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Scottish Country Dancing by Ruary Laidlaw
45 Whitaker St, Kihikihi, New Zealand
Books & CDs
Six dances for Beginners and Elementary Dancers. There is a CD with music to go with each dance arranged and played by "Peter Elmes and His Band".
These four dances help Beginners & Elementary dancers master the four basic steps. There is a CD with music to go with each dance arranged and played by "Peter Elmes and His Band".
These four dances have basic formations for Elementary dancers
Two of these three dances have unusual music and one dance is weird!
Contact Ruary if you would like a CD
This is a collection of 12 dances that celebrate Lochiel Club members or were composed by them.
It also has a CD of music to go with each dance, all arranged by Peter Elmes and then played by "Peter Elmes and His Band".
The Bruce Fordyce Memorial Collection
This is a book of 17 dances composed by Bruce Fordyce of Seton's Ceilidh Band fame. He also wrote the music for most of the dances. The scores are included with each dance.
Miscellaneous Dances
Three Teaching Resources
A teacher's programme for teaching Beginners & Elementary dancers for a year! Steps and formation listed in sequence from 1 to 64. If you would like a copy contact Ruary - below.
Forever and a Day
This carries on the steps and formations from the previous book, but one level up for Mainstream (intermediate) dances. Steps and formations from 70 to 137. If you would like a copy contact Ruary - below.
These four dances are for school children who know nothing about dancing. The steps are all walking or plain skipping. The formations are all intuitive. There is a CD with music to go with each dance arranged and played by "Peter Elmes and His Band".
ruarylaidlaw@gmail.com
I was the tutor for about 27 years at the Lochiel Scottish Country Dancing Club in Hamilton, New Zealand from 1991 to 2018.
Over the years I gradually became more and more interested in teaching Beginners (people who have never danced before) and Elementary dancers (people who have completed the beginners' stage and want to go further).
The dances in the books listed on the left are mainly for Beginners and Elementary dancers, except for Weird and Wonderful and The Lochiel Collection, which include dances for all levels of ability.
Click on the link on the left to get the link to the specific book with the list of dances that you are interested in. You can then click on the dance and get the full instructions.
If you would like the book with a CD for:-
Dancing Feet,
One Step at a Time
Clapyerhands
The Lochiel Collection
...with the music for each of the dances arranged and played by Peter Elmes and his Band, send an email to ruarylaidlaw@gmail.com
Other Scottish Country Dancing Sites:-
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (New Zealand)
Last updated: 5th Jamuary 2022