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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Scottish Country Dancing & More

August 2, 2006 SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE (SCDM): WEEKLY EMAIL NEWSLETTER http://home.att.net/~diannashipman/SCDM.htm IN THIS ISSUE: SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE (SCDM) RSCDS HOUSTON BALL PROGRAM MUSIC NEWS: NATALIE MacMASTER, FIDDLER: HOUSTON APPEARANCE MUSIC NEWS: SMITHFIELD FAIR: NEW CD CALENDAR PAGE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE: TONIGHT: To the wonderful live music of the English Session Players and FISH &CHIPS we danced: Buttered Beans, Flowers of Edinburgh, Virginia Reel, Petronella, Tam O'Shanter, Monymusk, and Justine's Delight. *** NEXT WEEK: We'll start including dances from the Houston ball program (see below). *** GROUP OUTING: CAROLYN MADDOX wrote: "I know it's several months away but the TX Renaissance Festival will have their Highland Fling weekend Nov 4&5. Maybe we can do a group outing?" THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DANCER: JANELL MACAFEE HAMOR THIS WEEK'S FEATURED MUSICIAN: E. J. JONES, Bagpiper COME DANCE WITH US! WEDNESDAYS SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE 7-10 pm · NEW DANCERS WELCOME ·Families welcome (children must be accompanied by parent/guardian) ·Oddfellows Hall, 115 E. 14th St. (Heights), Houston, Texas ·(3rd building on left traveling east from Heights Blvd. - ·2 story red brick - entrance recessed about 15 feet from street -dancing upstairs) Cost: $5 for those 14 and over; $2.50 those under 14 ($15 maximum per family) fourth consecutive Wednesday free MAP PHOTO OF HALL RSCDS HOUSTON BALL PROGRAM October 21-22, 2006 ROYAL SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY: HOUSTON & DISTRICT BRANCH Workshop & Ball Musicians: "THE MUSIC MAKARS" Ball Program St Andrew's Fair 4 SCD 1982/2 Davy Nick Nack Glasgow Assembly Culla Bay 41/2 Lamb Skinnet 14/12 West's Hornpipe 5 for 65/3 Music Makers 33/1 Fair Donald 29/4 Cadgers in the Canongate 9/10 [intermission] Jennifer's Jig Drewry Silver City Australian Ladies Glasgow Assembly Sands of Morar 45/6 Summer Wooing 38/6 Minister on the Loch Goldring Balgeddie Reel Brandon Posties Jig Ormskirk/5 Montgomeries Rant 10/1 MUSIC NEWS NATALIE MacMASTER, FIDDLER: HOUSTON APPEARANCE November 10, 2006 Miller Outdoor Theater Houston, TX Free show but may require ticket Showtime: 7:30pm Tickets Venue Website [posted on the Scottish Council page by Ryan O'Keefe] Ryan also wrote: Cape Breton is the only living celtic culture in North America and also the only place where the native tongue, Gaelic, is spoken outside of the motherland. It is a Scottish culture and it is Scottish Gaelic. You can also check out http://www.capebretonlive.com to hear regular recordings of concerts in Cape Breton and there is a video you can watch that is about an hour or so long from the Cape Breton Celtic Colours festival, the largest in North America. . . Also, you may be interested in the Celtic Heritage magazine from Nova Scotia, http://www.celticheritage.ns.ca . . . [Dianna's Note: Natalie was in Houston a few years back for the International Festival - she puts on a terrific show!!] MUSIC NEWS SMITHFIELD FAIR: NEW CD Band member Frang writes in part: "I was just informed that the new album Walking Thru This World is due to be delivered today!!! And I can’t wait to get the finished product in my hands. On another note the Smithfield Fair myspace page is going well and I am hoping to replace the song tracks with those from the new CD . . . This just in: If you've been waiting to buy Smithfield Fair CDs at the next performance, you can help us out by purchasing NOW from CD BABY.COM. If we sell enough to qualify, we'll be on their new promotional sampler, which will be a great boost to the band. This only counts for the month of August, so, now's the time. Thanks for considering it." CALENDAR PAGE details on all items listed below can be found on the webpage at: CURRENT MONTH UPCOMING MONTHS THE COMING WEEK: 3 THURSDAY Celtic Chorus