This website is an archive of The Inter-city Scot as of July 1, 2023.
The Inter-city Scot
SCD Groups in Canada and the United States
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The date in brackets following each listing indicates when the information was last updated.
AB
BC
MB
NB
NF
NS
NT
ON
PE
QC
SK
YK
AL
AK
AZ
AR
CA
CO
CT
DE
DC
FL
GA
HI
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC
ND
OH
OK
OR
PA
PR
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
Alberta (AB) {To see Alberta SCD classes, click here}
- Calgary - Cross and Thistle Scottish Dancers [Mar 2022]
- Sharon Barker (Teacher)
phone: 403-701-3218
email: crossandthistle@hotmail.com
- Calgary - Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Calgary Branch
[Apr 2023]
- website: rscdscalgary.org
email: secretary@rscdscalgary.org
- Calgary - St Andrew Caledonian Society of Calgary
[Apr 2019]
- website: standrewcaledonian.ca
- Debby Henderson & Ann Vanderwal (Teachers)
phone: 403-245-5514
Robert Henderson
email: robertHenderson@yahoo.com
- Canmore - Canmore Seniors Scottish Country Dance Group [Jan
2018]
- Margaret Boyle (Teacher)
phone: 403-678-6252
email: mboylecanmore@gmail.com
- Edmonton Caledonian, RSCDS Branch [Apr 2018]
- website: www.rscdsedmonton.com
(Public Contact)
email: rscdsedmonton@gmail.com
- Edmonton Scottish Country Dance Club [Feb 2018]
- Margaret Dudley (Teacher)
email: mmdudley@shaw.ca
- Edmonton Scottish Society Country Dancers (Ellerslie),
RSCDS Affiliate [Feb 2018]
- Irene Townshend (Teacher)
email: townshend@shaw.ca
- Lethbridge Scottish Country Dance Club [Dec 2015]
- website: www.LethbridgeScottishCountryDance.org
Vaughan Coupland (Enquiries Contact)
email: VaughanCoupland@gmail.com
- Medicine Hat, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2018]
- website: nonprofit.memlane.com/scottish
Jennifer Sissons (Secretary)
email: jSissons@telusplanet.net
address: MHRSCDS / PO Box 447 STN Main, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G2
Elizabeth Kean (Teacher)
email: ekean@shaw.ca
- Red Deer Scottish Country Dance Club [Jan 2018]
- website: RedDeerScottishCountryDancers.weebly.com
Lily Breland (Past President)
email: wapati2@telusplanet.net
address: 4527 46 St, Red Deer, AB T4N 1M5
British Columbia (BC) {To see
British Columbia SCD classes, click here}
- Burnaby Scottish Country Dance Club [Feb 2018]
- website: rscdsVancouver.org/dancing-in-vancouver/clubs/burnaby
Vicki Downey (President)
email: rite2vicki@gmail.com
- Comox Valley Scottish Country Dancers [Aug 2015]
-
website: CVScottishCountryDance.org
Heather Flint (Teacher)
email: celtic-heron@telus.net
Evelyn Nixon (Teacher)
email: evelynnixon@shaw.ca
address: 496 12th St, Courtenay, BC V9N 1T7
- Delta Borderers SCD Group [Feb 2018]
- Ruth Jappy (Teacher)
email: AlexRuthJappy@dccnet.com
address: 6496 108A St, Delta, BC V4E 1H1
- Fort Langley Voyageurs SCD [Mar 2018]
- Larry Onotera (Treasurer)
email: lonotera@shaw.ca
address: 19396 71 Ave, Surrey, BC V4N 1N2
- Kelowna Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2018]
- website: kelownascottish.wixsite.com/kelownascottishdance
Newsletter: Kelowna Scottish Country Dancers
Maggie Gilmour (Advertising Director)
phone: 250-707-9955
email: kscd@telus.net
- Nanaimo Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2018]
- website: www.nanaimoscd.com
John Duffus (Secretary)
email: secretary@nanaimoscd.co
- Naramata Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2018]
- Janice Johnson (Member)
phone: 250-488-4151
email: janicejo@shaw.ca
address: Shatford Centre, 760 Main St, Penticton, BC V2A 5E2
- Nelson Scottish Country Dancers [Dec 2018]
- Julia Roberts (Secretary/Treasurer)
phone: 250-354-7004
email: jmroberts449@gmail.com
address: 655A Johnstone Rd, Nelson, BC V1L 6H8
- Richmond Reelers [Apr 2018]
- Joan Tweedlie/Cathie Kerr
email: cathiebk@shaw.ca
- Salt Spring Island Scottish Country Dance Club
[Feb 2018]
- website: sites.google.com/view/ssiscdc
Rita Gauld
email: ritagauld@yahoo.ca
- Tam O' Shanter Dancers [Feb 2018]
-
note: The Tam O' Shanter Dancers are a SCD demonstration group based in White Rock, British Columbia, just south of Vancouver, Canada. The group performs regularly in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
Maureen Lyon
phone: 604-536-1367
email: plyon1@telus.net
- Vancouver, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2018]
- website: rscdsVancouver.org
(General
Contact)
email: dancing@RSCDSVancouver.org
- Vancouver Island Scottish Country Dance Society,
RSCDS Affiliate [Feb 2018]
- website: viscds.ca
newsletter: Island Fling
John Duffus (Newsletter Editor)
email: jduffus@shaw.ca
Dora Dempster (President)
email: viscds@shaw.ca
address: PO Box 30123 RPO Reynolds, 3943C Quadra St, Victoria, BC V8X 1J5
