Sr. Dorcas Baker, RSCDS Certified
Instructor (Founder, deceased)
John McCormick, RSCDS Certified
Instructor
Janice Lacock, RSCDS Certified Instructor
Rebecca Renee Winnie, RSCDS Teacher in Training
Terry Garner, RSCDS Teacher in Training
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: Cory Sterling or John Fitak 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.
News
The Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers Annual General Meeting will be held Monday, July 11. We will be voting on our slate of new officers which can be found on our Governance page.
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.
Class ScheduleWE'RE DANCING AGAIN!
Classes will be at Journeys Lutheran School each Monday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Please check HERE for the schedule.
COVID-19 Policy:
Dancers agree to:
Sign the COVID-19 LIABILITY WAIVER (available on the website)
Stay home if not feeling well.
Get tested if experiencing any COVID symptoms and contact us if you have a positive result. MkeSCD will notify dancers if they've been exposed, however, individuals will not be identified.
Wear a mask when required by the MkeSCD mask policy (see below).
MkeSCD mask policy is directly linked to the CDC Community Levels for the three counties where most of our members reside: Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Waukesha. Use this link to check levels in our area: COVID-19 by County | CDC. The policy will be in place for the highest level of any one of the three counties.
HIGH: Masks REQUIRED for dancing
MEDIUM: Masks RECOMMENDED for dancing
LOW: Masks OPTIONAL for dancing
Masks should be good fitting and cover the nose and mouth. N95, K95, and Kf94 masks offer the best aerosol protection.
Any dancer who feels more comfortable wearing a mask is encouraged to do so.
Journeys Lutheran School
5425 S 111th Street
Hales Corners, WI
Enter school parking lot from 112th AND COPELAND St. -- near the proper entrance it will say “Lutheran School".
To help defray the costs of hall rental, please consider a donation of $5 each class.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.
Teaching Schedule
Demo team and advanced dancer information HERE.
Upcoming Midwest Scottish Country Dances
(events and assorted workshops)
TAC Summer School
July 24 - 31, 2022
Calgary, Alberta
Information
Wisconsin Highland Games
September 2 - 4, 2022
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Information
43rd Annual Ball Weekend
March 24 - 26, 2023
Madison, Wisconsin
Videos
Culla Bay February 16, 2019
Bees of Maggieknockater February 15, 2020
Foxhill Court February 15, 2020
Karen's Wedding February 15, 2020
Lady Catherine Bruce's Reel February 15, 2020
Machine Without Horses February 15, 2020
Photos
2021 Hallowe'en Dance photos
2019 Midwest Scottish Weekend photos
2017 Hallowe'en Dance
Nancy McClements' photos
2015 Hallowe'en Dance
James and Heidi Horton's photos
Sale ItemsYou can order Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers merchandise! Please look HERE for our online store.
Scottish Country Dance Groups
(mostly Midwest)
- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
- Detroit RSCDS Branch, Detroit, Michigan
- Highland Mist Scottish Country Dancers, St. Louis, Missouri
- Madison Scottish Country Dancers, Madison, Wisconsin
- Midwest Scottish Weekend
- 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
Resources for Dancers
- Hints and Tips for Briefing Scottish Country Dances
- RSCDS Videos
- 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.
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
- Wisconsin Scottish Inc.
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