Social Groups
Mondays
Scarborough
7:30-9:30 pm | Season dates: : Sept 9 - Dec 9 then Jan 6 - to May 11
NOTES: We shall dance: Feb 17 (Family Day), and Apr 13 (Easter Monday)
Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Blvd, East York, ON M4B 3J7 <map>
Instructor: Nigel Keenan 416.762-3060 | Contact: Lourdes Genosa 416.762-3060
St. Clement’s | Season dates: : Sept 9 - Dec 16 then Jan 6 - June 15
NEW SCHEDULE: - Social Dancing: 7:00 to 9:00 (no early evening specialist technique this season - but all levels are warmly welcome)
The Great Hall of Bishop Strachan School, 298 Lonsdale Road, Forest Hill <map>
Enter main doors and sign in with BSS Security, please.
Park on circular drive or on nearby streets. Note: A Beginner-friendly and scent-free group.
Instructor / Contact: Teresa Lockhart 416.759-9845
Tuesdays
Allardyce Scottish Country Dancers — Orillia (not-affiliated with RSCDS Toronto)
Social dancing: 7:00-9:00 pm | Season dates: : Sept 10 - Dec 17 then Jan 7 - to...
The Senior Citizen's TIE Club Centre, 56 West Street North, Orillia, Ontario <map>
Instructor/Contact: Barbara Chapman 705.818-2608
Bloorlea
7:30-9:30 pm (come at 7 pm for extra instruction) | Season dates: Sept 10 - Dec 10 then Jan 7 - May 12
Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Avenue, Etobicoke, <map>
There is plenty of parking. We dance in Room 122.
For more information see this website: www.franklinhorner.org
Instructor & Contact: Arlene Koteff 416.272-7217
7:30-9:30 pm | Dates: Sept 17 - Dec 17 | 2020 dates: Jan 7 - May 15 (on May 15 we shall have music by Don Bartlett)
Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Avenue (one block north of St. Clair, west off Yonge) <map>
Instructor: Vicky Zeltins 416.393-5502 | Contact: Nancy Stokes 416.425-2195
Don Mills
7:30-9:30 pm | Season dates: Sept 10 - Dec 17 then Jan 7 - May 26
Banbury Community Centre, 120 Banbury Road, (S. off York Mills W. of Leslie) <map>
Instructor: Sandra Scott 416.447-0157 | Contact: Anne Anderson 416.449-1898
7:30 - 9:30 pm | Season dates: Sept 10 - Dec 10 then Jan 7 - May 12
Cooksville United Church, 2500 Mimosa Row (Go west on Floradale, off Hurontario, S of Dundas) <map>
Instructor: Keith Bark 905.822-1707 | Contact: Deirdre MacCuish Bark 905.822-1707
This is a beginner friendly class. All levels of skill and experience are welcome. We teach steps and formations early in the evening.
Hillcrest
7:00-9:00 pm | Season dates: Sept 10 - Dec 17 then Jan 7 - May 26
Toronto French School, 296 - 318 Lawrence Ave East [at Bayview] <map>
Enter annex of western-most building, the Junior School [lower level entrance on right] and go downstairs to the gym.
Instructor: Jean Noble 416.449-8070
Tayside - Morning
10:30 am - noon | Season dates: Sept 10 - Dec 10 then Jan 7 - May 12
Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Blvd. (nr O'Connor & Bermondsey) <map>
Contact: Gillian Clinton Instructor: Blair Gerrie 416.651-8933 Beginners are welcome.
Tayside - Evening
7:30-9:30 pm | Season dates: Sept 10 - Dec 10 then Jan 7 - May 12
Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Blvd. (nr O'Connor & Bermondsey) <map>
Instructor/Contact: Blair Gerrie 416.651-8933 Beginners are welcome.
Peterborough (non affiliated)
Classes: 6:45 pm - 9:30 Dates: 2nd Tuesday of September to 2nd Tuesday of May
NOTE NEW LOCATION: All Saints Church Hall, 235 Rubidge Street, Peterborough K9J 3N9 <map>
Monthly Friday Evening dances start at 7:30pm: • Nov 15 • Dec 13 • Jan 24 (Burns Supper & dance) • Feb 21 • Mar 20 • Apr 17
For further details, visit the Peterborough SCD website
Wednesdays
A.S.T.A. | Classes will resume in March 2020; specific date TBA.
Social dancing 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Kinsmen Hall, 327 Queen St. S., Streetsville <map> Parking and entrance at rear of building.
Instructor/Contact: Barbara Taylor 905.271-1598
All dancers of all levels are welcome.
7:30-9:15 pm | Season dates: Sept 11 - Dec 11 then Jan 8 - May 13
Glenview Presbyterian Church, 1 Glenview Avenue <map>
(West of Yonge; 3 blocks S of Lawrence; off Duplex or Glengrove)
Instructor: Moira Korus 647.378-5753 | Contact: Valerie Fisher 416.497-4186
2:00-4:00 pm | Resumed: Sept 11
Cost: $5 per class or $100 if paid in advance on September 13.
Those paying in advance get a FREE vest or shirt with the HDSCD logo on it.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 419, 484 Bay Street, Port Perry M9L 1M7 <map>
Humbercrest
7:15-9:15 pm | Season dates: Sept 11 - Dec 11 then Jan 8 - May 6
Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd. (Jane & Annette) <map>
Instructor: Deirdre MacCuish Bark 905.822-1707 | Contact: Barbara Kalmuk 416.766-3879
Beginner friendly; all levels welcome.
