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Trinity
Invitation: Teresa Lockhart is a very experienced teacher, and we enjoy her skill and enthusiasm!
Time: 7:30 – 9:30pm
Fall 2025: September 11 to December 11
Location: Rosedale Presby. Church, 129 Mount Pleasant Rd. (Hint: set SatNav to 67 South Drive)
Teacher: Teresa Lockhart
Contact: Catherine Whitfield 416.960-1687
About the group: Welcome to Trinity’s 51st season of Scottish country dancing. Regular weekly classes are at Rosedale Presbyterian Church.
Masks are optional, and dancers may bring their own refreshments for the break.
The annual Membership Fee is $20. The evening class remains at $10 for members and $12 for guests.
▶︎ Improvers’ Session: 7:15 – 7:30 — Teresa offers technique improvements and examines tricky formations that will figure in the evening’s programme.
How to get there: Street parking is available, and the church is a pleasant 10-min walk from Sherbourne station (walk north on Sherbourne to South Drive, and turn left). -
Spadina Reels Scottish Country Dancers
Invitation: Join our Young Adults (under 40) Scottish country dance class! Beginners and new dancers welcomed!
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Season 2025: September 11th-December 18th 2025 (no class October 9th); January 8th-May 28th 2026 (no class April 2nd)
Location: St Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron Street (near Spadina & Bloor)
Cost: $10 per class
Contact: Tristan Gerrie 647.234-4714
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Beyond Third
Invitation: Beyond Third will be a dance home for you if you are experienced, appreciate technique,
are comfortable with advanced-level figures, and have a good sense of phrasingDays: Occasional Fridays, mostly biweekly
Time: 7:00 – 9:30pm
Fall 2025: Sep 12, Sep 26, Oct 3, Oct 24, Nov 7, Nov 21, Dec 5, Dec 19
Location: Jörgen Dance, at George Brown College, Casa Loma campus
Teachers: Gavin Keachie, Moira Korus
Contact: Leo Roytman
Website: beyondthird.com
About the group: Beyond Third aims to attract dancers who aspire to high accomplishment in dance — i.e. advanced-level dancers who wish to further develop dancing skills.
Beginning of a class (7 pm to 8:15 pm) is dedicated to dancing at a level which requires the use of full stamina to achieve the highest level of technique (high impact dancing). This part of the class is optional. Dancers who do not dance at this level are welcome to the dance studio at 8 pm to warm up and be ready to join after 8:15 pm.
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Rosedale Youth
Invitation: New students, boys or girls, are always welcome. Come and enjoy social dancing, festivals, parties, special events and gala days!
Time: classes for different ages and levels 9:30 – 11:45 am
Season 2025/2026: Classes have started on September 13
Location: Rosedale Presbyterian Church, 129 Mount Pleasant Rd at South Drive
Teacher/Contact: Moira Korus 647.378-5753
Family Class (9:30 – 10:05 am)
Rosedale’s family dance class is suitable for children of all ages (starting at 3-1/2 yrs) with their parents, grandparents, siblings.Young Improvers and Intermediates Class (10:15am – 11:15)
Young improvers are older children in the Family Class who are beginning to learn steps and formations. They are joined by volunteer tweens & teens.
Senior Class (10:15 – 11:45 am)
Teens join the Intermediate Class and learn to dance with confidence and poise. Strong friendships are formed and leadership skills develop. Importantly, self-confidence flourishes. Teens are quick to pick up dances and thrive on challenge. That’s what they get in the last part of the class They learn just-for-fun dances, and they also concentrate on intricate, elaborate dances.
Dancers at Rosedale all become members of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (at no extra charge). Accomplished dancers can attend formal events such as the West Toronto Ball, Christmas Dance, and Youth Dance. Scholarships are available for older teens to travel to Scotland to attend Summer School in St Andrews.
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Shiftin’ Bobbins (A Toronto group directly affiliated with RSCDS Scotland (not-RSCDS Toronto)
Invitation:
Season 2025/2026: Established in 2010 , the group offers intermediate & advanced level Scottish Country Dancing for those who feel comfortable with their footwork, phrasing, prior knowledge of RSCDS formations and the ability to assimilate instruction quickly.
Meeting once monthly on a Sunday afternoon in central Toronto with a different certificated MC for each session the group attracts dancers from across Southern Ontario and Western New York State.
The annual May Ball and St.Andrew’s Dances are legendary.
Location: Grace Church-on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road at Russell Hill Road, Toronto (parish hall)
Contact: shiftinbobbins@gmail.com
Program dates and additional information are posted on the web site: sbsg-toronto.my.canva.site
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