Scottish Dance
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Scottish Country Dancing (not Highland!) is a fun, traditional style of dancing. All the dances are based on a few basic steps and patterns. We dance in sets of 3 or 4 couples, and there are experienced people on hand to steer you in the right direction. The dances range in tempo from slow and thoughtful strathspeys to bouncy and exhausting jigs.
We are very fond of socialising - each session we swap partners so we end up dancing with everyone sooner or later. We also hold a number of events throughout the year. On 1st November we'll have our ceilidh - a night of fun, crazy, high speed country dancing which is quick and easy to learn. Then around Christmas we have our Christmas meal out, and our Burns night meal in. We also go to Scottish dancing evenings at venues around Leeds in order to watch and dance with some very experienced dancers. We attend IVFDF - the Inter-Varsity Folk Dance Festival. IVFDF is a whole weekend of many different styles of dancing, including scottish, salsa, morris, pole dancing (yes really), waltzing and much more, which this year is held in Bristol!
If you fancy giving Scottish Dancing a try, come along to one of our classes on Thursdays at 6.00pm, in Room 6 (at the top of the Union). You can start any week - we won't make you dance more than you are comfortable with.