- Vernon Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2018]
- Ruth Hurst (Teacher)
e-mail: kenruthhurst@gmail.com
address: 7540 Klinger Rd, Vernon, BC V1H 1H4
- West End Scottish Country Dance Club [Mar 2018]
-
Mary Ann McDevitt (Teacher)
email: mamcdevitt48@gmail.com
address: 2448 Hayseed Close, North Vancouver, BC V7H 1N5
- White Rock Scottish Country Dance Club [Jul 2015]
- website: www.wrscdc.org
Maureen Lyon (Teacher)
email: mlyon@wrscdc.org
phone: 604-536-1367
address: Sullivan Community Hall / 6306 152 St, White Rock, BC V3R 4E4
Manitoba (MB) {To see
Manitoba SCD classes, click here}
- Winnipeg, RSCDS Branch [Apr 2018]
- website: www.rscdswinnipeg.ca
newsletter: Light & Airy
Agnes Brydon (Secretary)
email: info@rscdswinnipeg.ca
John Hayles (Newsletter Editor)
email: info@rscdswinnipeg.ca
New Brunswick (NB) {To see
New Brunswick SCD classes, click here}
- Fredericton SCD Group [Apr 2018]
- Connie Moore
email: connie.moore@snb.ca
address: 32 Riverside Court, Fredericton, NB E3B 5P1
Newfoundland (NF) {To see
Newfoundland SCD classes, click here}
- St John's (Newfoundland) Branch [Feb 2017]
- website: www.rscdsstjohns.ca
website: rscdsstjohns.wordpress.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/Dance-Scottish-St-Johns-118317901846139
Kathy Simonsen (Secretary)
email: kathryns@mun.ca
address: PO Box 23097 RPO Churchill Sq, St John's, NF A1B 4J9
Northwest Territories (NT) {To see
Northwest Territories SCD classes, click here}
- Yellowknife Scottish Country Dancers [Jul 2022]
- David Taylor (Secretary)
email: dt7970@gmail.com
address: 53 Calder Cres, Yellowknife, NT X1A 3A9
Nova Scotia (NS) {To see
Nova Scotia SCD classes, click here}
- Nova Scotia, RSCDS Branch [Sep 2019]
- website: www.rscdsnovascotia.ca
Lydia Hedge (Secretary)
phone: 902-482-6577
email: lydiahedge@accesswave.ca
address: 624 Three Fathom Hbr Rd, Three Fathom Hbr, NS B0J 1N0
- Thistle Scottish Country Dancers [Jan 2020]
- note: SCD Demonstration team out of Halifax. Established over 25 years. Rehearsals on Wednesdays. Available for performances at weekends or evenings.
Colleen Putt (Coordinator)
email: kokoputt@gmail.com
- Valley Scottish Country Dancers [Jan 2020]
- website: www.vscd.info
Duncan and Maggie Keppie (Teachers)
email: johnduncankeppie@gmail.com
Rob Raeside (Teacher and Web Manager)
email: raeside@acadiau.ca
address: 2 Glooscap Terr, Wolfville, NS B4P 1S7
Ontario (ON) {To see
Ontario SCD classes, click here}
- Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa, RSCDS Affiliate [May 2016]
- website: ardbrae.org
Elaine Hoag (Teacher)
email: ardbraeDancers@gmail.com
address: 138 Whitestone Dr, Ottawa, ON K2C 4C8
- Belleville Scottish Country Dance Society [Apr
2018]
- Bill Cunningham (Teacher)
email: waverleyglen@bell.net
address: 296 Old Orchard Rd RR 1, Carrying Place, ON K0K 1L0
- Blair Scottish Country Dancers [Nov 2016]
- website: www.BlairScottishCountryDancers.ca
Carol Ayres (Secretary)
email: carol@fastEddies.ca
address: 358 Queenston Rd, Cambridge, ON N3H 3J4
(Website Administrator)
email: admin@blairscottishcountrydancers.ca
- Burlington Ontario, RSCDS Branch [Dec 2016]
- Margaret Morrison (Secretary)
email: fmorrison42@sympatico.ca
address:1430 Ghent Ave, Burlington, ON L7S 1W8
phone: 905-336-0787
- Cobourg Scottish Country Dancers [May 2020]
- Diane Coulombe (Teacher)
- email: dicoulo@gmail.com
- Glenview Scottish Country Dancers [Sep 2016]
- website: www.glenviewSCDG.org
Valerie Fisher (Chairman)
phone: 416-497-4186
email: v.fisher@sympatico.ca
- Hamilton (Ontario) RSCDS Branch, RSCDS Branch [Oct 2015]
- website: www.rscdsHamilton.org
newsletter: From the Chair
David Milmine (Branch Chair)
email: dmilmine@mail.com
address: 155 Balsam Ave N, Hamilton, ON L8L 6Y4
- Kingston (Ontario), RSCDS Branch [May 2015]
- website: www.RSCDSKingston.org
newsletter: RSCDS Kingston ON Branch Newsletter
(Newsletter Editor)
email: newslettered@rscdskingston.org
Beth Marshall (Publicity Convenor)
email: marshall.beth@gmail.com
- Kitchener-Waterloo, RSCDS Branch [Apr 2015]
- website: www.rscds.kitchener.on.ca
(Newsletter Editor)
address: PO Box 40029, 75 King St S, Waterloo,
ON N2J 4V1
Stuart McTavish (Branch Chairperson)
email: ChairmanWS@rscds.kitchener.on.ca
- London (Ontario), RSCDS Branch [Apr 2022]
- website: www.rscdsLondonCanada.org
Linda Cousins (Publicity)
e-mail: physiocan@aol.com
- Helen Bell (Membership Coordinator)
- e-mail: bellpoppy20@gmail.com
- Oakville Scottish Country Dance Group [May 2018]
- website: oscdg.ca
Louise Whyman (Secretary)
email: oscdg@hotmail.ca
address: 181 Chebucto Dr, Oakville, ON L6J 5R1
- Ottawa, RSCDS Branch [Jan 2016]
- website: rscdsOttawa.ca
Elma Mooney (Secretary)
email: secretary@rscdsOttawa.ca
- Peterborough Scottish Country Dancers [May 2020]
- website: pscds.ca
June Jacklin (Secretary)
