Classes
Our Monday classes take place at Bents Green Methodist Church Hall (postcode S11 7PU), from 7.30pm to 9.45pm
Information about the Hall and how to get there can be found on the Bents Green Methodist Church Hall website. Please park on the road unless you have a Blue Badge or are bringing equipment. Map (opens in new window)
If you are NOT a branch member or regular visitor please send an email to the branch secretary or phone Neil Scott on 01226 762 894 or Fiona Oliver on 0114 230 2543 before your first visit.
We are also still running our online classes. So if you can't come to our in-person class for whatever reason please join Kate online who will be delighted to see you. The Zoom link is the usual one. If you have lost it drop a line to the branch secretary.
Please read our risk assessment: Word file PDF file
COVID Notice: We care very much about the health and wellbeing of our members and guests, and we would ask everybody who comes to our classes and socials to bring their own refreshments. The wearing of face masks is now a personal choice, however, the branch will continue to maintain adequate ventilation and CO2 monitoring. Anyone who wishes to wear a face mask, will have the full support of the branch. We will also provide hand sanitiser. Please avoid coming if you, or anybody you are close to, have any Covid or Flu symptoms.
Class terms 2023/24
Autumn: 4th September 2023 to 18th December 2023
Winter: 8th January 2024 to 25 March 2024
Spring: 15th April to 20th May 2024 (no class 6th May)
Monday night social dancing: 3rd June to 1st July 2024
AGM: 20th May 2024, followed by social dancing
Fees
Annual Branch/RSCDS: £25.00 (Joint £40.00)
Classes: £4.00 (Students/Juniors £2.00)
Dances from our Monday classes at Bents Green
25th March 2024
Johnnies Jig (J)
The Captain's House (R)
Scarborough Castle (S)
The Lonely Honey Bee (R)
Joie De Vivre (J)
Lady Peak's Strathspey (S)
18th March 2024
The Loch Ness Monster (R) w/u
Bill Clement MBE (J)
Pinewoods Reel (R)
The Carefree Highway (J)
The Athenaeum (S)
Inchmickery (J)
15th March 2024 - Advanced Class
Hunting The Haggis (R)
Buttermilk Falls (S)
The Cane Toad Jig (J)
The Tall Ship Glenlee (S)
The Celtic Rover (R)
11th March 2024
The Loch Ness Monster (R) (w/u)
Tambourine (R)
The Silver Tassies (S)
The Galloping Carousel (J)
London Bridge (S)
The Highland Rambler (R)
4th March 2024
The Packhorse Rant (R)
Good-Hearted Glasgow (J)
Forty Years On (S)
Tambourine (R)
Sandy O'er The Lea (S)
Allemande To Go (R)
Three Blind Mice (S)
Bratach Bana (R)
26th February 2024
Johnnie's Jig (J)
De'il Amang The Tailors (R)
Forty Years On (S)
Catch The Wind (R)
Sands of Morar (S)
Farewell To Balfour Road (J)
19th February 2024
The Royal Deeside Railway (R)
The Birks of Invermay (S)
Jennifer's Jig (J)
Ding Dong Bell (S)
Swirling and Twirling Leaves (J)
Deil Amang the Tailors (R)
16th February 2024 - Advanced Class
Nile Roberts Farewell To Pasadena (R)
Ysobel (S)
The Recumbent Stone (R)
The Athenaeum (S)
The Localsh Reel (R)
Shiftin' Bobbins (R)
12th February 2024
Johnnie's Jig (J)
Happy Returns (R)
Up In The Air (S)
The Dancing Bees (R)
The King of Spain's Daughter (S)
The Hazel Tree (J)
5th February 2024
Circassian Circle (R)
Snowdrops In The Glen (R)
Mairis's Wedding (R)
Slytherin House (S)
Gaelforce Wind (J)
How Many Are There Tonight, David ? (S)
29th January 2024
Warl up jig (J)
Hedwig's Reel (R)
The Shetland Shepherdess (J)
Scarborough Castle (S)
Inchmickery (J)
Mairi's Wedding (R)
22nd January 2024
Warm-up Jig (J)
A New Year Jig (J)
Strathglass House (S)
Orpington Caledonians (R)
A Wee Dram Before Tea (S)
Snowdrops In The Glen (R)
19th January 2024 - Advanced class
The Valley Over The Hill (R)
The Tall Ship "Glenlee" (S)
The Ayrshire Wheelie Bin (J)
A Leisurely Stroll (S)
Reel of the Royal Scots (R)
15th January 2024 - "Give It A Go!"