of Houston note: NEW TIME Churchill Room, Black Labrador Pub (Montrose near Richmond) 7:00-9:00 pm 1st Thursday: Houston Highland Games Association MEETING St Thomas' Episcopal School on Jackwood behind Meyerland Plaza. Class room C-1 6:45 Board meeting 8 pm Membership meeting HOUSTON BRANCH OF RSCDS SUMMER SOCIAL THURSDAY, 8-3-06 7:30 PM - COST $5.00 Dad's Club - Studio A 1008 Voss Rd. (N. of I-10) PROGRAM Lomond Waltz Gay Gordons Highland Schottische Byron Strathspey Brittania Two Step - progressive J B Milne A Canonbie Ceilidh Canadian Barn Dance Langholm Fair or From the Broomielaw Machine Without Horses or Follow Me Home Highland Rambler 4 FRIDAY August 4 and 5, 2006 Lineage Dance Benefiting MD Anderson Breast Cancer Awareness Programs Performing at Houston Family Arts Center 5 SATURDAY August 4 and 5, 2006 Lineage Dance Benefiting MD Anderson Breast Cancer Awareness Programs Performing at Houston Family Arts Center Saturday August 5, 2006. Houston Community College - Central Campus World Dance Institute Workshops 2006 HCC Central College Maps Street Map Campus Map Heights First Saturday St. Andrew's Episcopal Youth Community GARAGE SALE Houston Heights parking lot at the corner of Yale St. and W. 19th Street opens 9 am Contact: Travis Galbraith, St. Andrew's EYC August 5, 2006 FORT WORTH, TEXAS HELP CELEBRATE the 21st anniversary of ELLIE HAYES' 39th birthday! MUSIC BY HUGH MORISON Saturday, August 5, 2006 Ridglea Presbyterian Church 6201 Camp Bowie Blvd. (SW corner of Camp Bowie & Westridge) Fort Worth, Texas 76116 All invited, please come it is a free evening with Potluck @ 5:30 pm (please bring a dish) with dancing to follow. Please do not bring gifts. Dress for the evening: ladies, please wear a dress or skirt and blouse; men, kilts are most welcome. Program: Mamie’s Jig J32 M. Brandon, Memories of Fife Rakes of Glasgow S32 Preston, RSCDS Book 11, #11 Shiftin’ Bobbins R32 R. Clowes, Ormskirk Book Scotland J32 Playford, Book 31, #6 The Dundee Whaler S32 R. Clowes, Ormskirk SD’s Let’s Have a Ceilidh R32 R. Campbell, Glasgow Assembly The Galloping Carousel J32 John de Chastelain, 25 Dances Miss Gibson’s Strathspey S32 D. Haynes, RSCDS Leaflet #10 General Stuart’s Reel J32 C. Menzies, RSCDS Book 10, #3 Ellie’s Jig J32 Mel Briscoe, Slip Knot Collection One Good Turn S32 John Shipley J. B. Milne R32 Hugh Foss, Angus Fitchett Album Postie’s Jig J32 R. Clowes, Ormskirk SCD Book 5 Sauchie Haugh S32 RSCDS Leaflet #12 The Highlandman’s Umbrella R32 A. Holden, Glasgow Diamond Jubilee 6 SUNDAY Men of Houston Morris Dancers August 6-13, 2006 TAC Summer School Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario, Canada classes and evening dancing, plus many other activities. Accommodations for the week are fully air-conditioned single rooms with sink and adjoining bathrooms. Dance studios are also fully air-conditioned. All meals, from Sunday evening supper through lunch the following Sunday, are included for $715 if paid before May 15. Complete brochure and registration form 7 MONDAY International Folk Dancing for beginners. HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCERS 7:30 - 10:00 pm Oddfellows Hall, 115 E. 14th Street in the Heights. 8 TUESDAY Strings n' Things contact Peggy Carter. Ceilidh jam Poor Michael's The Strand Galveston, TX 409-762-1967 9 PM - midnight All skill levels welcome. 9 WEDNESDAY SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING AND MORE 7-10 pm ·NEW DANCERS WELCOME ·Families welcome (children must be accompanied by parent/guardian) ·COST: ·$5 for those 14 and over; $2.50 those under 14 ($15 maximum per family) - fourth consecutive Wednesday free. ·Location: ·Oddfellows Hall, 115 E. 14th St. (Heights), Houston, Texas ·(3rd building on left traveling east from Heights Blvd. - ·2 story red brick - entrance recessed about 15 feet from street -dancing upstairs). · MAP · PHOTO OF HALL Dianna Dianna L. Shipman diannashipman@att.net Scottish Country Dancing and More Houston, Texas web page: http://home.att.net/~diannashipman phone: 713-522-1212
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