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:   Diana Hankes (414) 828-0570 or dianahankes@gmail.com or Becky Glamm (262) 375-2606 or rglamm@wi.rr.com. You may also call for information regarding demonstrations and performances.

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

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News

The Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers have a managed list for easy email distribution.  All current dancers with email addresses have been added.  For anyone else interested, 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)

Spring Dance
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Kuhn Village Barn
Batavia, Illinois
 Information

Milwaukee Highland Games
June 2, 2018
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
 Information

Midwest Scottish Weekend Workshop 2018
June 8 - 10, 2018
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
 Information

Chicago Scottish Festival and Highland Games
June 15 & 16, 2018
Itasca, Illinois
 Information

T.A.C. Summer School
July 29 - August 5, 2018
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 Information

Wisconsin Scottish Highland Games
August 31 - September 2, 2018
Waukesha, Wisconsin
 Information

Timber Ridge Scottish Weekend
September 14 - 16, 2018
Highview, West Virginia
 Information

Hallowe'en Dance
October 27, 2018
Hales Corners, Wisconsin
 Information

42nd Annual Ball Weekend
March 30, 2019
Madison, Wisconsin

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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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