all. Linda, the catering was very good and everyone said how much they enjoyed being back to “normal “ dancing conditions. Gary, it was so good to have you there in your official capacity and the Branch feels honoured to have the “Chair” as a member. Thank you all again Alice Archibald Chair of RSCDS Banffshire Branch A link to the videos from the 8th November dance clic k here Photos here 'Being there' Our first of the Branch's Classes with a Difference was held in the Institute Hall Portsoy on Sunday 29th September 2024 Anne McArthur took the class on a trip around the world. The first dance was in memory of Malcolm Brown, 'Links with St Petersburg'. He made many teaching trips to Russia and died recently. It was over Europe and Asia to dance Jim Stott's 'A Trip to Japan' to celebrate a recent dancing school in Kamakura just south of Tokyo. 'A Flight to Melbourn' followed to the cultural city of Australia. Next stop was South Africa to dance 'A Trip to the Drakensbergs' the mountain range that lies on the east coast of SA. A 15 hour flight from Jo'burg took the dancers to Buenos Aires to dance 'Aberdeenshire meets Argentina' while thinking of our Branch's links with our Argentinian friends. It was right up the east coast of the Americas to Boston to go to Pinewoods to dance the 'Pinewoods Reel' from the Centenary Book then it was home to dance 'Anne of Portsoy'. 27th OCTOBER 2024 RSCDS Teacher Kate Strathdee The theme for the class was dance names synonymous with Robert Burns, who in around 1779 as a young man began attending country dancing lessons in Tarbolton. He writes: "In my seventeenth year, to give my manners a brush, I went to a country dancing school. My programme came about while researching the dance Linkumdoddie, devised by John Drewry this was the second dance on my programme.The title of this dance comes from the thatched cottage known as Linkumdoddie referred to in the Willie Wastle – Poem written by Robert Burns in 1792. The other dances on my programme were : TWA SPARKLING EEN (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Iain Boyd The title of this dance, Twa Sparkling Een, comes from The Lass Of Cessnock Banks - Song written by Robert Burns in 1780. CAULD KAIL (M-8x(S16+R16)) 3C (4C set) RSCDS Book 9 Strathspey On a tour of the Highlands around 1787 and arriving in the city of Bon Accord Robbie Burns wrote Cauld Kail In Aberdeen - Song MY SPOUSE NANCY (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Jim Taylor RSCDS Leaflet Dances 22 A song written by Robert Burns in 1792 MY WIFE'S A WINSOME WEE THING (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Tony Moretti Pinewoods Collection 2 A song written by Robert Burns in 1792 THE LEA RIG (S8x32) 2C (4C set) RSCDS Book 21 Robert Burns writes “To Meet thee on the Lea-rig, My ain Kind Dearie” THE DUSTY MILLER (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Border Book Another song written by Robert Burns in 1788.

Scottish Country Dance class Macduff Alice Archibald, RSCDS Teacher I have been an SCD teacher with a class in Macduff since 1994 when I had just gained my Preliminary Certificate at St Andrews Summer School. After I gained my Full Certificate in 1996 I also started teaching the Class at St Ninian’s Church Hall in Turriff on Tuesday nights. I am still teaching both classes although since 2012 the Turriff class has been held in St Andrew’s Church Hall after the other Hall was closed and sold. For further information regarding the Macduff dance class see below Thank you Alice Telephone Alice Monday Evening Class 2025 Session Monday 6th January 2025 to Monday 12th May 2025 Buchan Street Hall (Macduff Pensioners Hall) Buchan Street, MacduffTime: 7.30pm to 9.00 pm Contact Alice Archibald on 07484837740Scottish Country dancing Fun, fitness and friendship!

Scottish Country Dance class Turriff Contact Alice by phone click here Alice Archibald is the class teacher for the Turriff Scottish Country dance class To find out more about Alice and her experience of Scottish country dancing Click here Tuesday evening dance class St Andrews Parish Church Hall, Turriff 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm 2025 Session Tuesday January 7th 2025 to Tuesday 6th May 2025 Telephone Alice Archibald on 07484837740

Scottish Country dance class, Spey Bay Spey Bay afternoon class Spey Bay Hall 2.00 till 3.30 pm Teacher Dianna Baillie NEW SESSION 2025 Thursday 09 January 2025 to 27th March 2025 Contact details Email address Contact phone number

Scottish Country Dance class Fochabers Wednesday evening dance class Bellie Hall, Fochabers 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm 2025 8th January 2025 to 26th March 2025 Scottish Country dancing Fun Fitness and Friendship The Bellie Scottish Country Dance class meets in Bellie Church Hall, Fochabers on Wednesday nights from 7.30pm until 9pm. Our teacher, Dianna, a very experienced dancer herself and has completed the RSCDS CTI Certificate We are a mixed ability class with some novice dancers and, recently, a few teenagers. All are very welcome. We like starting with a ‘round-the-room”dance which not only warms us up but enables us to change partners and get to know everyone. We use this time to practice the dance steps to the music. Dianna will also teach us some dances for up-coming rallies so that we don’t feel too nervous. All dancers have a very enjoyable even Contact Sandra by phone Contact Dianna by phone click here Contact Sandra by email

Scottish Country dance class, Mulben Contact Kate by phone click here Mulben Scottish Country Dance class is held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month The class teacher is Kate Strathdee, RSCDS Teacher 2025 Session January 15th 2025 to 16th April 2025

RSCDS BANFFSHIRE PUBLICATIONS 90th Anniversary Dance book and CD - click here Children's resources - click here 75th Anniversary Dance book and CD click here