Welcome to the Newark Scottish Country Dance Society
PLEASE NOTE
As a result of restrictions in place due to Covid-19, we are not currently able to engage in any of our regular or planned activities. We will start again when we are permitted to do so and it is safe to begin Scottish Country Dancing. Please continue to follow Government guidance and help us dance again as soon as possible.
As a result of restrictions in place due to Covid-19, we are not currently able to engage in any of our regular or planned activities. We will start again when we are permitted to do so and it is safe to begin Scottish Country Dancing. Please continue to follow Government guidance and help us dance again as soon as possible.
End of term Easter Party 30 March 2021 (Zoom)
Following the Christmas Party and Burns Celebration using Zoom (see Gallery), members were invited to celebrate Easter, on the date of our end-of-term class.
Godfrey had prepared a Quiz, and participants discussed the answers in chat rooms. Sylvia showed us a photograph of Simnel cakes she had baked and described their history. Pat recited three poems, one of which was particularly appropriate at the end of our warmest March day since 1968. Sally then told us about her decorated ceramic eggs from Bulgaria and then Joyce described a series of walks that she is happy to lead in permitted sized groups.
Three videos were shown - the winning display from the 2020 Newcastle Festival with a Mary Poppins theme, an excerpt from the RSCDS Winter Celebration 2021 involving William Williamson and Andrew Nolan, our Day School teachers for 2020 and 2022 and then finally the Galloway Dancers finale at a Dance Festival in Finland in 2009, involving several Newark members.
The beginning of the Government roadmap out of Covid restrictions is giving us hope that we may be able to begin limited dancing during the summer and a possibility of regular classes beginning again in September, though this is all subject to the easing of current restrictions, particularly with regard to distancing.
A screenshot of the Zoom participants is shown below.
Godfrey had prepared a Quiz, and participants discussed the answers in chat rooms. Sylvia showed us a photograph of Simnel cakes she had baked and described their history. Pat recited three poems, one of which was particularly appropriate at the end of our warmest March day since 1968. Sally then told us about her decorated ceramic eggs from Bulgaria and then Joyce described a series of walks that she is happy to lead in permitted sized groups.
Three videos were shown - the winning display from the 2020 Newcastle Festival with a Mary Poppins theme, an excerpt from the RSCDS Winter Celebration 2021 involving William Williamson and Andrew Nolan, our Day School teachers for 2020 and 2022 and then finally the Galloway Dancers finale at a Dance Festival in Finland in 2009, involving several Newark members.
The beginning of the Government roadmap out of Covid restrictions is giving us hope that we may be able to begin limited dancing during the summer and a possibility of regular classes beginning again in September, though this is all subject to the easing of current restrictions, particularly with regard to distancing.
A screenshot of the Zoom participants is shown below.
Scottish Country Dancing
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Scottish Country Dancing is a wonderful pastime and is great exercise for mind and body. Although originating in Scotland, you will find clubs and classes in most countries around the globe. Scottish Country Dancing is very much a social activity and, unlike many other types of dancing, dancers are encouraged to dance with different people, so that couples who do come along, will dance mostly with other dancers and it is therefore most definitely not a requirement to come to a class with a partner.
There are three basic types of dances: Reels and Jigs which are fast dances with their own footwork and Strathspeys which are slower and have different steps. There are many thousands of dances and more being written every year, but the vast majority are made up of combinations of a small number of basic formations. Once you have mastered these, you are in a good position to learn to dance a large number of Reels, Jigs and Strathspeys. |
Dancing fun in our Tuesday evening hall
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We are a friendly group of dancers and give a warm welcome to new members! Please browse our website to find out more about us, view the diary of our forthcoming events and to get in touch.
