Events

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.

In a few days the 2011 Fresher’s Week is finally starting. And of course we have a number of events to try out Scottish dancing and see what the society is doing. If you feel like becoming more advanced in ceilidh dancing, highland or step, of if you are a total beginner, please come along and try out the different classes we are offering.

Tuesday 13th: Dance workshop 2-5pm in Pleasance, 48A Upper

Wednesday 14th – Thursday 15th: Fresher’s Fair

Thursday 15th: Fresher’s Ceilidh 8-11pm in the Debating Hall, Teviot

Friday 16th: Dance workshop 2-5pm in Pleasance, 48A Upper

Normal classes start the first week of university classes (so the week starting with the 19th). Looking forward to seeing many people.

After a successful term start with many new people, a fun pub quiz and fantastic refreshers’ weekend as well as our fabulous Annual Dance the next few months will be filled with more dancing, mostly away from Edinburgh. We’ll have buses going to all the events so please remember the following dates if you’re interested in coming along:

1. May: St Andrews Castle Ceilidh: An open air Ceilidh (weather permitting) in St. Andrews castle, followed by a torchlight procession down to the pier.

4.May: Disco Ceilidh: A ceilidh of a bit different sort in Teviot with disco lights and music.

7. May: Dundee Dance. Formal ball.

14. May: New Scotland Summer Dance. A fun dance at the end of the term and probably the last chance to see some of those dancers who were only with us until the end of this term!

24. – 30. July: Dunedin Festival. Our sister group Dunedin Dancers is organizing this festival every two years with dance groups from all over Europe.

This year, for the first time, we will have a Refreshers’ Weekend! This is aimed at people who are new to New Scotland this term, those who missed Freshers’ Weekend in September and those who are already addicted, so basically everyone! As well for the first time this year we will get the chance to meet people from other dance societies around Scotland, as we invite them to join.

We will go to Melrose, which lies about an hour away from Edinburgh in the Scottish borders in Roxburghshire,. We will stay at the local Youth Hostel, which we will have to ourselves. There will be lots of dancing, not only in Scottish styles, but also some completely different workshops you would not want to miss! There will also be music, singing, party, table tennis and games until late at night and a Harry Potter themed fancy dress dance.

Details:

When: 28. – 30. January. The bus will leave Appleton Tower at 6pm, please be on time! We will probably be back around 5:30pm on Sunday.

How much: £35

What to bring: Empty jars!! Cake! Dancing shoes, clothes for two days, toothbrush, instruments, Harry Potter fancy dress, silly jokes.

Take the chance to escape the winter and cold and join us for another Pub Quiz at MacEwan’s Ale House!
Those who have been to our quiz in September will still remember all the fun they had, so bring all your friends! If you haven’t been there, don’t be scared, you won’t be alone! We will mix the teams, so everyone gets the chance to meet some new people.
Show off your knowledge, enjoy the free buffet provided by MacEwan’s for us and win fantastic prizes for the fee of just £2 per person!

Details:
Start: 19:30
End: ~22:30
Fee: £2

Next Friday from 7:30pm we are having our Christmas party at Emma’s flat, so please do all come along!

There will be snacks provided but you’re welcome to bring more and also your own booze. It would be nice if one or two people could bring paper plates and cups as well!

As it is a Christmas party please do decorate yourself accordingly! The most tacky outfit will win a prize.

With all that slush in the streets you will not be allowed to wear shoes in the flat (we don’t want a mudfight!), so if you want to keep warm feet bring some slippers, or otherwise show off your most christmassy socks!

For address details please check out the Facebook event or contact New Scotland =).

Ladies and Gentlemen, pull out your diaries and jot this event down: Our fabulous Beginners’ Dance is approaching! Show off with what you’ve learnt this term, get to know people from other societies across Scotland and enjoy the delicious, free buffet! Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Band will ensure there is good music to get your feet moving.  The dress code is informal but smart, which means there is no need for a ballgown or full highland dress, but something you could wear for the first meeting with your parents-in-law-to-be. The dance will take place in Polwarth Parish Church. For those unsure about directions there may be a meeting point at the meadows arranged, just check your emails before the event about that.

When: 20th November 2010
Time: 7.30pm – 11.30pm
Where: Polwarth Parish Church
Band: Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Band
Tickets: £6/£7
Dress: Informal (Smart, but not formal!)
Walkthrough: 1-4pm, 48a Lower, The Pleasance

Programme:

Circassian Circle           32R
C’est L’Amour               8x32R      RSCDS XXXIV
Byron Strathspey            3x32S      Drewry
St. Andrews Fair            8x32J      RSCDS 1982
Glenburnie Rant             4x32R      Bowie Dickson
Alison Rose                 4x32S      Imperial II
Black Mountain Reel         5x32R      Haynes
Miss Allie Anderson         8x32J      RSCDS Leaflet
Eightsome Reel              464R[]     SCDS II

INTERVAL

The Deil amang The Tailors  8x32R      SCDS XIV
Luckenbooth Brooch          8x32J      Bowie Dickson
Johnie Walker               64S/64J[]  Guisborough
Mairi’s Wedding             8x40R      Cosh
Joe MacDiarmid’s Jig        4x32J      RSCDS 1982
Wind on Loch Fyne           3x32S/\    Dunedin I
The Wee Bus                 8x32R      New Scotland 50th
White Heather Jig           4x40J      Cosh
Highland Rambler            8x40R      Leeds SJ

EXTRAS

Duke of Perth               8x32R      SCDS I
Octobers Party              4x32R      Hallenbeck

After the dance there will be an afterparty at Rachel’s flat. Directions to there will be given at the end of the dance.

And if you’re still not convinced, have a look at our Gallery to see how much fun last year’s dance was!

Join us for another fantastic possibility to dance: We booked the hall, we organized a cracking band, we arranged a breathtaking dance programme and have got our best callers ready! Now all we need is you and your friends and their friends and… well, you know!

Wednesday, 13th October, from 8pm to 11:30pm
At St. Peter’s Church Hall, Lutton Place
Band: Norman MacKay’s
Entrance fee: £5 students and £6 everyone else

It is time for the next big event for New Scotland – our Freshers’ Weekend! This year we are going to New Lanark!

Freshers’ Weekend means: gathering together in a hostel for a weekend, doing lots of dancing and silly games, getting to know each other better, having lots of fun, a fancy dress costume party (this year’s theme is MYTHOLOGY!), exploring the area and many other things!

New Lanark is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it was founded as an industrial village with the world’s first social and and welfare programmes. Next to the wonderful village lies the nature reserve “Falls of Clyde” with its forest and waterfalls. Don’t miss the chance to spend a weekend with us in these wonderful surroundings and the autumnal forest. On the way back we will have a stop to visit Bothwell Castle.

Please do also check out our Gallery for the pictures of Freshers’ Weekend 2007, when we also had it in New Lanark!

Details:

Price: £30 for Freshers, £38 for everyone else
Start: 22. October, 6pm bus leaving in front of Appleton Tower
End: 24. October, between 4-5pm
Included: Transport, accommodation for two nights, five meals, fun
Sign up: Sign-up sheets at Lutton place this (30. September) and next (7. October) Thursday!
Food requirements: Please do note any food allergies or stages of vegetarianism on the list, otherwise you will have to starve!