Useful Links

 

SCD groups Within Driving Distance of Toronto

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  1. •Ardbrae Scottish Dancers, Ottawa

  2. •Barrie SCD (contact Sue Scott)

  3. •Blair Scottish Country Dancers (Cambridge, ON)

  4. •Boston Branch RSCDS

  5. •Brockville Scottish Country Dancers

  6. •Buffalo Branch RSCDS

  7. •Burlington Branch (contact Sue Dilworth: 905-331-7846)

  8. •Chicago Branch RSCDS

  9. •Cincinnati Branch RSCDS

  10. •Detroit Branch RSCDS

  11. •Fergus Scottish Country Dancers. (Contact Lou Emslie)

  12. •Hamilton Branch RSCDS

  13. •Kingston Branch RSCDS

  14. •Kitchener Waterloo RSCDS

  15. •London Branch RSCDS

  16. •Montreal Branch RSCDS

  17. •New York Branch

  18. •New Haven Branch

  19. •Oakville Scottish Country Dance Group

  20. •Ottawa Branch RSCDS

  21. •Peterborough Branch RSCDS

  22. •Pittsburgh Branch RSCDS

  23. •St Catharines RSCDS

  24. •Windsor RSCDS

Other SCD Groups

  1. •RSCDS World Headquarters in Edinburgh

  2. •RSCDS London (home of The Reel: Download here)

  3. •Berkhamsted Strathspey & Reel Club

  4. •List of SCD groups around the world

  5. •Berne Scottish Country Dance Club

  6. •Edmonton Caledonian Country Dance Society

  7. •New Zealand Branch RSCDS

  8. •San Francisco Branch RSCDS

  9. •Saskatchewan RSCDS

  10. •St Andrews Scotland Branch RSCDS

  11. •St John's Branch RSCDS

  12. •Vancouver Branch RSCDS

  13. •Victoria Branch RSCDS

  14. •RSCDS Winnipeg Branch

Worldwide, there are hundreds more SCD groups. . .

Look for them here:  Branches and Affiliates

and here, specifically for Continental Europe.


General SCD Links

  1. •TAC - Teachers' Association (Canada)

  2. •TAC Books (all the books you can imagine about Scottish Country Dancing).

  3. •TAC Sound (All the recordings you need to do the dances you love)

  4. •Inter-City Scot

  5. •The Strathspey Internet Newsgroup
    Send a message with the word subscribe in the Subject line to get on the list. Similarly, to get off the list, send a Subject of unsubscribe. A Subject of help will get you "help" instructions.

  6. •MINICRIB (Charles Upton's Brief Scottish Country Dance Notes)

  7. •Grand Chain The Scottish Dance Resource 

  8. •Scottish Country Dance Dictionary: Not pretty, but pretty darn useful! It has history, formations descriptions, briefs for thousands of dances (many with diagrams), and selected YouTube videos to demonstrate most dances

  9. •ReeltimeDancing:  A resource for dance books and dance info from New Zealand.

Other useful links

  1. •All Celtic Music (Scottish & Irish CDs and downloads)

  2. •Electric Scotland (thousands of pages about Scotland and things Scottish)

  3. •Scottish Studies Foundation, University of Guelph, History Dept.

  4. •Rampant Scotland (A great resource for links to things Scottish)

  5. •Music In Scotland - Possibly the world's greatest source of Scottish music. Here's where they keep the SCD music.

  6. •St. Andrew's Society of Toronto (a charitable organisation, co-sponsors with the 48th Highlanders of the popular St. Andrew's Ball, held every year in late November at the Royal York hotel, Toronto)

  7. •Scottish Tartans Authority the authoritative source on tartan and Highland dress. A one-stop shop for trade and public enquiries, for new tartan designs, for research students . . . for film makers . . . overseas buyers . . . staff training . . . education . . . dress etiquette . . . public speaking . . . TV and radio interviews, and a host of related professional and cultural services.

  8. •Lulus Fashion —  A northern California on-line shop that has an interesting
    “Guide To Scottish Tartans”. (thanks to Payton for this link)

  9. •Changing Gears - Advice and resources for those about to retire -- and how better to enjoy retirement than by Scottish country dancing?

  10. •How to tie a bowtie

  11. •History of bagpipes in theatre & dance A quick, interesting guide to the heritage of the pipes on stage and in dance (thanks to Zoë for this link).