Events

Annual Dance

Annual Dance, October 2017

The next Annual Dance takes place on Saturday 20 October 2018 at 7.30pm in the Bridge Community Centre, Newark (postcode NG24 2DQ). We are pleased to have the Neil Barron Duo playing for us for the first time and hope that you will put the date in your diary.

More details, including a Flyer and Dancelist will be available a few weeks before the Dance.

Charity Ball

About 60 dancers from across the East Midlands enjoyed the magnificent Georgian Ballroom in Newark Town Hall as their venue for Newark's 2017 annual Charity Ball, dancing to music played by George Meikle. Money raised will be donated to St Barnabas Hospice, for Lincolnshire, www.stbarnabashospice.co.uk and the Newark Emmaus Trust, www.newarkemmaustrust.org.uk

Our next Charity Ball is on Friday 14 December 2018 at 7.30pm in the Georgian Ballroom in Newark Town Hall (postcode NG24 1DU) when we will have Neil Barron playing for us. Details of the programme will be available here a few weeks before the Ball.

Charity Socials

The weekly classes during the weeks of St Andrews Day (30 Nov) and Burns Day (25 Jan) are an opportunity for members to raise money for a Charity close to their heart. The Society make a contribution from their funds depending on the sum raised during the evening.

St Andrew's Day Charity Social 2017 - Tuesday 28th November. Charity: Keframa High School in Uganda, organised by Fiona Slatcher when she sold home-made cakes and ran a raffle, and raised over £160 with the NSCDS adding £100, making £260 for the school.

Burns Charity Social 2018 - Tuesday 23 January. Charity: Dementia UK, organised by Pat Harland. She brought cakes to buy during the interval and raised £142; NSCDS added £100, making a total of £242.

St Andrew's Day Charity Social 2017

Newark Day School

Day School, January 2016

Our next Day School will take place on Saturday 19 January 2019 in the Bridge Community Centre, Newark (postcode NG24 2DQ).
The Day School is organised to address the needs of less experienced dancers needing to gain confidence, as well as dancers who are already familiar with basic figures.
Our guest teacher for 2018 will be Liz Stead from Chesterfield and our musician will once again be David Page.
There will be classes in the morning and afternoon, and a buffet lunch.
The morning session is for beginners, as well as those whose aim is to improve steps, dance technique and gain confidence in dancing basic formations.
The afternoon session is for more experienced dancers who have a secure knowledge of the basic formations, including reels (of 3 and 4) and who can identify corners positions. This knowledge will be assumed so that the teacher can concentrate on developing further skills and knowledge. Many of the figures taught will be from the evening Social Dance programme.
Participants should wear footwear appropriate for Scottish Country Dancing ie ideally ghillies or ballet style shoes, for the safety of all taking part. Shoes with hard soles and heels will not be permitted.
More details and an application form will be available in the Autumn.

Annual Social

Our Annual Social will be held on 19 January 2019 in the evening after the Day School in the Bridge Community Centre, beginning at 7.00pm. More details will be published a few weeks before the Social.

ASCDS Festival

The Festival is organised by the Association of Scottish Country Dance Societies to promote Scottish Country Dancing, particularly in the East Midlands. In 2017, it was held in Nottingham on 06 May and the music was performed by Neil Barron and his Band. Each year, the Newark dancers enter a team to participate in the Massed Dancing and a team to perform a demonstration solo to be watched by the other teams.
The 2017 Newark solo was called In the Spirit of Miss Milligan, a medley of Dancing Spirit (2x32J), Floating on Air (1x32S) and Salute to Miss Milligan (2x32R). Videos of the dance, taken from different positions in the hall, can be viewed using the links https://youtu.be/FoOcckEnu-c or https://youtu.be/i8_BnpHAaIo or by watching below.

Garden Dances

On Tuesday evenings during the summer, dancers host Garden Dances in their own gardens for other members. In the event of inclement weather, the dancing takes place in the usual hall in Newark.

Garden Dance July 2016