The Gardens Scottish Country Dancers is a not-for-profit group dedicated to arranging summer evenings of Scottish Country Dancing to live music in the open air in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh - an activity which has gone on for over half a century. We also organise some indoor dances allowing dancers to indulge their enthusiasm when many of the clubs have reduced activity for the summer.
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A demonstration team shows the way Photo courtesy of and Copyright of Andrew Murphy |
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Our programme for 2009 is now over. We would like to thank all who took part; Scottish Country Dancing is a communal event where the pleasure for for each dancer depends on the presence and cooperation of all the others. Moreover events like those we organise are dependent on having a good number of participants for them to be financially viable.
Our Annual Meeting was held in early September 2009. This re-appointed most of the committee that had organised the 2009 season, but we welcomed Jenny MacDonald onto the committee in place of Sandra Wallace who asked to step down. The new committee is hard at work planning the 2010 season. Dates for dancing in the Gardens are confidently expected to be Monday evenings from 31 May to 26 July 2010 inclusive. We welcome any comment you may have about changes which you think should be made or innovations you would like to see. In particular at least one of our indoor venues will need to be changed, and we welcome suggestion from anyone who knows of a potentially suitable venue which we should investigate. This may involve a change in the day of the week on which we dance, so comments on this would be valuable. Email us at psgdance@blueyonder.co.uk
Just occasionally the weather in Edinburgh is not suitable for open-air dancing. On those occasions the dancing may be cancelled. As some of the bands and the demonstration teams come from a distance away, the decision whether to proceed or not is taken soon after 3pm on the day of the event. This website will be updated with the status as soon as it is known
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Do you have somewhere where a poster could be displayed? If so please download, print and display this publicity poster (pdf file 635kb). That is the 2009 poster, we hope to replace it with a general one shortly.
We would really welcome your thoughts on our activities at any time.
Running the program in Princes Street Gardens is fairly labour-intensive, so offers of reliable help, mainly with stewarding would be welcome. All are also encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting to comment on the season just past and the next, and to consider standing to be on the committee.
Back to the topFor information about the Gardens Scottish Country Dancers
contact:-
| Margaret Burns (Chair) | 0131-661 1768 |
| Margaret Harris | 0131-337 4197 |
| Agnes Macmichael (Secretary) | 01506-500457 |
| Agnes Reed | 0131-556 2140 |
We are grateful for the support of many people whose input has made this year's program possible.
We thank several clubs and individuals who have made donations which have been vital in securing the financial position. We mention especially very generous and other support from Sir Tom Farmer.
Our thanks too to the clubs who have supplied demonstration teams and devised the programs, to those who have acted as stewards, to our callers, to the musicians who have put a spring into our steps, and to all who have come along to dance and so made our mutual enjoyment possible
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