Other Group Resources
Nearby Scottish Dance Groups
Tacoma
Meets 2nd and 4th Sundays from 3 - 5:30 pm at Studio 6, 2608 Sixth Avenue, Tacoma.
Contact: Meg - scottishdancers@gmail.com
Caledonian and St. Andrews Society
Website: caledonians.com
Meets on Monday nights from 7 to 9 pm at Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Avenue N, Room 1, Seattle. Contact - Victoria Johnson: victoria@seanet.com
Plateau Scottish Country Dancers
Website: plateauscottishdancers.org
Meets on Monday nights at the Danish Hall, Enumclaw from 7 - 9 pm. Teachers: Jim and Pat McDonald.
Silverdale
Meets on first and third Sundays from 3 - 5 pm, Clear Creek Community Center, Silverdale. Teachers: Dennis and Cindy Jandt.
Bellingham
Website: http://www.bellinghamscd.org/
Meets on Wednesdays at 7:30 - 9:30 pm at Fairhaven Library. bellinghamscd@gmail.org
Spokane
Website: inlandnwscots.org
Meets on Thursdays at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1703 N. Washington St., Spokane. You can contact Catharine Roth catharineroth@gmail.com or Anna Guthrie paguthrie76@gmail.com for times.
Southwest Washington Branch
Website: vancouverusa-scd.org
Portland, Oregon
Website: portlandscottishdancers.org
High Desert Celtic Country Dancers (Central Oregon)
Website: highdesertcelts.com
Vancouver, BC
Website: rscdsvancouver.org
White Rock, BC
Website: wrscdc.org
Vancouver Island, BC
Website: viscds.ca
Salt Spring Island
Website: sites.google.com/view/ssiscdc/home
Other Events & Groups
Youth Weekend WestWebsite: youthweekendwest.com
An annual Scottish country dance weekend workshop held in rotating locations in Western Canada and US. It is aimed at dancers from 16 to 35 and includes classes, a ceilidh and a ball.
Website: nwscottishfiddlers.org
Directed by Calum MacKinnon of Seattle. This group plays traditional Scottish fiddle music. Their website has lots of Northwest gatherings information.
Website: celticarts.org
Sponsors, encourages and promotes Celtic culture through events and educational activities.
Website: slighe.org
A non-profit educational society that teaches and promotes the Scottish Gaelic language and culture in the Pacific Northwest.
Contact Elizabeth Miller for more information.
The Teacher's Association of Canada (TAC)Website: http://www.tac-rscds.org/
Association of teachers of Scottish country dancing, source for SCD books and recordings.
Highland Games
SSHGA Pacific Northwest Highland Games and Clan Gathering -Website: enumclawchamber.com
SpokaneWebsite: spokanehighlandgames.net
Whitby IslandWebsite: wihg.org
SCD Beyond The Northwest
This is not an exhaustive list of SCD resources on the web - just a selection of handy references to get you started. For a fairly complete listing of groups, bands, etc., see the Grand Chain
- The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Edinburgh, Scotland - news about the society, information about RSCDS publications, etc.
- The Strathspey Server- Strathspey is an electronic mailing list for Scottish country dance. It features an archive of past discussions, resources of interest to Scottish country dancers, and links to other SCD sites. They have a database of Scottish Country dance groups with maps. Good article on What is SCD.
- InterCityScot- Directory of Scottish Country Dance clubs, dances, workshops and classes in North America.
- Grand Chain: The Edinburgh Scottish Dance Resource- A trove of useful links and information, including a nice collection of Hints and Tips for SCD, an extensive directory ofScottish Dance groups around the world, and a list of Scottish Dancing Bands.
- The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Edinburgh, Scotland - news about the society, information about RSCDS publications, etc.
- New Scotland Country Dance Society at Edinburgh University. Holds classes in many styles of Scottish dancing: (country, ceilidh, highland, step).