Events

Fresher’s weekend is now round the corner, so it is a good time to start making everybody aware and start signing up.

What happens is; We all go away somewhere for a weekend and the new members get to know the old members (as well as each other). This usually happens through a series of dances, silly games, over drinks-generally just by having fun and enjoying themselves. On Saturday night we have a fancy dress dance and this years theme is still to be decided! After it is decided ( which will be soon ), you can make your costume as simple or complex as you want to, but keep in mind there will be prices for the best and most innovative costumes!

This year we are going to New Lanark. Departure takes place on Friday the 12th of October and we will return on the Sunday the 14th of October. The cost for the weekend -accommodation 2 nights, food from Saturday morning to Sunday lunch ( We have Parisian French Cook ! ), transportation, dances and almost everything else … is for Fresher’s £36, Unwaged £42, and Waged £46. You can either bring food with you on Friday night, or you can buy from a chippy somewhere on the road that still to be decide on.

The weekend will look something like this;

Friday 12th: Departure from Appleton Tower at 18.00

Arrive at New Lanark at some point, discover the hostel and have food there.

Ceilidh with games after arrival, and late night music/dancing.

Saturday 13th: Workshops

Outdoor activities if weather permits / Games

Dinner and fancy dress dance

Sunday 14th: Workshop

Wander around New Lanark.

Leave at 14:00 to Edinburgh.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact committee member Daniel Franzen, talk to him or to anyone of the committee .. ( Daniel’s email address : daniel.franzen@rwth-aachen.de)

Sign-up sheets will be available on Thursdays Next Week at Lutton Pl. It is first come first serve, so make sure you sign up fast

We encourage all new members of the society to come on this fun weekend away, don’t worry if you don’t know anyone yet, this is where people usually finally learn each others’ names! It’s also a really nice little break from the academic university hustle! Hope to see all of your happy faces there!

it is time for the first social of the new NSCDS year! It is something called A Flat Crawl and it includes free food, so keep reading.

Time: 3rd October (Wednesday next week!), 7pm
Place: meet in front of Teviot, moving on together from there
What: A multiple course meal in different flats, cooked and hosted by some lovely committee members.

And to put it more vocal: on Wednesday next week we will be daring the terrible winds and the very probable rain together, in order to get good food and good company and to experience the comes-in-many-shapes-and-sizes flats of Edinburgh. We will meet up at Teviot at 7pm and head up to the first flat together. It will be a proper three-course meal, I promise you won’t be hungry afterwards. And if you miss dancing, you are more than welcome to skip-step the whole way. After the meal, if we are not completely fed up with each other, we’ll head to have a nice sit in The Ale House (our dear regular Thursday pub).

For the sake of flat sizes we will have a sign-up for this, so be fast! It’s free food and a good chance to have a chat with all the people you dance with. You can sign up by either sending me an e-mail (siri.juulia@gmail.com or press the answer button) or on a sign-up list that will be there on Thursday classes, that is, tomorrow. The preference is given to Freshers (as we all want to get to know you guys!), but there will be a waiting list for the old members (same method of signing up) and if we feel we can fit you in, we will tell you. If you’re not yet a member of New Scotland, do sign up, so that we know you’re worth getting to know If you cannot come join the meals, for some reason or another, please join us in the pub, we should be there shortly after 10pm.

Hey everyone!!

Time has come for the first official dance this year, the Beginners Dance. The program is especially for beginners, and we will have gone through all of the dances in our classes. If you are still not sure whether to come or not, we will have a walkthrough in the afternoon of the same day where everyone unsure about the dances can come and dance them. The afterparty is at Ulrike’s flat from the end of the dance until the early morning. There will be a group of people walking together, so if you don’t know where it is, just follow someone who knows the way. Below are the details for the Dance itself as well as the walkthrough. Hope to see you all there!!

Beginners’ Dance
Date: Saturday, 19 November 2011
Time: 7:30pm to midnight
Admission: £6 unwaged / £7 waged
Venue: St Peter’s Church Hall, Lutton Place
Band: Ian Thomson
Dress code: informal

Fresher’s Weekend is coming up quickly!! This is three days and three (very short) nights of dancing, silly games and having fun!! This is an event for old and new members, to get to know each other and have some amazing time together.

We are going to Oban, a small town on the west coast of Edinburgh. We will be staying at a youth hostel, which we will have to ourselves. The dancing will happen in a nearby hall. As always, we will have a costume dance with the very inventive theme: “Your Inner Child”. As places get filled pretty quickly, sign up as soon as possible!!

Leaving: 14th October 5pm Bristo Square, near Appleton Tower by bus.
Returning: 16th October 5ish same place. We will be visiting Killin on our way back, a nice little village near the Falls of Dochart.
Price: £36 Freshers/£42 Students/£46 Waged
Included: Transport, Accommodation for two nights, Meals and lots and lots of dancing

Hope to see you there.