email: jjacklin6@sympatico.ca
address: 5 Ferndale Ave, Peterborough, ON K9J 1L9
- Renfrew County Dance Scottish in Eganville [Jan 2020]
- website: facebook.com/RCDanceScottish
Jody Kulas (Teacher)
email: RCDanceScottish@gmail.com
- Sarnia Scottish Country Dance Group [Nov 2015]
- Lyn Munro (Communications person)
email: Scottlynmunro@gmail.com
address: 135 Norman St, Sarnia, ON N7T 6V6
- Sault Ste Marie Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS
Affiliate [Nov 2015]
- David Tyrrell (Secretary)
email: lawkley@gmail.com
- St Catharines, RSCDS Branch [May 2015]
- website: www.rscdsStCatharines.ca
(Branch Contact)
email: rscdsStCatharines@gmail.com
Tom Wilson (Secretary)
email: tomwilsonlogie@gmail.com
address: 40 Harbour Heights Ln, St Catharines, ON L2N 4K3
- Stratford Scottish Country Dance Group [Apr 2016]
- website: https://www.facebook.com/StratfordScottishCountryDancing
Carol MacDougall (Coordinator)
email: cmacdoug23@gmail.com
address: c/o St Paul's Anglican Church, 9 Douro St, Stratford, ON N5A
3R2
- Toronto Scottish Country Dance Association, RSCDS Branch
[Oct 2015]
- website: www.dancescottish.ca
Rob Lockhart (webmaster)
email: roblockhart@rogers.com
address: 18 Stellarton Road, Toronto, ON M1L 3C9
Nancy White (Secretary)
email: nawhite15@gmail.com
address: RSCDS Toronto Association, 942 Yonge St, Suite 113, Toronto, ON M4W
3S8
newsletter: Set & Link
Carole Bell (Newsletter editor)
email: carolewbell@sympatico.ca
- Toronto, Shiftin'Bobbins Social Group [Dec 2017]
- website: shiftinbobbins.webs.com
Jon Allen-Friend (Group Chairman)
address: 340 Lonsdale Rd Suite 505, Toronto, ON M5P 1R2
email: shiftinbobbins@gmail.com
- Trinity Scottish Country Dance Group [Feb 2017]
- website: trinityscd.wordpress.com
Paul Barber (Chair)
phone: 416-534-0516
email: paulbarber48@gmail.com
- Hamilton, White Cockade Social & Dance Club [Aug 2018]
- Elaine Lawrence (Secretary)
email: elawrence2@cogeco.ca
Prince Edward Island (PE) {To see
Prince Edward Island SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Quebec (QC) {To see
Quebec SCD classes, click here}
- Montreal, RSCDS Branch [Apr 2018]
- website: www.scdMontreal.org
contactWebpage: scdMontrealOrg.weebly.com/contact-us.html
Saskatchewan (SK) {To see
Saskatchewan SCD classes, click here}
- Regina Scottish Country Dancers [Jul 2021]
- website: reginascottishcountrydancers.org
Chris Mitchell (Secretary)
email: chrismitchell@sasktel.net
- Saskatchewan Branch RSCDS [Aug 2022]
- note: Includes groups in Moose Jaw, Saskatoon and Yorkton, Saskatchewan
website: rscdssask.org
Mike Blanchard (Secretary)
email: secretary@rscdssask.org
Yukon (YK) {To see
Yukon SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Alabama (AL) {To see
Alabama SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Alaska (AK) {To see
Alaska SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Arkansas (AR) {To see
Arkansas SCD classes, click here}
- Arkansas Scottish Country Dance Society, RSCDS Affiliate
[Aug 2016]
- website: www.ArkansasScottishCountryDancing.com
Sandy Furrer
email: skFurrer@att.net
Arizona (AZ) {To see
Arizona SCD classes, click here}
- Tucson, RSCDS Branch [Nov 2016]
- website: www.7pipers.org/seven-pipers-scottish-country-dance.html
Gail Cordy (President)
email: gCordy@dakotacom.net
address: 2832 W Tippecanoe Tr, Tucson, AZ 85754
California (CA) {To see
California SCD classes, click here}
- Los Angeles, RSCDS Branch [Jun 2018]
- website: www.rscds-losangeles.org
Ann McBride (Chair)
email: annmcbride1024@gmail.com
phone: 818-841-8161
address: 619 E Cypress Ave Apt F, Burbank, CA 91501
- Mountain View Scottish Country Dance Class [Jun
2018]
- note: A class of the San Francisco, RSCDS Branch.
website: www.mtview-rscds.org
- Orange County, RSCDS Branch [Jan 2015]
- website: www.rscds-oc.org
Bob Harmon (Teacher)
email: rharmon@earthlink.net
address: 1307 S Fann St, Anaheim, CA 92804
- Sacramento, RSCDS Branch [Jun 2018]
- website: www.RSCDS-Sacramento.org
- San Diego RSCDS Branch [Jun 2018]
- website: www.dancescottishsd.org
newsletter: The Reel Thing
(Publicity Director)
- email: publicity@rscds-sandiego.org
address: PO Box 33044 , San Diego, CA 92163.
- San Gabriel Valley (Southern California), RSCDS Branch [Jun
2018]
- website: www.rscds-sgvb.org
Doug Macdonald (Membership Secretary)
email: daMacdonald@juno.com
phone: 909-624-9496
address: 1529 Tulane Rd, Claremont, CA 91711
- San Francisco, RSCDS Branch [Nov 2015]
- website: www.RSCDS-SF.org
newsletter: The Reel and Strathspeyer
Greg Reznick (Newsletter Editor)
email: randsnewsletter@RSCDS-SF.org
Susie Langdon Kass (SF Branch Contact)
email: SusieLangdonKass@gmail.com
phone: 415-333-9372
- The San Francisco Scottish Country Dancers [Nov 2015]
- note: A class of the San Francisco, RSCDS Branch.
