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UPCOMING EVENTS

"35th Anniversary Workshop and Ball" in Medicine Hat 29-31 October 2010
Mark it in your calendar!

Beginners' Workshop, Dinner and Dance, Lethbridge

Saturday, 6 February 2010 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 1818 5th Ave. South.
Teacher: Donna Angus of Edmonton
Music: Ken Nattass of Winnipeg
Schedule:
9-Noon: Basic Class
1-3PM Intermediate/Advanced Class
6PM: Dinner followed by a dance
Non-members and guests $20
Contact Vaughan Coupland for more information: coupmv@uleth.ca

RSCDS Edmonton Caledonian Branch 40th Annual Workshop and Ball

This event will be held at the Sutton Place Hotel 10235- 101 street, Edmonton AB.
Dates will be Friday 19, to Sunday 21 February 2010
Teachers:
Pat Coyle (Niagara Falls, ON)
Mary Murray (Vancouver, BC)
Elinor Vandegrift (Kenmore, WA)
Ron Wallace (Santa Rosa, CA)
Musicians:
Muriel Johnstone (Courtney, BC)
Keith Smith (Ardnamurchan, Scotland)
Gary Thomas (Santa Rosa, CA)
Christine Baker (Edmonton, AB)
Contacts:
Deborah Ann Rumsey: debbie.rumsey@gov.ab.ca
Irene Townshend: townshend@shaw.ca

Workshop and Ball, Red Deer

Friday 9 to Sunday 11 April 2010 at the Festival Hall, 4214 - 58 Street in Red Deer
Organized by the Red Deer Scottish Country Dancers
Teachers:
Elizabeth Kean of Medicine Hat
Barbara Johnston of Edmonton
Claude Hutton of Saskatoon
Music by Christine Baker of Edmonton and Fiona Carnie of Calgary
For more information: Lily Breland at 403.343.0975 or email wapati2@telusplanet.net

Workshop and Social, Winnipeg

Saturday, 1 May 2010 at the Churchill Park United Church, 525 Beresford Avenue.
Organized by the Winnipeg Branch, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Teachers:
Ron Wallace of Santa Rosa, CA
Margaret Zadworny of Winnipeg
Class Music by Ken Nattras and Ron Krug
Evening Social Music by Scotch Measure
For more information: 204.254.3208 or www.rscdswinnipeg.ca

RECENT EVENTS

Burns Evening Celebration, Medicine Hat

Wednesday evening, 20 January at the Cultural Centre, we celebrated the birth of the bard with piping, dancing and haggis, tatties and neeps.  Unfortunately, the scotch was in short supply!

Burns Supper at St. John's Presbyterian Church

We had a demonstration dance during the evening of the Supper, Friday 16 January.  Thanks to Brenda, Sharon, Barb, Susan and Jennifer for dancing Dominoes 5.

Christmas Party, Medicine Hat

We held a nice Christmas party, Saturday, 5 December 2009, 7:30 - 10 PM at the Cultural Centre RR3.

34^th Medicine Hat Workshop, Banquet and Ball

Our windy and spooky workshop and ball took place from  30 October to 1 November 2009.

Spring Fling Ceilidh

The Medicine Hat Highland Dance group organized a ceilidh for all Scottish cultural groups and the public, which took place on Saturday evening, 18 April 2009, at the Strathcona Centre. See photos of the event here.

2009 Lethbridge Workshop and Ball

The Lethbridge Scottish Country Dance Club held their 2009 SCD Workshop and Ball at the Lethbridge Lodge 3-5 April. The musicians, were:
- Ron Krug and Ken Nattrass from Winnipeg, MB for the Friday night Ceilidh
- Ken, Ron, and Jim Lindsay from Perth, Scotland for Saturday and Sunday SCD classes
- Muriel Johnstone from Courtney, BC for the musicians workshop
- Muriel and Jim for the Saturday night Ball
The dance teachers were:
- Elinor Vandegrift, RSCDS Examiner and frequent guest teacher, from Seattle, WA and two teachers known in the east and south of the continent but making their first visits to western Canada as workshop staff
- Susan Wood from Nashville, TN
- David Booz from Toronto, ON
For more information, go to the Lethbridge SCD Club's web site (www.lethbridgescottishcountrydance.org)

2009 St. Giles Workshop and Ball

St. Giles Scottish Country Dance Group held their Annual Workshop and Ball 24 and 25 April, 2009, held at Varsity Acres Community Association. Teachers were Una Lennam of Victoria, Timothy Wilson of San Francisco and our own Elizabeth Kean of Medicine Hat.

Year End Party (Last Class)

Wednesday, 29 April, was our last class of the year! See you in September at the Cultural Centre, RR3.

Medicine Hat Annual Burns Social

The 250th Anniversary of the birth of Rabbie Burns was celebrated on Wednesday, 28 January 2009, in grand style with the "Address to the Haggis" by Bob Mutch. See photos on ALBUM page.

"Nollaig Chridheil!" Medicine Hat Christmas Social

Our last class of 2008 took place on 3 December at 7:30PM in RR3 of the Cultural Centre. It was a Christmas social and there was lots of red and green! See photos on ALBUM page.

2008 Medicine Hat Workshop and Ball

The 2008 annual workshop and ball took place 31 October to 2 November 2008 at the Medicine Hat Lodge. Great fun! See photos on ALBUM page.

2008 Medicine Hat Branch Registration Social

The 2008 Registration Social for the Medicine Hat Branch took place on Wednesday, 10 September 2008, at the Cultural Centre. Old friends and new faces were in evidence. Thanks to those who brought snacks! And we'll all try to do better next time with Postie's Jig... who was Postie anyway?

Lothian Schools Strathspey and Reel Society

Fiddles, voice, piano and pipes filled the Medicine Hat College Theatre, 7:30 PM, on Thursday, 10 July 2008. Jigs, reels, strathspeys! It was interesting to note that the Scottish fiddling differs somewhat from the Cape Breton fiddling, an older form that picks up some of its style from dance tunes played on the pipes.

Eric Retires!

Eric Kean, a long time member of the Medicine Hat branch, RSCDS, is not exactly "retiring" but he has retired. Not from dancing but from his day job at Goodyear after many years. It's not a "last day" that many at Goodyear will soon forget!