7:30-9:30 pm | Season dates: Sept 18 - Dec 18 then Jan 8 - May 13 + May 20th: St Andrew’s Spring Dance
Normal venue: Chris Gibson Recreation Centre, 125 McLaughlin Rd N, Brampton <map>
Spring Dance: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 44 Church Street E., Brampton <map>. Dancing begins at 7:30pm.
Instructor: Paul Maloney 905.821-4387 | Contact: Ann Campbell 905.459-5213
King Edward Scottish Country Dancers — Barrie (not-affiliated with RSCDS Toronto)
Beginners: 7:00 pm | Social dancing: 7:00-9:00 pm Season dates: Sept 18 - ...
King Edward School, 25 Burton Avenue, Barrie L4N 2R3 <map>
Instructor: Bill Scott 705.737-2493 | Contact: Susan Scott 705.737-2493
Thursdays
8:00-10:00 pm | Season dates: Sept 12 - Dec 5 ~ 2020 Dancing: Jan 9 - April 2
Usually, we dance at Seeley Hall. Sometimes (but no such switch is planned Jan 9 - Apr 2) we get switched to Cartwright Hall.
Seeley Hall, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Avenue < map >
Cartwright Hall, in St Hilda’s College, 44 Devonshire Place <map>
(venues are close to Museum and St George subway stations)
Instructor: David Booz 416.806-2669 | Contact: Ken Adamson 416.763-0073
Celtic Connection Dancers — Richmond Hill (not-affiliated with RSCDS Toronto)
Social dancing, afternoons: 1:00pm - 3:30 | Season dates: Resumed Sept 26
Cost $5 We stop for afternoon tea and dancers take turns bringing treats. Wear shoes to suit a vinyl floor.
Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church, 10066 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill L4C 1T8 <map>
(Look for the square turret; NOT the pointy spire church) Driveway beside church leads to a carpark at rear.
Instructor: Jessie Houseley 905.881-1312 | Contact: Ross Floyd 905.889-8396
Wasaga Beach (non affiliated)
Thursday Mornings 10:00-12:00 | We dance all year
Prime Time Club, 1724 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach. (same complex as the Y and Recplex). <map>
We bring lunch for after class. Contact: Mari Thompson 705.429-2602
Fridays
Aurora (morning class)
10:30 am - 12:15 pm | Season dates: Sept 6 - end of May
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Hall, 32 Mosley St., Aurora <map>
Instructor: Maureen Richardson 905.939-2712 | Contact: Agnes Vallejo 905.841-2747
Erin Mills - Fridays: 7:30 pm - 9:30
2020 dates: March 20, March 27: West End Workshop Welcome Dance (with all 3 Workshop teachers), April 3, 17, 24 and May 1, 8
Mississauga Seniors’ Centre, Olga Tyne Auditorium, 1389 Cawthra Rd. <map>
(East side, at Arbor Crt., 2 lights south of QEW)
Instructor/Contact: Jean Hamilton 905.566-9599
7:30-9:30 pm | Season dates: Sept 6 - Dec 6 then Jan 3 - May 1
Special Events 2019/20:
• Dec 6 Christmas Dance & Light Supper • Feb 8 Valentine Workshop & Tea Dance • May 1st Bluebell Spring Dance & Light Supper
Knox Presbyterian Church, 160 King St. South, Alliston <map>
Instructor: Maureen Richardson 905.939-2712 | Contact: SCDAlliston@gmail.com
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Woodglen
7:45 -9:45 pm | Resumed: Sept 13
Fallingbrook Presbyterian Church, Kingston Rd. at Wood Glen, Scarborough <map>
(Halfway between Victoria Park & Warden)
Instructor: Deirdre MacCuish Bark 905.822-1707 (& Guest Instructors) | Contact: John Clark 416.266-3609
Saturday Mornings ~ Youth Classes
Season dates: Sept 14 - Dec 14 then Jan 11 - May
Junior Class (4-7 yrs & family) 9:00-9:45 am
Intermediate Class (8-12 yrs) 9:45-10:45 am
Senior Class (12-20 yrs) 10:30-11:45 am
Rosedale Presbyterian Church, 129 Mount Pleasant Rd at South Drive <map>.
New students, boys or girls, are always welcome.
Come and enjoy social dancing, festivals, parties, special events and gala days.
Contact Instructor: Moira Korus 416.924-9616
Periodic Saturday Evenings
The White Cockade: Social & Dance Club - Hamilton (not-affiliated with RSCDS Toronto)
Resumed: Sept 21
A Scottish social group. Dances the 3rd Saturday of each month in dance season.
Info: hamiltonwhitecockade@gmail.com
Occasional Sunday Afternoons
Shiftin’ Bobbins ((not-affiliated with RSCDS Toronto -- for Intermediate and Advanced dancers) $35 Season Membership covers all Sunday sessions. If you are not a member, your first visit is free, but thereafter $10 at the door. “Shiftin’Bobbins” meets one Sunday afternoon a month in central Toronto. Each session a different guest MC will feature dances not often seen elsewhere for those already comfortable with the more complex RSCDS formations and able to participate with minimal instruction.
2:00-4:00 pm at Grace Church-On-The-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road (at Russell Hill) <map>
2019-20 dates: • Sept 29 with Alicia Manson (Oakville) • Oct 27 - Claire Collier (Buffalo) • Nov 23 - 6th Annual St Andrew’s Celebration Dance (music by Scotch Mist)
• Dec 8 - Maureen Richardson (Aurora)
2020: • Mar 22 - Moira Korus (Toronto) • Apr 26 - Lou Emslie (Guelph)
Info: https://shiftinbobbins.webs.com
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RSCDS Toronto is affiliated with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. HM Queen Elizabeth is our Patron.
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