May 2008

• May  2 (Fri.) - Challenge Class offered by Seattle Branch RSCDS with Elinor V. as our dance leader.  Located at Shoreline Museum, in Shoreline, just north of  Seattle.   7:30 - 9:30 PM    Calum MacKinnon and students  will be playing for this class.  See Classes for more info.
  
  

• May 4 (Sun.) -  Thistle Ball Walk-through at Mercer Island Community Center.  2 - 4 PM.  8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island, WA. You can come for the dancing even if you are not attending the Ball.  The dances will be reviews.
  
  

• May 6 (Tues.) - Last class for Kirkland for the spring.
  

• May 7 (Wed.) - Last class for Mukilteo for the spring.
  

• May 8 (Thurs.) - Beginner Class that started in  February will continue until the end of the month (also May 15, 22, and 29th).  Located at Shoreline Historical Museum.  From 7:30 - 9:30 pm. More info. on classes page.
  
  

• May 9 - 11 (Fri. - Sun.) - Pearl Holmberg  Workshop for Teachers and Musicians, Vancouver, BC.  Look at the Vancouver website for more information. 
  
  

• May 9 - 11 (Fri. - Sun.) - Youth Weekend West Scottish Country Dance workshop for 30ish and under,  Vancouver, BC
  
  

• May 10 (Sat.) - 4th Annual Thistle Ball, hosted by Vancouver B.C.  Branch of RSCDS.  Music will be by Neil Copland and his band from Scotland.  Edna MacKinnon has tickets for this event for sale. Price is $75.00 each.  Something new this year.  Your ticket purchased is your cue book for the Ball which you get when you buy your ticket. Thus you can start reviewing your dances for the event right away.  Mary Anderson and Karen Marshall also have tickets if you wish.  The Vancouver website now has a list of local places to stay.
  
  

• May 17-18 - Victoria Highland Games.
  
  

• May 23 - 26 (Fri. - Mon.)  Northwest Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center.  Performances and workshops by many dance groups.  RSCDS-Seattle will have a workshop on Monday, May 26 from 4 - 4:50 PM in the Olympic Room.  Clark C. will host with live music - the Bramble Band.
  
  

• May 27 (Tues.) - Seattle Branch AGM for all Seattle RSCDS members.  Come and support your current and new Board.  It will be at the Kirkland class location we use now, at 7:30, but come a few minutes early to read reports of chairman, etc.
  
  

 June 2008

• June 4 (Wed.) - Summer season dancing in Seattle begins.  Located at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, Seattle, in the upper building from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.  This will be every Wednesday  through to Sept. 3.  (June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Sept. 3)
  
  

• June 7 - 8 - Bellingham Highland Games.
  
  

• June 28 (Sat.) - Puget Sound Crossroads , located at the Grange Hall, 152-1st Street N., Friday Harbor, WA. (San Juan Island)    Music by Brian Crisafulli and Friends.  Co-hosted by Seattle and Friday Harbor.  Dancing will begin about 12:45 PM to about 4:30 PM. 
  Dancers - $8.00; Students - $5.00.  All dances will be talked through. Save the date for this great summertime event.  The program is attached - click here.      The dance Breakish Postie, which is not in any published location can be found by clicking on Breakish.  There will be more ferry info. later when the schedule is out.  We welcome Jamie Orr's pipes to our traditional walk up the hill from the ferry to the Grange Hall.  For those returning on the 4:30ish ferry to Anacortes, there will be a group gathering for food and drinks at the Rock Fish Grill in Anacortes.  If you wish to stay over at Friday Harbor, contact Bill P. for help with billets.
  
  

• June 28 - Tacoma Highland Games.  This date also,  BC Scottish Highland Games in Vancouver, BC.
  
  

• June 28 - 29 (Sat. - Sun.) - 2008 Truckee Workshop & Dance, in Truckee, CA., with Elaine Brunken teaching Sat. and a hike of Lock Leven Trailhead on Sun.  More Info. and their flyer attached.  This comes from David Wilson formerly with our group.
  
  

 July 2008

• July 12 - 13 (Sat. - Sun.) - Skagit Highland Games in Mt. Vernon.  There will be participation dancing with the Skagit Scottish Dancers at their stage.
  
  
• July 18 - 19 - Portland Scottish Highland Games.
  
  

• July  26 - 27 (Sat. - Sun.) - Pacific  Northwest Highland Games, King Co. Fairgrounds, Enumclaw.   There will be an incredible  SCD event this year on Saturday the 26th at about 5:00 PM just before the Closing Ceremonies of the day when the Massed Pipe Bands play.  All SCD groups in the Northwest are invited to join for this display of "Dancing Scottish"!  There will be 2 dances done by all:  EH37AF from RSCDS Book 40 and The De'il Amang the Tailors from RSCDS Book 14.  Each participating SCD group will be a "team" on the field.  Further information and to sign up is via Elinor at 425-488-7643.  Come join us for this great event.
  
  

• Aug. 2 - Summer Dancing by the Lake with Lin and Judith Wilson.  Begins at 1:00 pm with dancing starting at 2:00 pm and a potluck after. More on this later.
  
  
• Aug. 2 - Spokane Highland Games.
  
  
• Aug. 9 - Whidbey Island Highland Games.
  
  
• Aug. 3 - Aug. 17 - TAC (Teachers Association Canada)  will be having Candidate classes at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.  Applications  to be in by April 1, 2008.  Talk to our teacher,  Irene P. for more information about this quickly if you are interested or look at the TAC site for information and forms.
  Principle teachers are Janet Johnston from Edinburgh Scotland, Val Mitchell from Hastings, New Zealand and Geoffrey Selling from Philadelphia.  Bobby Brown and the Scottish Accent will be playing for the Ball on August 16.
   

 September 2008

• Sept. 12 - 14 (Fri. - Sun.) -  Ft. Worden 2008.  Save the weekend for our annual dancing workshop. Classes, Ball, and a great weekend retreat. Go to the Ft. Worden page of this website for up-to-date information on the weekend.
  
  

 October 2008

• Oct. 3 - 5, 2008 (Fri. - Sun.) - Saskatchewan Branch RSCDS Branch Workshop Weekend at Manitou Beach, near Watrous, Saskatchewan.  Our own Elinor Vandegrift along with John Middleton are teaching this workshop. Music by Ron Krug and Ken Nattrass.  This resort weekend is at Manitou Springs Resort and Mineral Spa.  For more, take a look at www.manitousprings.ca  and their website at www.rscdssaskatchewan.org  for more.  What a wonderful trip northeast.
  
  

 November 2008

• Nov. 22 (Sat.) - Seattle Branch Fall Teachers' Workshop.  We will have our traditional Friday evening soiree, as well as a Sat. evening dance party after a day of experiences.  Mary Murray is our guest teacher and Lisa Scott will be playing for the classes.  More information later.  Save the date.