SCD groups Within Driving Distance of Toronto

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1. •Allardyce Scottish Country Dancers, Orillia
   

2. •Ardbrae Scottish Dancers, Ottawa
   

3. •Barrie SCD (contact Sue Scott)
   

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

5. •Boston Branch RSCDS
   

6. •Brockville Scottish Country Dancers
   

7. •Buffalo Branch RSCDS
   

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

9. •Chicago Branch RSCDS
   

10. •Cincinnati Branch RSCDS
    

11. •Detroit Branch RSCDS
    

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

13. •Hamilton Branch RSCDS
    

14. •Kingston Branch RSCDS
    

15. •Kitchener Waterloo RSCDS
    

16. •London Branch RSCDS
    

17. •Montreal Branch RSCDS
    

18. •New York Branch
    

19. •New Haven Branch
    

20. •Oakville Scottish Country Dance Group
    

21. •Ottawa Branch RSCDS
    

22. •Peterborough Branch RSCDS
    

23. •Pittsburgh Branch RSCDS
    

24. •St Catharines RSCDS
    

25. •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. •Scotch Mist (the best SCD band around!)
   

5. •Inter-City Scot
   

6. •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.
   

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

8. •Grand Chain The Scottish Dance Resource 
   

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

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

9. •How to tie a bowtie
   

10. •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).