website: www.SF-ScottishDancers.org
Colorado (CO) {To see
Colorado SCD classes, click here}
- Scottish Country Dancers of Colorado, RSCDS Affiliate
[Mar 2020]
- website: www.scdColorado.org
(Secretary)
email: scdColorado@gmail.com
Connecticut (CT) {To see
Connecticut SCD classes, click here}
- Kilts and Ghillies Scottish Country Dance Class [May
2015]
- note: A class of the New Haven, RSCDS Branch.
website: kiltsandghillies.blogspot.ca
- New Haven, RSCDS Branch [May 2015]
- website: www.nhrscds.com
Alice Hencir (Board Member)
email: ahencir@snet.net
address: 7 Yankee Peddler Path, Madison, US CT 06443
Delaware (DE) {To see
Delaware SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
District of Columbia (DC) {To see
District of Columbia SCD classes, click here}
- Washington DC, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2019]
- website: www.RSCDS-GreaterDC.org
(Secretary)
email: wash-secretary@rscds-greaterdc.org
Florida (FL) {To see
Florida SCD classes, click here}
- Broward Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2021]
- website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Rinthy Aman (Teacher)
email: rinthy@gate.net
address: 6541 SW 20th Ct, Plantation, FL 33317
- Caledonian Scottish Country Dancers of Orlando
[Feb 2021]
- website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Elspeth Day (Teacher)
email: eday@cfl.rr.com
- Dunedin Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate [Feb 2021]
- note: Affiliated with the Orlando, RSCDS Branch.
website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Robert Cameron (Treasurer)
email: rbcthescot@yahoo.com
- Gainesville Scottish Country Dance Society [Feb 2021]
- website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Norma Wilson (Teacher)
email: gainesvillescd@yahoo.com
address: PO Box 141853, Gainesville, FL 32614
- Jacksonville Scottish Dancers [Feb 2021]
- website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Anne Hueser (Teacher)
email: annehueser@comcast.net
phone: 321-302-4152
- Melbourne, Brevard Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate
[Feb 2021]
- website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Catie Condran Geist (Secretary)
email: CatieGeist@att.net
phone: 321-427-3587
address: 260 Bay Tree Ln, Palm Bay, FL 32909
- Orlando, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2021]
- website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Susan L. Oliva (Secretary)
address: 9630 SW 95th Loop, Ocala, FL 34481
phone: 954-684-5355 (cell)
email: sloliva313@gmail.com
- Pensacola Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate [Feb 2021]
- note: Affiliated with the Orlando, RSCDS Branch.
website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Richard L Walker (Secretary)
email: rlwalker2@gmail.com
address: 5642 Leesway Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32504-7726
- Sarasota Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate [Feb 2021]
-
website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Doris McLeod (Secretary)
phone: 941-360-1644
email: ranger_rick@verizon.net
- Titusville, Space Coast Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate [Feb
2021]
- website: www.rscdsfloridabranch.com
Ed Swan (Secretary)
email: edward_swan@bellsouth.net
phone: 321-269-3682
address: 257 Harmony Ln, Titusville FL 32780
Georgia (GA) {To see
Georgia SCD classes, click here}
- Atlanta, RSCDS Branch [Mar 2017]
- website: rscds-atlanta.org
Susan Tumlin (Branch Chair)
email: SusanTumlin@yahoo.com
address: PO Box 1941, Marietta, GA 30061
Sylvia Priest (Secretary)
email: saPriest@mindspring.com
address: PO Box 1941, Marietta, GA 30061
Nancy Kidd (Treasurer)
email: nkidd@navexglobal.com
address: 5086 Broadgreen Dr, Norcross, GA 30092
Hawaii (HI) {To see
Hawaii SCD classes, click here}
- Hawaii, RSCDS Branch [May 2015]
- website: rscdsHawaii.org
Lillian Cunningham (Branch Chair)
address: 2257A Kaneali'i Ave, Honolulu, HI 96813
email: lillianc@hawaii.edu
Melissa Lindsay (Past-Chair)
email: MLindsay@hawaii.rr.com
Idaho (ID) {To see
Idaho SCD classes, click here}
- The Thistle & Ghillies Scottish Country Dance Group
[Mar 2016]
- website: thistleandghillies.weebly.com
Arlen Donald (Publicist)
email: arlen.donald@gmail.com
address: Thistle and Ghillies, 10040 W Canterbury Dr, Boise, ID 83704
Illinois (IL) {To see
Illinois SCD classes, click here}
- Chicago, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2019]
- website: rscdschicago.org
Mady Newfield (Publicity)
phone: 630-584-0825
email: chicagoscd@gmail.com
address: c/o M Newfield, 914 Horne St, Saint Charles, US IL 60174.
- Evanston Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate [Sept 2019]
- Frances Gillan (Instructor)
email: sackrag@aol.com
address: 4050 Dundee Rd, Apt. 209, Northbrook, IL 60062
Ken Chau (Instructor)
email: carylrd@comcast.net
- Loch Michigan [Dec 2018]
-
note: Currently on hiatus, Affiliated with the Chicago, RSCDS Branch.
website: RSCDSChicago.org
or orgs.fnal.gov/scottishdance
Noel Chavez
email: noelchavez718@gmail.com
address: 111 S Scoville Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
- Silk and Thistle Country Dancers [Dec 2018]
-
note: Affiliated with the Chicago, RSCDS Branch.
