Social Groups
Mondays
Scarborough NOW DANCING IN PERSON
7:30-9:30 pm |
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 PAUSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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 | Cancelled until further notice
The Senior Citizen's TIE Club Centre, 56 West Street North, Orillia, Ontario <map>
Instructor/Contact: Barbara Chapman 705.818-2608
Bloorlea >>>> DANCING IN PERSON BEGINS April 8 ~ ZOOM continues until then
NOTE: - Bloorlea is switching to Wednesday mornings as of April 8 (see below)
7:30-9:30 pm | Cancelled until further notice
Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Avenue (one block north of St. Clair, west off Yonge) <map>
Contact: Nancy Stokes 416.425-2195
Don Mills Asking for expressions of interest in returning to in-person dancing
7:30-9:30 pm |
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
Erin Mills, Tuesdays >>>> DANCING IN PERSON BEGINS March 15 ~ ZOOM continues until then
7:30 - 9:30 pm |
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.
7:00-9:00 pm | Cancelled until further notice
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.
Tayside - Morning
10:30 am - noon | Cancelled until further notice
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 | Cancelled until further notice
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 Cancelled until further notice
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. |
Social dancing 7:30 - 9:30 pm Cancelled until further notice
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.
Bloorlea | NEW DAY… NEW TIME… SAME LOCATION
Social dancing 10am-noon
Classes will run on Wednesday mornings from 10am to noon from April 6 to June 8, 2022,
at Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Avenue, Etobicoke, <map>. Room 122. There is plenty of parking available.
The block of 10 sessions costs $50. Please bring a cheque made out to ‘Franklin Horner Community Centre’ on the first evening.
To register, please contact the Franklin Horner Community Centre at 416-252-6822 or email Rosa Perkovic.
If you have questions, please contact Arlene by email or phone.
Instructor & Contact: Arlene Koteff 416.272-7217
8:00pm |
Glenview on-line SCD classes. Wednesday evening at 8 pm, starting Wednesday October14th
Dance at home with a partner in your social bubble or dance on your own with an imagined partner!
Classes open to everyone, Please email Erica De Gannes at erica.degannes@gmail.com for the link to join the class.
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
Highlands of Durham
2:00-4:00 pm | Cancelled until further notice
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 >>>> REMOTE CLASSES VIA ZOOM until further notice. Contact Deirdre.
8:00pm |
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 | Cancelled until further notice
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
Thursdays
8:00-10:00 pm | Cancelled until further notice
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 | Cancelled until further notice
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
King Edward Scottish Country Dancers — Barrie (not-affiliated with RSCDS Toronto)
Beginners: 7:00 pm | Social dancing: 7:00-9:00 pm Cancelled until further notice
King Edward School, 25 Burton Avenue, Barrie L4N 2R3 <map>
Instructor: Bill Scott 705.737-2493 | Contact: Susan Scott 705.737-2493
Wasaga Beach (non affiliated)
Thursday Mornings 10:00-12:00 | No info
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 | Cancelled until further notice
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 Cancelled until further notice
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: Cancelled until further notice
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 | > >>> Remote classes, via Zoom. Contact Deirdre.
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
>>>> IN PERSON DANCING + REMOTE CLASSES VIA ZOOM Contact Moira Korus.
Zoom: Under 12s: 8:45 to 9:30am.
Children under 12 and/or families are welcome.
In Person: Dancers age 12+ dance 10:15 - 11:30am. All 12+ and 20-somethings are welcome!
Proof of vaccine, completed covid attestation forms, and masks are required to attend classes.
Contact Moira Korus for info or Zoom link
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)
A Scottish social group. Dances the 3rd Saturday of each month in dance season. All dances are cancelled until further notice. In the event that circumstances improve, the committee is ready, subject to hall availability, to arrange a programme, be it a tea dance at Delta Church or a Saturday evening dance at McNab Presbyterian Church.
Info: hamiltonwhitecockade@gmail.com
Occasional Sunday Afternoons
Shiftin’ Bobbins IN PERSON DANCING
(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 features 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>
2022 Dates: • March 20 ~ April 10 ~ May 15 ~ live music by Laird Brown & Donny Wood.
To participate, Shiftin' Bobbins Vaccination Attestation.pdf
The pre-paid membership cost for the 3 spring sessions is $25. Non-member fee is $15 at the door per session. May 15th will be a Ball practise.
In the tradition of Shiftin’ Bobbins’ twice-postponed St. Andrew’s Ball, we are hosting a season end “Kilts & Posh Frocks” formal evening dance on Saturday, March 28th.
Ball tickets: $30 for members; $40 for non-members (includes entry to the May 15 ball practice).
Kilts & Posh Frocks Info.pdf May 28 Kilts & Posh Frocks Ball programme.pdf
>> If we are to proceed as planned, please express your interest with shiftinbobbins@gmail.com <<
Grace Church-On-The-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road (at Russell Hill) <map>
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