The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) has a world-wide network of Branches and Affiliated Groups. The Society exists to promote and develop Scottish country dancing worldwide for the benefit of present and future generations.

The Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers is a social group that enjoys learning and dancing the traditional jigs, reels and strathspeys of Scotland.  We host a Hallowe'en Social Dance as well as several dance parties throughout the year.  In addition, we occasionally perform at weddings, dinners and folk festivals.

Classes are open to anyone interested in Scottish Country Dance.  Beginners are welcome to watch and to dance.  It is not necessary to have a partner to participate.  You don't have to be Scottish!

For information contact: Terry Garner, Loraine Garner or Cory Sterling at SCD.MKE@gmail.com, or call 414-301-3701. For information regarding demonstrations and performances, please contact Diana Hankes at dianahankes@gmail.com.

For the Governance and Board of Directors of the Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers, please look HERE.

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News

We're having a Mardi Gras Dance on Monday, February 24th. Read about it HERE.


We're having a Beginners Class in the New Year! For the eight Wednesdays in February and March, Terry Garner and Rebecca Renee Winnie will be teaching the basic steps and formations of our dance! Click HERE for more information.


The Board of Directors meetings have been scheduled. Details can be found on the Governance web page. Any member may attend.
 

The Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers have a managed list for easy email distribution.  For anyone interested in receiving our email communication, please use the following LINK to start the process.

Our promotional flyer is now available HERE.

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Class Schedule

Classes are held on Monday evenings at one of the two following locations.  Please check HERE for the schedule.

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Great Hall
 914 East Knapp Street
 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 * Entrance to the Great Hall is through the parking lot (kitchen entrance) on Marshall Street *
 (There is a  $3.00 donation to defray the cost of the hall rental.)

Our Lord's United Methodist Church
5000 S. Sunnyslope Rd.
New Berlin, Wisconsin

For those coming from Milwaukee you can get off of I-894 @ Beloit Rd, drive west until you get to Sunnyslope Rd (traffic light) turn left (south), and you will see it almost immediately on your left.
* Enter the left doors and then turn left again. You will be in the right room.
(There is a  $3.00 donation to defray the cost of the hall rental.)

  Class Dates and Locations
 

How we structure our classes:

We initiate classes with warm ups and stretches, followed by a short focus session to improve technique. The class then divides temporarily, with newer dancers (along with a couple experienced dancers for support) learning/reviewing/improving formations whilst the more experienced dancers further develop their dancing skills as they learn/review/improve challenging formations and dances, or learn dances for upcoming events. The groups then recombine to dance one or two dances which utilize the formations previously focused on by the newer dancers. If time allows the experienced dancers then learn another challenging dance, giving the newer dancers the opportunity to observe.

Demo team and advanced dancer information HERE.

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Upcoming Midwest Scottish Country Dances

(events and assorted workshops)

Mardi Gras Social Dance
Monday, February 24, 2020
New Berlin, Wisconsin
 Information

43rd Annual Ball Weekend
March 28, 2020
Madison, Wisconsin
 Information

44th Annual Grand Ball
April 18, 2020
Twin Cities, Minnesota
 Information

29th Annual RSCDS Central Iowa Ball Weekend
May 1 - 3, 2020
Ames, Iowa

Midwest Scottish Weekend
June 12 - 14, 2020
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
 Information

TAC Summer School 2020
July 24 - August 2, 2020
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
 Information

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Photos

2019 Midwest Scottish Weekend photos

2017 Hallowe'en Dance
 Nancy McClements' photos

2015 Hallowe'en Dance
 James and Heidi Horton's photos

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Sale Items

You can order Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers merchandise!  Please look HERE for our online store.

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Scottish Country Dance Groups
(mostly Midwest)

•  Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
•  Cincinnati Branch RSCDS, Cincinnati, Ohio
•  Detroit RSCDS Branch, Detroit, Michigan
  
•  Highland Mist Scottish Country Dancers, St. Louis, Missouri
•  Madison Scottish Country Dancers, Madison, Wisconsin
•  RSCDS Chicago Branch, Chicago, Illinois
•  RSCDS Twin Cities Branch, Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota
•  Scottish Country Dancers of Central Iowa, Ames, Iowa
•  Tartan & Thistle Scottish Country Dancers, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  
•  Windsor Branch of the RSCDS, Windsor, Ontario

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Resources for Dancers

•  Hints and Tips for Briefing Scottish Country Dances
•  RSCDS Videos
•  Scottish Country Dance Etiquette and Conventions  Thanks to the Twin Cities, Minnesota branch for this link.
•  Scottish Country Dance Resource Pages
•  Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary
•  Shoes, Dances, Music  An assortment of links, addresses and phone numbers. 
•  Standard Etiquette for Scottish Country Dancing  Thanks to the Madison Scottish Country Dancers for this link.
•  Teachers' Association of Canada  An association of teachers of Scottish Country Dancing.
•  The Inter-city Scot  A newsletter of Scottish Country Dance groups and events in North America.
•  The Strathspey Server  A repository of information relating to Scottish country dancing.

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Related Information

•  Center for Celtic Studies at UW-Milwaukee
•  Council of Scottish Clans and Associations
•  Irish Cultural and Heritage Center
•  Milwaukee Blue (essential links, compactly organized)
•  Milwaukee Highland Games
•  Robert Burns Club of Milwaukee
•  Saint Andrew's Society of the City of Milwaukee
  
•  Shamrock Club of Wisconsin
  
•  Southeast Wisconsin Folk Dance
•  Wisconsin Scottish Inc.

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