website: RSCDSChicago.org
or orgs.fnal.gov/scottishdance
Doug Jensen (Instructor)
phone: 630-232-9089
email: folkdance@fnal.gov
Mady Newfield (Publicity)
phone: 630-584-0825
email: folkdance@fnal.gov or chicagoscd@gmail.com
address: c/o M Newfield / 914 Horne St, St Charles, IL 60174
Indiana (IN) {To see Indiana SCD classes, click here}
- Bloomington Scottish Country Dance Group [Jan 2017]
- website: www.bloomingtonscots.org/dance.html
Michelle Stroud (Dance Instructor)
email: mstroud@franklinunitedmethodist.org
address: 221 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN 47408
- The Whole Nine Yards [Nov 2015]
- Isobel Miller (Instructor)
email: isobelmiller@yahoo.com
address: 1800 Garden St, West Lafayette, IN 47906-2258
Iowa (IA) {To see
Iowa SCD classes, click here}
- Central Iowa, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2019]
- website: https://www.rscdscentraliowa.org
Linda Lieberman (Teacher)
phone: 515- 292- 8590
email: lindasuzan@aol.com
Sue Droessler Meyer (Teacher)
phone: 515-681- 8558
email: sdroessler@aol.com
Kansas (KS) {To see
Kansas SCD classes, click here}
- Wichita Scottish Country Dancers [Apr 2016]
- Andrew T Aitken (Instructor)
phone: 316-689-0753
email: ATAitken@att.net
Kentucky (KY) {To see
Kentucky SCD classes, click here}
- Central Kentucky, RSCDS Branch [Jul 2015]
-
note: Central Kentucky has affiliates in Lexington, KY; Louisville. KY; and Nashville, TN.
website: www.CentralKentucky-RSCDS.org
Lyle Graham (Secretary)
email: secretary@centralkentucky-RSCDS.org
address: 1900 Lonlipman Ct, Louisville, KY 40207
- Lexington Scottish Country Dance Society, RSCDS Affiliate
[Jul 2015]
- Vicky Goodloe (teacher)
email: vgoodloe@yahoo.com
address: 2124 A Lansill Rd, Lexington, KY 40504
- Louisville Scottish Country Country Dance Society, RSCDS Affiliate [Jul
2015]
- Paul Vice (Group Leader)
pkvice@bellsouth.net
address: 930 Franklin St, Louisville, KY 40206
- Nashville Hamilton Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate [Dec
2015]
- Dennis and Susan Wood (teacher)
email: denwood@comcast.net
Louisiana (LA) {To see
Louisiana SCD classes, click here}
- The Caledonian Society of New Orleans [Aug 2018]
- website: www.CaledonianSocietyOfNewOrleans.com
website: www.facebook.com/CaledoniansNOLA
Wendy Grubb (President)
email: wgrubb52@gmail.com
address: 8131 Cohn St, New Orleans, LA 70118
Maine (ME) {To see Maine SCD classes, click here}
- Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts [Feb 2019]
- note: A schedule of folk music and dance events, predominantly in the State of Maine and coastal New Hampshire.
website: deffa.org
Maryland (MD) {To see
Maryland SCD classes, click here}
- Baltimore Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate
[Feb 2019]
- website: RSCDS-GreaterDC.org/classes.html#balt
Fred Eustis (Group Contact)
email: fred@rscds-GreaterDC.org
address: 2118 Pine Ave, Windsor Mill, MD 21244
- Frederick Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2019]
- website: hh2f2ns.wixsite.com/frederick-scd
Valerie L. Hill (Teacher)
email: vlhill@juno.com
- St Columba's Scottish Country Dance Group [Mar 2019]
- website: www.RSCDS-GreaterDC.org
Richard Valentich (President)
- email: rvalentich180@gmail.com
- address: 5022 Berwyn Rd, College Park, MD 20740
- Scottish Country Dance Society of Washington [Feb 2019]
-
note: Affiliated with the Washington DC, RSCDS Branch.
website: www.RSCDS-GreaterDC.org
- Scottish Weekend Inc [Feb 2019]
- note: Scottish Weekend, Inc. emphasizes the best in live music, fine teaching, good food, and "controlled abandon."
website: www.ScottishWeekend.org
Massachusetts (MA) {To see
Massachusetts SCD classes, click here}
- Boston, RSCDS Branch [Dec 2015]
- website: www.RSCDSBoston.org
newsletter: The Tartan Times
Evelyn Murray (Newsletter Editor)
email: athollbrose@verizon.net
Susan Haines (Secretary)
email: secretary@RSCDSBoston.org
Michigan (MI) {To see
Michigan SCD classes, click here}
- Tartan and Thistle SCD [Oct 2016]
- Joan Hellmann (Newsletter Editor)
email: hellmann@umich.edu
address: 208 Murray Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
- Detroit, RSCDS Branch [Jan 2018]
- website: www.rscdsDetroit.org
Margaret Sarna (Publicity)
email: dsSarna@sprintmail.com
address: 1561 Caliper, Troy, MI 48084
Carrie Carnes (Secretary)
email: cmcarnes@umich.edu
newsletter: Machine Without Horses
Carrie Carnes (Newsletter Editor)
email: cmcarnes@umich.edu
Minnesota (MN) {To see
Minnesota SCD classes, click here}
- Twin Cities, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2019]
- website: RSCDS-TwinCities.org
(Information)
email: info@RSCDS-TwinCities.org
address: c/o Tapestry Folkdance Center, 3748 Minnehaha Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Mississippi (MS) {To see
Mississippi SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Missouri (MO) {To see
Missouri SCD classes, click here}
[See listings in Kansas for more groups in the area.]
- Highland Mist Scottish Country Dancers [Nov 2015]
- website: www.HighlandMistDancers.org
Doug Schneider (Teacher)
email: ParadiseMO@aol.com
address: 412 Seton Hall Ct, Valley Park, MO 63088
Montana (MT) {To see
Montana SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Nebraska (NE) {To see
Nebraska SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Nevada (NV) {To see
Nevada SCD classes, click here}
- Reno - Silver State Scottish Country Dancers [Nov 2014]
- website: SilverStateSCD.wixsite.com/sscds
website: www.facebook.com/groups/renoscottishdance
Nick Webb (Public Contact)
email: SilverStateScottish@gmail.com
New Hampshire (NH) {To see
New Hampshire SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
New Jersey (NJ) {To see
New Jersey SCD classes, click here}
- New Jersey, RSCDS Branch [Nov 2022]
- website: www.rscds-nj.org
Debbie Saunders (Secretary)
email: rscds.nj@gmail.com
address: RSCDS-NJ, 40 Lowell Court, Mahwah, NJ 07430
New Mexico (NM) {To see
New Mexico SCD classes, click here}
- New Mexico, RSCDS Branch [Aug 2017]
- note: The New Mexico Branch includes New Mexico and Colorado.
