Fred Moyes
The Kitchener-Waterloo Group nominated Fred Moyes to be a recipient
of the Scroll of Honour. It was presented at their ball by KW Branch
Chair Kathryn Lecocq on November 5. This is the citation that was read
by Stuart McTavish (In the background) at the ball:
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Scroll of Honour award
is the highest accolade to be presented to an RSCDS member by the
National RSCDS. This is awarded to those few individuals who have
made an exceptional contribution to the RSCDS.
To quote: “For outstanding service and loyalty to the Society;
maintenance of the aims of preserving the standards and traditions of
Scottish Country Dancing; and encouragement in others of the
knowledge and enjoyment of Scotland’s heritage of dance and music”.
Our recipient of this award has certainly done all of that.
In 1958 he became a fully quali!ed RSCDS dance teacher under
the watchful eye of Miss Milligan, his examiner. On the music side, he
taught himself to play the accordion as a boy and, after emigrating to
Canada in 1987, he started playing almost exclusively for Scottish
Country Dance classes.
He has since gone on to play at many RSCDS functions and dances
worldwide, including countless cities across Canada and the USA,
Germany (four times), Japan (!ve times), Hong Kong, and, of course,
Scotland. He has played extensively for RSCDS teaching weekends
and for Candidate classes throughout North America, as well as for a
six-week examinations tour in Japan. In addition, he has played
regularly at RSCDS Summer Schools in Canada for over 12 years and
St. Andrews, Scotland for almost a decade. He is still in demand; we all
enjoy his music.
Speaking of his music, he is also a proli!c composer of Scottish
Country Dance music, has recorded three CDs, and has written a book
for musicians interested in learning how to play Scottish Country
Dance music, which is still in demand today.
As most of you have already guessed the recipient of this Scroll of
Honour is Fred Moyes.
…Stuart McTavish
We add our hearty congratulations to Fred on his well-deserved award.
Congratulations Fred Moyes!
