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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.
Massachusetts (MA) - Barbara McOwen, Scottish Fiddler
The Music Makars, based in Guy Mills, Pennsylvania, are Etienne Ozorak (accordion), Elizabeth Weiss Ozorak (piano), Fred Mamula (fiddle) and Jack Lindberg (Irish flute, whistle and guitar).
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.
O'er the Border is a country dance band. Our members live in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois, USA. Every time we get together at least one of us has to cross a state line -- whence our name. Primarily, we play for Scottish country dancing, but we are also available for ceilidh dancing, barn dancing, New England contra dancing or English country dancing.
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.
The Scottish National Dance Company was formed in 1970, by Colin Robertson and Lewis Innes, to promote Scottish Dance in all its varied forms, including Ritual Dance & Social Dance.
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.
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.
Researching, conserving, fostering and promoting all of Scotland's dance traditions: Ceilidh, Country, Early, Hebridean, Highland, Military, Old Time, Orkney, Shetland, Step.
Web site for Scottish country dance, English country dance, and contra
dance vacations hosted by Ken McFarland, the Inter-city Scot web site
sponsor.
United Square Dancers Association Insurance
Program
website: http://www.usda.org/insuranc.htm Many Scottish country dance organizations in the United States have
liability insurance through this insurance program.
This dance index has been created for Scottish Country Dancers the world round. This is not a comprehensive index of Scottish Country Dances. It covers only dances that are published on the World Wide Web.