website: nmscottishdance.weebly.com,
Lucy Frey (President)
phone: 419-602-0857
email: nmrscds@gmail.com
New York (NY) {To see
New York SCD classes, click here}
- Binghamton Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2019]
- Susan Hall (Public Contact)
email: hallms@stny.rr.com
Joan Hebb (Teacher)
phone: 607-729-9352
email: jinana@earthlink.net
- Buffalo, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2019]
- website: www.RSCDSBuffalo.com
Sara Lynn Johnson (Teacher)
email: ghillie2@verizon.net
address: 18 Elam Pl, Buffalo, NY 14214
- New York, RSCDS Branch [Mar 2019]
- website: www.RSCDSNewYork.org
Margaret Mackenzie (Corresponding Secretary)
email: contact@rscdsnewyork.org
- Rochester Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS
Affiliate [Mar 2014]
- Anne Young (Teacher)
email: agysps@rit.edu
- Scotia Dancers of New York, RSCDS Affiliate [Mar
2019]
- website: ScotiaDancers.weebly.com
Vivian Anapol, President
email: vanapol913@gmail.com
address: 45 Fairview Ave, New York, NY 10040
North Carolina (NC) {To see
North Carolina SCD classes, click here}
- Blue Ridge Scottish Dance School [Jun 2019]
- website: www.blueridgesds.org
(General Contact)
email: blueridgescottishdanceschool@gmail.com
- RSCDS Carolinas Branch [Mar 2019]
- website: www.RSCDSCarolinasBranch.org
- Karen Becker (Secretary)
- email: sec.rscds.carolinasbranch@gmail.com
- Carolina Scottish Country Dance Society, RSCDS Affiliate [May
2019]
- David Burgess
email: davida.burgess@hotmail.com
phone: 919-847-5840
- Charlotte Scottish Country Dance Society [Jun
2019]
-
Jack Pressley (President)
email: jpres79334@aol.com
address: 1015 Kendall Knoll Ct, Matthews, NC 28105
- Durham-Chapel Hill Scottish Country Dancers [Sep 2016]
- website: www.ibiblio.org/scottish-dance
Barbara Youngman
email: BJYoungman@att.net
address: 702 Newport Cir, Cary, NC 27511
- Greensboro Scottish Country Dance Society [Apr
2019]
- website: www.gsoscds.org
Mary McConnell (Class Teacher/Founder)
email: maryMcConnell@bellsouth.net
- Greensboro Scottish Country Dance Society [Sep 2016]
- website: www.gsoscds.org
Mary McConnell (Instructor)
email: marymcconnell@bellsouth.net
address: 3715 Bontura Dr, Greensboro , NC 27455
note: Annual St. Andrew's Day Dance the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
- Raleigh Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate [Sep 2016]
- Barbara Youngman (Secretary)
email: BJYoungman@att.net
address: 702 Newport Cir, Cary, NC 27511
North Dakota (ND) {To see
North Dakota SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Ohio (OH) {To see
Ohio SCD classes, click here}
- Cleveland Heights, RSCDS Affiliate [Mar 2015]
website: rscdsClevelandHts.org
website: ohiorscds.org/cleveland
[Jul 2023]
Diane Klann (Teacher)
email: dianeklann@earthlink.net
address: 2091 Marlindale Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118- Columbus (Heather 'N' Thistle) Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate
[Mar 2019]
website: www.rscdscincinnati.org/hnt
website: ohiorscds.org/columbus
[Jul 2023]
Laura Russell (Teacher)
address: 618 Acton Rd, Columbus, OH 43214
email: LRussell942@gmail.com
- Flying Ghillies Scottish Country Dancers [Mar
2019]
-
note: Affiliated with the Cincinnati RSCDS Branch.
website: www.rscdscincinnati.org/fg-main
website: ohiorscds.org/dayton
[Jul 2023]
Gary Lindsey (Class Coordinator)
email: flyingghillies@rscdsCincinnati.org
address: 2439 Obetz Dr, Beavercreek, OH 45434
Oklahoma (OK) {To see
Oklahoma SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Oregon (OR) {To see
Oregon SCD classes, click here}
- The Heather and the Rose Country Dancers [Apr
2019]
- note: The Heather and the Rose Country Dancers (H&R) is an Oregon network of dance groups with branches in Ashland, Eugene and Roseburg. H&R offers both English and Scottish Country Dance using global terminology for teaching.
website: www.HeatherAndRose.org
- Portland (Oregon), RSCDS Branch [Apr 2019]
- website: PortlandScottishDancers.org
Pennsylvania (PA) {To see
Pennsylvania SCD classes, click here}
- Allentown - Lehigh Valley Scottish Country Dance [Sep
2022]
- Jim Reynolds (Group Contact)
email: reynolds1998@msn.com
- Delaware Valley, RSCDS Branch [Dec 2016]
- website: www.DelValScottishDance.org
(General Contact)
email: delvalrscds@gmail.com
- Harrisburg Scottish Country Dance Society [Oct 2014]
- website: hscds.webs.com
Board Members (Board)
email: HBGScottishCountryDance@gmail.com
- State College - Nittany Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate [May
2019]
- website: personal.psu.edu/jcc8/scd/sce.html
Martha Anderson
email: nittanySCD@verizon.net
- Pittsburgh Scottish Country Dance Society, RSCDS Affiliate [Oct 2017]
- website: pscds.org
Arthur McNair (Secretary)
phone: 412-915-0585
email: pscds-email@verizon.net
address: 353 Morrow Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15235
- Swarthmore College Folk Dance Club [Feb 2020]
- note: Classes offered in both English and Scottish country dancing.
website: www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/folkdance
email:
swatfolkdance@swarthmore.edu
Puerto Rico (PR) {To see
Puerto Rico SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Rhode Island (RI) {To see
Rhode Island SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
South Carolina (SC) {To see
South Carolina SCD classes, click here}
- The Carolinas, RSCDS Branch [Jun 2019]
- note: See Carolina Scottish Country Dance Society listing under North Carolina.
