St. Columba's Dancers
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Scottish Country Dancing at St. Columba's Church, Knightsbridge
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Dancing on Monday Evenings |
Due to the uncertainty caused by the Omicron variant, our Covid-19 Safety Guidelines have been updated on 13 December. Please read them here.
Special events for the remainder of the 2021-22 season are:
| Monday 24 January 2022 | Band night - Frank Reid
(Burns' night) CANCELLED A social evening will be held instead with recorded music |
| Monday 7 March 2022 | Band night - Ian
Robertson |
| Monday 4 April 2022 | Band night - Chris Oxtoby |
| Monday 23 May 2022 | Band night - Craigievar |
Regrettably, a decision had to been taken to cancel the Burns’ night event on Monday 24th January due to uncertainty in light of the current Covid-19 situation. However, a regular social evening, with recorded music, will be held instead.
Scottish country dancing is fun and wonderful exercise for both body and mind. We welcome dancers of all ages and levels of experience and our dance programmes include simple dances for beginners as well as those for the more experienced. We have an experienced team of MCs who are happy to call or walk through our dances so that everyone can join in.
You might like to come to the short practice session held at 7.15 on non band nights. This will also give you a chance to meet the MCs and others before the dancing starts at 7.30. The list of the dances for each week, together with the instructions (cribs) for each dance can be found on the Diary page. There are also links to the Dance Lists, which provide information on videos of the dances where these are available.
If you would like a weekly email reminder of the next programme, please contact Graham Hamilton to ask to be added to the mailing list for St Columba's Dancers.
St. Columba's Lower Hall is a lovely place to
dance. Directions to the hall are given here. You don't need to come
with a partner or to wear a kilt, but should wear either pumps
or soft, flat shoes (not trainers). If you are coming
for the first time, please make yourself known to us, or
better still get in touch with Willie Lawrence, the convenor,
beforehand.
There is no charge to
attend the evenings (except for Band Nights) and dancers are
asked to contribute £1.50 for tea and biscuits in the
interval.
Links to the Church web-site and to other Scottish
Country Dance groups which meet at St. Columba's are on the Links page.
Further details from Willie Lawrence at stcdconvenor@gmail.com.
We are
attentive to the Covid situation and our Covid Safety
Guidelines may be found here,
St Columba's
at Pont Street is outside the Congestion Charge
zone. However, dancers should be mindful of the
routes where the charge applies and of course the times
that it applies. Further information may be found here.
History
St. Columba's Dancers was formed in 1941 to provide a
social outlet for young Scots living in London. In those
days, it met on a Saturday afternoon and included singing and
table-tennis. Over the years it evolved into what
it is today: an informal sociable gathering, now of many
different nationalities.