Madrid 2020

XXVI IBERIAN SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE WEEKEND

MADRID 2020

Click here to see a few videos made at the weekend

Click here to see a few photos from the weekend

The Schiehallion Group-Madrid was the host of the 26th Iberian Gathering of Scottish Country Dance in 2020. Here is the main information about the Weekend that was published ahead of the event:

Dates: Friday, March 6th to Sunday March 8th 2020.

Venue: Meliá-Barajas. A 4-star hotel located near the airport (click here to see a map and click here to see a Telegraph view of the hotel . The hotel is well-connected to the Airport (free shuttle service) and to the centre of Madrid (via Metro and buses). There is also an ample car park, where you can leave your vehicles for the whole weekend (the cost is now 14 euros per car per day) Classes, walkthroughs, and evening dances will take place in a 450m2 ballroom with a wooden floor.

Teacher: Antoine Rousseau

Musicians: Craigellachie Band (Ian Muir on accordion, Keith Anderson on fiddle, and Judith Muir on piano). Piper for the Grand March: Iñaki Montes

Price for the weekend: 250€ per person in a double room and 335€ in a single room. There are also a *few* triple rooms available at a cost of 235€ per person.

The weekend includes: 2 nights accommodation with breakfast at the hotel, 2 buffet dinners with drinks, 2 classes with live music, 2 evening dances, and 2 walkthroughs. Lunch is *not* included.

Extra nights: Extra nights, if required, should be booked by the individual participants themselves. The organizers point out that while the venue hotel is perfect for the purposes of the Iberian Weekend, it is rather expensive, and so a different hotel, e.g. one in the city centre, may be better for days with a purely touristic agenda. However if you do wish to spend your extra nights in the venue hotel, here is the information you need:

Cost of extra nights: (e.g. Thursday or Sunday) including breakfast: 122€ for a double or twin room (so 61 euros per person) or 108,90€ for a single room.

Booking the extra nights: You should contact the hotel by mail or phone (ask for booking). Remember to say you are a participant in the Scottish country dance weekend, so that you secure this price and occupy the same room throughout your whole stay.

Contacts for the extra nights: Elodie Michenaud, e-mail : elodie.michenaud@melia.com

or phone +34 917 477 700 (ask for booking) or fax: +34 917 478 717

Dance programme - The dance programme sent by the organizers are at the bottom of this page; they can be downloaded or just viewed. They include written instructions and diagrams. In addition, Martina Müller-Franz has helpfully made digital lists on the website known as the strathspey server. Here is the link for the Friday dance and here is the link for the Saturday ball. These digital lists show you immediately if a video is available to illustrate the dance. By clicking on the name of the dance, and then on the tab "videos", you can see a selection of possible videos. The site of the Scottish country dance dictionary generally has even more videos, if the ones on the strathspey server aren't enough!