South Dakota (SD) {To see
South Dakota SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Tennessee (TN) {To see
Tennessee SCD classes, click here}
-
Nashville Hamilton Scottish Country Dancers [Dec 2015]
- website: www.Nashville-RSCDS.org
Dennis & Susan Wood (Teacher)
email: denwood@comcast.net
address: 5222 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville, TN 37218
phone: 615-251-0153
- Scottish Country Dancing in East Tennessee [Feb 2017]
- facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/305565577486
Texas (TX) {To see
Texas SCD classes, click here}
- Austin Scottish Country Dance Society, RSCDS Affiliate [Feb 2017]
- website: austinscd.wordpress.com
Sarah Harriman (President)
email: Sharriman2411@gmail.com
address: 19 N Peak Rd, Austin, TX 78746
- Austin - Scottish Country Dance Alliance [Dec
2016]
- website: scda.us
Arthur McLean (President)
email: artair@scda.us
note: We emphasize social SCD and dancing for fun.
- Denton Celtic Dancers [Apr 2023]
- website: www.facebook.com/groups/dentoncelticdancers
- June Skinner (Public Contact)
- phone: 214-972-4473
- email: jun6.skinner@gmail.com
- address: Green Space Arts Collective, 529 Malone St, Denton, TX 76201
- Houston and District, RSCDS Branch [Nov 2022]
- website: www.houstonrscds.org
Kelley Fair (Secretary)
email: houstonrscds@gmail.com
Utah (UT) {To see
Utah SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Vermont (VT) {To see
Vermont SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Virginia (VA) {To see
Virginia SCD classes, click here}
- Charlottesville Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2019]
- website: cscd.avenue.org
Beverly Seng (General Contact)
email: sengwheeler@gmail.com
- Northern Virginia, RSCDS Branch [Feb 2019]
- website: www.RSCDS-GreaterDC.org
Elizabeth Holtan (Publicity Chair)
email: info@RSCDS-GreaterDC.org
Anne Dempsey (Secretary)
email: nova-secretary@RSCDS-GreaterDC.org
address: 3810 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204
- Richmond Scottish Country Dancers [Jun 2019]
- website: www.richmondscottishcountrydancers.org
Margaret Murphy
phone: 804-639-7688
email: margaretmurphy519@gmail.com
- Williamsburg Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2019]
- website: www.facebook.com/WilliamsburgScottishCountryDancers
Bern Runk (Secretary)
email: mathghamhuin@gmail.com
Washington (WA) {To see
Washington SCD classes, click here}
- Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers [Feb 2020]
- website: bellinghamscd.org
Helen Packer (Secretary)
email: BellinghamSCD@gmail.com
- Seattle, RSCDS Branch [Mar 2014]
- website: RSCDS-Seattle.org
newsletter: Puget Scot
(Branch Secretary)
email: secretary@rscds-seattle.org
address: PO Box 77431, Seattle, WA 98177
- Southwest Washington State, RSCDS Branch [Dec 2016]
- website: www.rscds-swws.org
West Virginia (WV) {To see
West Virginia SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
Wisconsin (WI) {To see
Wisconsin SCD classes, click here}
- Madison Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Branch
[Nov 2022]
- website: MadisonScottishCountryDancers.org
Nancy McClements (Chair)
phone: 608-358-4478
email: MadisonScottishCountryDancers@gmail.com
address: 318 S Owen Dr, Madison, US WI 53705
- Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers, RSCDS Affiliate
[Jun 2019]
- website: www.MilwaukeeSCD.org
Terry Garner
email: SCD.MKE@gmail.com
Ken or Vicki Phipps
email: kvphipps76@yahoo.com
Wyoming (WY) {To see
Wyoming SCD classes, click here}
No group listings.
- Western Australia, RSCDS Branch [Oct 2015]
- website: www.rscdswa.com
- The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society [Jan 2018]
- website: www.RSCDS.org
(Headquarters Team)
email: info@RSCDS.org
- Teachers' Association (Canada), RSCDS Branch [Jan 2018]
- note: An association of teachers of Scottish country dancing formed in 1958 to assist one another where possible.
Open to all RSCDS Teachers (Level 1 and Level 2). TACTalk magazine is published four times a year.
TACTalk subscription available to non-members.
website: tac-rscds.org
(Chairman)
email: Chairman@tac-rscds.org
(Corresponding Secretary)
email: Secretary@tac-rscds.org
(TACsound Contact)
email: TACsound@tac-rscds.org
(TACbooks Contact)
email: TACbooks@tac-rscds.org
- Scottish Country Dance Bands in Canada and the United States [Feb 2019]
- website: www.ScottishDance.net/bands/NorthernAmerica.html
- British Columbia (BC), Vancouver - The Tartan Players [Feb 2019]
- note: The Tartan Players are: Julie Smith (piano), Deborah Jones (fiddle), Lukasz Wieczorek (fiddle), Carole Berger (flute/whistle), Joe Condie (bass).
They provide live music for Scottish Country Dancing, Ceilidhs & private events.
