Classes
Our classes are for beginners and experienced dancers, everyone is welcome.
Remember, you don’t need to be Scottish, have a partner, or own a kilt!
Though a pair of soft shoes makes it much easier.
Covid
Please only attend if you have no Covid/cold-like Symptoms or have a Negative Lateral Flow result to satisfy yourself your slight symptoms are not Covid.
Cribs
For each class we provide a crib to help you to review the dances.
Autumn term begins on 5 September and will end on 19 December 2024. Standard term class fee for 16 classes is £68, £23 for students and £45 for beginners/improvers.
Spring term 2025 begins on 9 January and ends on 10 April. The standard term fee for all 14 classes is £63, or £42 for beginners and improvers or £21 for students.
The summer term will start on 1 May and end 26 June. This means there will be 9 classes. The standard term fee is £41, or £14 for students or £27 for beginners and improvers.
Term time classes
Our classes are as follows:
When: Thursday evenings
Cost: £6 per evening (£4 for the first year if only staying until the break)
New to dancing? 7:00pm-7:30pm
This session focuses on steps and formations, to help with your participation in the next session
Less experienced: 7:30pm – 8:45pm
Break: 8:45pm-9pm Approximately
More experienced: Join in with the 7:30 class and 9pm -10pm
Where: Normally at Oatley Hall, St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3TN.
Cost of classes
£6 per class for members to cover the cost of hall hire and teachers, except £2 for students, and new dancers pay £4 per class in their first year. The term fee in advance gives you a discount of one quarter of the cost.
If you are new to the club, your first class is free.
The AGM week in the autumn term is free, as are any ‘taster’ evenings.
16 classes. Standard term class fee £68, £45 for beginners and improvers and £23 for students.
14 classes. Standard term class fee £63, £42 for beginners and improvers and £21 for students.
9 classes. Standard term class fee £41, £27 for beginners and improvers and £14 for students.
Further Skills Classes
The Further Skills classes are open to dancers confident in the more frequently encountered figures. Dancers should have good mobility and be able to interpret instruction with relative ease.
The aim of this class is to provide a rewarding, and fun, experience for those who wish to further develop and exercise their dance skills. If the branch is asked to provide a display, a team will be sought from the members of this class. Attending the classes is for your enjoyment and does not commit any dancer to taking part in a display or demonstration unless they want to.
For additional information, contact furtherskills@rscdsbristol.info.
20 October, 17 November, 15 December.
January 19, February 23, March 30, April 27, May 18
The class aims to:
• Develop those aspects of technique which particularly contribute to the greater enjoyment of social dancing and to effective displays: phrasing, presentation and teamwork;
• Provide an opportunity to improve footwork and dancing of figures;
• Benefit from individual feedback (provided that is OK with you);
• Learn dances which could be used in a live display or demonstration video;
• Look at dances that we consider interesting to learn, and which exercise the skills we wish to develop;
• Encourage the exchange of ideas about dancing.
When: Sundays monthly
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Cost: £5
Where: Almondsbury Old School Hall, Almondsbury, BS32 4ED
Contact Us
Secretary: info@rscdsbristol.info
Tickets: tickets@rscdsbristol.info
Charity Number: 1059608
Where we dance
We dance at St Monica's, Henleaze, Bristol, BS9 3TN on a Thursday evening.