Links to Scottish Country Dance and Related Sites

The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Edinburgh, Scotland
The RSCDS site is a good source for links to Branches and Affiliated Clubs throughout the world

Scottish Country Dance DataBase A repository of Scottish Country Dance instructions, music, books, with great search capabilities.

The Mary Isdale MacNab Archive Dance Collection – New Addition to London (UK) Branch Website

Local Bands:

• • Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra Dedicated to providing the very best in Scottish Country Dance Music.
  • Vancouver Police Pipe Band
  • Blackthorn Celtic Band
  • Kilbirnie Station

  British Columbia

  • Comox Valley Scottish Country Dancers
  • Nanaimo Scottish Country Dancers
  • Oceanside Scottish Country Dancers (Qualicum Beach)
  • Salt Spring Scottish Country Dance Club
  • Vancouver Island Scottish Country Dance Society “Van Isle Scottish Dancers”

  Alberta

  RSCDS Calgary Branch
  RSCDS Edmonton Caledonian Branch
  RSCDS Medicine Hat Branch
  Lethbridge Scottish Country Dance Club

  Ontario

  RSCDS Hamilton (Ontario) Branch
  RSCDS Kingston (Ontario) Branch
  RSCDS Kitchener-Waterloo Branch
  RSCDS St. Catharines Branch
  RSCDS Toronto Branch
  RSCDS Windsor (Ontario) Branch

  Other Canadian Branches

  RSCDS Saskatchewan Branch
  RSCDS Winnipeg Branch
  RSCDS Montreal Branch
  RSCDS St. John’s (Newfoundland) Branch
  Teachers Association Canada The TAC, as it is often called, is an association of teachers of Scottish country dancing.

  Washington State

  RSCDS Seattle Branch Hosts Annual Weekend Workshop at Fort Worden in September
  RSCDS Skagit Scottish Country Dancers
  Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers

  Other US Scottish Dance Groups

  RSCDS Portland (Oregon) Branch
  RSCDS San Francisco Branch Hosts Annual Weekend Workshop at Asilomar in October
  RSCDS New York Branch

  Scottish Country Dance and Related Links

  • BBC Radio Scotland “Take the Floor” Listen anytime to Scottish Country Dance music from  the most recent broadcast of Scotland’s longest running radio show.
  • BC Highland Games now ScotFestBC
  • Celtic Canada A magazine and website with news and stories shared coast to coast.
  • The Celtic Connection A Vancouver newspaper devoted to all things Celtic.
  • Celtic Fest Vancouver A non-profit society bringing together the Vancouver Celtic community in an annual festival of celebration.
  • Grand Chain A resource for Scottish dancers worldwide, including bands, groups, links, hints and tips,  dances and more for SCD, Highland and Ceilidh dancers.
  • The Inter-City Scot A newsletter of Scottish Country Dance events in North America.
  •  Mini Crib  Brief Scottish country dance notes for about 5000 Scottish country dances available free for use in easily prepared (downloadable) cribsheets.
  • Scottish Country Dancing Instructions Description of the history of Scottish Country Dancing, explanations with diagrams of the common formations, and a glossary of the language used in  describing the dances. From the Bracknell Reel Club (Bracknell, Berkshire, England).
  • Scottish Cultural Centre Vancouver
  • The Strathspey Server A repository of information relating to Scottish country dancing.
  • Tartantown, Coquitlam, For tartans, ghillies and everything Scottish