Julie Smith (Bandleader)
email: smithjulianar@gmail.com
- British Columbia (BC) - Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra [Feb 2019]
- note: Providing live music for Scottish Country Dancing, Ceilidhs, and Concerts since 1990.
website: https://www.vancouverfiddleorchestra.ca
Janet Wright (Music Director)
email: music_director@vancouverfiddleorchestra.ca
address: #212 - 6669 Telford Street, Burnaby, CA BC V5H 4A1
- District of Columbia (DC) - David Knight, Scottish Fiddler [Feb 2019]
- note: This is the web page for David Knight, Scottish Country Dance
fiddler since 1991.
website: music.DavidKnight.us
- Maryland (MD) - Liz Donaldson [Feb 2019]
- note: Liz Donaldson (Bethesda, MD) is a full-time musician, plays piano and accordion and has been playing for dancing for many years. She is known for her innovative back-up style incorporating exciting rhythms, textures, and harmony lines in her music. In addition to playing for Scottish, English and American contra and square dances, Liz teaches all these styles, and dances, too! She is a member of
FINDHORN, Terpsichore, Folk Remedy, Dance du Jour, and Waverley Station.
website: www.LizDonaldson.com
- Massachusetts (MA) - Barbara McOwen, Scottish Fiddler [Feb 2019]
- note: Barbara McOwen (Arlington, MA) has been playing Scottish fiddle music since 1970.
website: www.McOwen.net/bmco
- Pennsylvania (PA) - Strath Hanna [May 2019]
- note: A band based in State College PA; we play for Scottish country dancing (and also contra dancing and English country dancing).
website: www.strathhanna.com
e-mail: strathhanna@verizon.net
- Texas (TX) - Hugh Morrison [Feb 2019]
- note: I am available for Scottish Ceilidh or Country dances having played for many years with the Tain Scottish Dance band in Scotland. Now based in Houston, TX & play for many dance parties this side of the pond! Available as solo, duo, trio or full band.
website: www.facebook.com/hughmorrisonmusic
[May 2020]
- Vermont (VT) - Peter Macfarlane (Scottish Fiddler)
[Mar 2020]
- website: www.OtterCreekSmallcraft.com
note: Fiddler for Scottish dances, ceilidhs, weddings etc. Played with many of the Scottish Dance Bands in southern England 1988-2003. Now in Vermont. Solo performance, or can put a band together.
- Country Dance and Song Society [Feb 2019]
- note: Celebrating a Living Tradition of English and Anglo-American Folk Dance and Music since 1915.
website: www.cdss.org
- DancieMaetion [Feb 2019]
- note: DancieMaetion is a process developed to create movies of animated characters as they perform Scottish Country
Dances.
website: danciemaetion.ImaginationProcessing.com
- Folk Dance Association [Feb 2019]
- note: Our site is devoted to all types of folk dance including Balkan, Cajun, clog, contra, English country, historical, international, Israeli, Morris, Scottish country, Scandinavian, square, swing, vintage, western square and all others types of traditional & ethnic folk dance. In fact, we use the term "folk dance" to refer to all these types of dance.
website: www.folkdancing.org
- Furlongs Travel [Feb 2019]
- note: Furlongs Travel offers a SCD holiday in June each year at Crieff in Scotland featuring optional dance classes and evening dancing to six top Scottish
country dance bands during a week-long stay. The band line-up for June 2010 includes Colin
Dewar, Sandy Nixon, Ian Muir, George Meikle, James Coutts and Marian Anderson. Richard and Dawn Furlong also arrange SCD trips world-wide. Previous destinations have included numerous European venues, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
website: furlongs.co.uk
- House of Scotland [Feb 2019]
- note: Pipe band online shopping store.
website: houseofscotland.pk
- The Inter-city Scot [Feb 2019]
- note: The Inter-city Scot is a newsletter of Scottish country dance events in Canada & the United States (USA).
website: www.intercityScot.org
- New York Caledonian Club [Feb 2019]
- note: New York non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Scottish culture and fostering the Scottish community.
website: NYCaledonian.org
- Red Thistle Dancers [Feb 2019]
-
note: Instructional Scottish country dance DVDs and music CDs.
website: www.RedThistleDancers.org
(Media Contact)
email: info@RedThistleDancers.org
- Scotland.org [Feb 2019]
- note: The official online gateway to Scotland.
website: www.Scotland.org
- Scottish Ancestry [Feb 2019]
- note: Discover your Scottish roots and start planning your ancestral journey to Scotland at
VisitScotland's official ancestral tourism site.
website: www.visitScotland.com/see-do/research-your-ancestry
- Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary [Feb 2019]
- note: Scottish Dance Instruction Pages And Technical Terms Explained - By Reuben Freemantle
website: www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com
- Selected Bibliography on SCD History [Feb 2019]
- note: Selected Bibliography of sources on the History of Scottish Country Dancing.
website: www.strathspey.org/history/bibliography
- Scottish Country Dance CD Index [May 2020]
- note: This index lists, in alphabetical order, all the Scottish dances for
which the music is available on CD, and the album on which the dance is to
be found. Further information on the list gives the type of dance (Reel, Jig,
Strathspey, Medley, Waltz), the number of repeats as played on this particular album, and the number of bars in the dance. The final column of figures, headed "pace", shows the speed at which the dances are played, the figure being the time in seconds for thirty two bars of music on that particular track.
website: sites.google.com/site/beaulycentre/home/scottish-country-dance-cd-index
- Scottish Country Dance Events in Scotland [Feb 2019]
- note: An overview of SCD events - dances, balls, weekends, schools, etc - throughout Scotland. Most have live music, and give a warm welcome to travelers from overseas. Updated daily, as details of events come to hand.
website: www.rscds-dundee.org.uk/index.php/scd-events-scotland
- The Strathspey Server [Feb 2019]
- note: A repository of information about Scottish country dancing.
website: www.strathspey.org
- The "Ken Trip" Community [Feb 2019]
- note: Web site for Scottish country dance, English country dance, and contra
dance vacations hosted by Ken McFarland.
website: https://www.facebook.com/The-Ken-Trip-Community-658515257493120/
- United Square Dancers Association Insurance
Program [Feb 2019]
- note: Many Scottish country dance organizations in the United States have
liability insurance through this insurance program.
website: www.usda.org/insuranc.htm
- VisitScotland [Feb 2019]
- note: Scotland's national tourism organisation - providing inspirational information & helpful advice on travel, accommodation & things to see & do in Scotland.
website: www.VisitScotland.com