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
The Mary Isdale MacNab Archive Dance Collection – New Addition to London (UK) Branch Website
Looking for events outside of Vancouver, here are some hints for finding them.
For Events further afield – The Inter-City Scot
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”
- White Rock Scottish Country Dance Club
Alberta
RSCDS Calgary Branch
RSCDS Edmonton Caledonian Branch
RSCDS Medicine Hat Branch
Lethbridge Scottish Country Dance Club
Saskatchewan
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 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
- 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.
- Instructions Online from the Donald Collection held at the Central Library in Edinburgh.
- 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
- Scottish Dance Archives From the Central Library, Edinburgh.
The Strathspey Server A repository of information relating to Scottish country dancing. - Tartantown, Coquitlam, For tartans, ghillies and everything Scottish
- Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra Dedicated to providing the very best in Scottish Country Dance Music.
- Vancouver Police Pipe Band