RSCDS Toronto Events

Monthly Dances

RSCDS Toronto sponsors Monthly Dances. Monthly dances are normally the 2nd Saturday of each month, September to April. We have the great pleasure of dancing to live music provided by the best Scottish Country Dance musicians in North America. The admission fee includes light refreshments at the Interval. All dances are briefed, and are usually walked through once. Crib sheets are available at the door, and are posted here when available.

Members - $20 (includes GST) * Non Members - $25 (includes GST) * Children & Spectators - $4

Not always, but usually, Monthly Dances are at Crescent School, 2365 Bayview Ave.,
which is north of Lawrence Ave. E, 1st light north of the long bridge, opposite the Granite Club.
There is ample parking on the Crescent School site. ( Map to Crescent School.)

Monthly Dance Contact: Forbes Duncan or phone: 416-266-3377

Lessons to learn Scottish Country Dancing: Chart form or detailed Class Descriptions

Date & Hosts	Time	Event	Music by. . . & Briefers	Location
Sept 27 / 08 • Trinity • Bloorlea • Fallingbrook	8 pm - 10:30	September / October Monthly Dance Download the cribs	Don Bartlett & The Scottish Heirs • David Booz • Mari Thompson • Steve Coombs	Toronto French School MAP
Nov 08 / 08	8:45am - 3:45pm	The Toronto Workshop Download the Brochure & Registration Form	Bobby Brown, Laird Brown, Don Bartlett	Toronto French School MAP
Nov 08 / 08 • Woodglen • Don Mills • St. Andrew's of Brampton	8 pm - 10:30	November Monthly Dance Download the cribs	Bobby Brown & The Scottish Accent • Sandra Scott • Donalda McDonald • Paul Maloney	Crescent School
Nov 15 / 08	9:30am - 11:30am	Children's Workshop Download the info brochure	recorded	Swansea Town Hall MAP
Dec 06 / 08 • Glenview • South Simcoe • Erin Mills (Fri)	7:30 pm - 10	Family Christmas Dance (specially designed for families) Download the cribs	Don Bartlett & The Scottish Heirs • Moira Korus • Deirdre MacCuish Bark • Diana Hooper	Crescent School
Jan 10 / 09 • Hillcrest • Scarborough • Tayside	8 pm - 10:30	January Dance (Challenge Night) Download the cribs	Bobby Brown & The Scottish Accent • Jean Noble • Keith Bark • Blair Gerrie	Crescent School
Feb 14 / 09 • Petronella • Midtown • Calvin	8 pm - 10:30	February Monthly Dance Download the February CRIBS Download the February INSTRUCTIONS	Bobby Brown & The Scottish Accent • Carole Skinner • Isabelle MacPherson • May Divers	Crescent School
Feb 21 / 09	6 pm - wee sma' hours	The Tartan Ball Brochure/Order Form Download Tartan Ball CRIBS Download Tartan Ball INSTRUCTIONS	Bobby Brown & The Scottish Accent	Fairmont Royal York
March 14 / 09 • Erin Mills (Tues) • ASTA • St Clement's	8 pm - 10:30	March Monthly Dance (Beginners' Night) Download the cribs Download the March Dance Instructions	Bobby Brown & The Scottish Accent • Linda Ashe Argent • Barbara Taylor • Teresa Lockhart	Crescent School
April 04 / 09	Doors open at 12:30 Dancing starts at 1:15	Children's Festival Download Poster	recorded music	Westway United Church 8 Templar Drive, Etobicoke [MAP]
April 18 / 09	Reception : 5pm Dinner: 5:30pm Grand March: 7pm	The 5th Annual Youth Ball A 'posh' event for young dancers aged 10 to 20-ish	Don Bartlett & The Scottish Heirs	Newtonbrook United Church Hall Cummer & Yonge Willowdale
Apr 25 /09 • Aurora Heights • Highlands of Durham • Newtonbrook	7:30 pm - 11:00 (Note extra time to allow for AGM)	April Dance & A.G.M. $10 for Members $15 for non-Members Free for AGM only Download the cribs.	Don Bartlett & The Scottish Heirs • Kathleen Kynoch • Wendy Loberg • Maureen Richardson	Crescent School
May 9 / 09	5:30 pm - 12:30 am	The West Toronto Ball -- The 40th Annual "Beginner's Ball"	Bobby Brown & The Scottish Accent	Rameses Temple 3100 Keele Street North York
May 26 / 09 and every Tuesday in June except June 30th.	7:00 pm - 'til dusk	Dancing in the Park Download the dances: (all 5 weeks in one Acrobat file)	Bobby Brown & The Scottish Accent	Edward's Gardens Leslie & Lawrence, Don Mills
Dancing In The Park The co-ordinator for Dancing In The Park is David Roper 416-285-0367. The em-cee is Jean Noble. Bobby Brown & The Scottish Accent provide live music.			The last Tuesday in May and every Tuesday in June (except June 30th) Toronto Scottish Country Dancers enjoy outdoor dancing at Edwards Gardens, which is in Don Mills, south of Lawrence, just west of Leslie. Here's a static aerial view. Here's a live Google map. The sound of jigs, reels and strathspeys from a live band pervades the area. One avid dancer signed up for courses because she heard the wonderful music from her garden. Spectators are always welcome - bring a lawn chair. Click here for pictures and a lively write-up about the May 29th, 2007 DITP. Join us in 2009! Dancing in the Park begins at 7:00pm and goes 'til dusk. Edward's Gardens (confusingly signed "Toronto Botanical Garden" at some gates) is at Leslie & Lawrence E. -- the south-west quadrant. We dance at the north side, behind the snack bar/barn. Download the Dancing In The Park Programme for 2009. Download the Dance Instructions: Week 1 (Tues, May 28). Week 2 (Tues, June 2). Week 3 (Tues, June 9). Week 4 (Tues, June 16). Week 5 (Tues, June 23).
Toronto Association Workshop - 14 November, 2010			The Toronto Workshop is an annual tradition for those who wish to experience new teachers and learn to improve their technique. Contact: Valerie Fisher (416) 497-4186 The workshop has classes for dancers of all levels, and for youth. The November Monthly Dance will be held the same evening 8pm - 10. It will be a great day of dance!
The 47th Tartan Ball will be Feb. 20, 2010			Every February (since 1964) RSCDS Toronto holds its gala Tartan Ball in the Edwardian splendour of the Concert Hall of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Following an elegant meal, dancers don their ghillies while the ballroom is cleared. Non-dancers retire to the balcony to watch the proceedings.   Dancers are piped back into the ballroom in a Grand March; the first dance is announced; sets are counted; the band strikes a chord; and the evening's dance programme begins. There are two Intervals, and the fun goes on into the "wee sma' hours". Brochure/Order Form -- Download the cribs. Download Dance Instructions . Convenor: Louis Racic 416-253-6018. Tickets: Jim Stark (416) 691-8035. Rehearsals for the Tartan Ball are held prior to the event. Here are some nice pictures of the 2005 Tartan Ball.
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