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 414-301-9701. 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

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.

You can find us on Facebook 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:

In the first half, the entire group does simple dances. Dance steps formations will be taught, reviewed or improved. Toward the end of the first half, intermediate level dances will be taught.  These dances will include a step, a formation or formations taught earlier.

For the second half, intermediate and advanced dancers will develop their dancing skills on more advanced dances, truly challenging formations or dances in preparation for upcoming events.  Midway through the second half, the entire group repeats one of the simple dances taught earlier or will dance another simple dance, which has a step, a formation or formations taught in the first half.
 

Demo team and advanced dancer information HERE.

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Upcoming Midwest Scottish Country Dances

(events and assorted workshops)

Annual Ball
November 16, 2019
Ann Arbor, Michigan
 Information

Winter Dance Party
December 7, 2019
Madison, Wisconsin
 Cheat Sheet

Twin Cities Branch 23rd Annual Fàilte Ball
December 7, 2019
Twin Cities, Minnesota
 Information

Chicago 40th Anniversary Ball Weekend
January 18-19, 2020
St. Charles, Illinois
 Information

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

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

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

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

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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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