Circassian Circle (J)
Johnnie's Jig (J)
Friendships (S)
Snowdrops In The Glen (R)
Good Hearted Glasgow (J)
"How Many Are There Tonight, David?" (S)
Scott Meikle (R)
8th January 2024 - "Give It A Go!"
Circassian Circle (J)
Riverside (J)
Jig To the Music (J)
12 Coates Crescent (S)
Pint of Ale is Fain (J)
The Sunningdale Strathspey (S)
Hedwig's Reel (R)
Dances from our Monday online classes
8th April 2024
Illusive Eclipse (Harris, Happy Hours - RSCDS Pretoria 35th Anniversary)
Chasing the Eclipse (Gallamore, The Highland Road Collection)
The Inimitable Derek (Goldring, Magazine Dances)
At the Gate of Daffodil Garden (Higashikawa, RSCDS Tokai 25th Anniv)
The Scallywag (Kelly, RSCDS Book 52)
Gang the Same Gate (Levy, RSCDS Book 36)
25th March 2024
Jennifer’s Jig (Drewry, RSCDS Book 53)
Scarborough Castle (Dix, Leeds Golden Collection)
The Inimitable Derek (Goldring, Magazine Dances)
A Breath of Spring (Taylor, Martello Tower Book 5)
The Scallywag (Kelly, RSCDS Book 52)
11th March 2024
A Pint o’ Ale is Fain (McMurtry, Devil’s Quandary)
Miss Kirkpatrick (Attwood, Alexander Book 7)
Beach Dancer (West, Whangarei Book)
The Irish Clover (Lehmann, online publication)
26th February 2024
Bethankit (Stacey, RSCDS Graded Book 3)
The Gate of Daffodil Garden (Higashikawa, RSCDS Tokai 25th Anniversary Book)
The Inimitable Derek (Goldring, RSCDS Magazine Dances)
The Merchant City (Thorn, RSCDS Glasgow 90th Anniversary Book)
Tambourine (Bowlen, East Ivanhoe Book)
The Sands of Morar (Priddey, RSCDS Book 45)
19th February 2024
Jennifer’s Jig (Drewry, RSCDS Book 53)
Ederline (McLean, Auchinellan Collection)
A Trip to the Drakensberg (Rendle-Braime, RSCDS Book 38)
Scarborough Castle (Dix, RSCDS Leeds Golden Anniversary Book)
Maxwell’s Rant (Rutherford, RSCDS Book 18)
15th January 2024
Snowdrops in the Glen (Beattie, RSCDS Glasgow 90th Anniversary Book)
Glenfiddich Strathspey (Foss, Rose Collection of Scottish Dances)
Gaelforce Wind (Haynes, RSCDS Graded Book 3)
Sugar Candie (unknown, RSCDS Book 26)
Mairi’s Wedding (Cosh, 22 Scottish Country Dances)
The Minister on the Loch (Goldring, Thirty Popular Dances Vol 2)
8th January 2024
The Shetland Shepherdess (Wallace, RSCDS Graded Book 3)
Another trip round the sun (McEdward, Salute to San Diego)
Coats Land (Goldring, Scotia Suite)
Ederline (McLean, Auchinellan Collection)
Winter Solstice (McKinnell, unpublished)
The Singing Sands (Priddey, Silver Rose Book of SCDs)