NEWS
UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
"35th
Anniversary Workshop and Ball" in Medicine Hat 29-31 October 2010
Mark it in your calendar!
Classes are now finished until the fall
Registration social
See you on Wednesday, 8 September, at 7:30PM in RR3 at the Cultural Centre.
WORKSHOPS AND DANCES
| Location |
Dates |
Venue |
Website |
Contact |
Email/Tel. |
| Seattle |
10-12 September |
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www.rscds-seattle.org |
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| Saskatchewan |
1-3 October |
Kenoshee Inn, Moose Mtn |
http://www.rscdssask.org/ |
Chris Mitchell |
chrismitchell@sasktel.net |
| Calgary, St. Giles |
15-16 October |
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Donna Gillespie |
donnagil@telus.net |
| Medicine Hat |
29-31 October |
Medicine Hat Lodge |
nonprofit.memlane.com/scottish |
Elizabeth Kean |
rscdsmh@gmail.com |
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RECENT EVENTS
Yearend Social
We enjoyed our last social on Wednesday, 21 April. A special treat was live music, featuring Dennis Orr on the accordion.
Elizabeth and Eric demonstrate the Gay Keans while Dennis squeezes out a tune.
Annual General Meeting
We held our AGM on Wednesday, 14 April< at the Cultural Centre. A new Executive was acclaimed and can be found on our contact page.
Red Deer Workshop and Ball
This biennial event took place at the Festival Hall and Armouries in Red Deer. Eric, Elizabeth, Brenda, Barb, Hilton, Diane, Malcolm and Jennifer all attended.
Edmonton Workshop and Ball
Keith Smith and Muriel Johnstone played for the ball at the 40th
anniversary
event in Edmonton on the weekend of 19-21 February 2010. Seven Medicine
Hat members
attended: Eric and Elizabeth, Malcolm and Jennifer, Brenda, Barb and
Sybil.
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!
Photos on album page.
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.
34th 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.
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!
