Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

03/10/2026

Winter School 2027 ☃❄ It's time to meet the musicians 🎼

Music is the heart of Scottish country dance and we are delighted to have some world class musicians join us this year. They will be providing the tunes for morning classes and your evening social dances so make sure to give them some love in the comments!

Book your space to join us in Pitlochry https://rscds.org/event/winter-school-2027/

30/09/2026

Back in June alongside we encouraged schools all over Scotland to take part in the World Cup Day of Dance to celebrate Scotland's first game in the 2026 World Cup.
We were delighted to see over 100 schools take part but the local authority with the most participating schools was Dumfries!

Tracey Little, Provost of Dumfries attended Penpont Primary to receive the award.

27/09/2026

We are delighted to introduce you to our Winter School 2027 teachers! ❄️☃

Winter School offers the unique opportunity to be taught by four different teachers over the week, all with different styles and techniques.

Hear all about what they are looking forward to most when we head to Pitlochry, and book your space by heading to our event page.

https://rscds.org/event/winter-school-2027/

25/09/2026

A huge congratulations to Gary Innes on 10 Years of Take the Floor from the members of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society across the globe. 🥳 👏

For the past 10 years Gary has championed the wonderful music that lies at the heart of Scottish country dancing, helping to bring the wonderful tradition to familiar and new audiences around the world.

We are forever grateful to Gary and the Take the floor team at BBC Radio Scotland for their support and promotion of the RSCDS and for having us on the show many times.

Leave your congratulations for Gary in the comments below and make sure you listen to the anniversary show on Saturday to see if we make it into the best bits!

💃 🕺 10 years of Take the Floor! 🕺 💃

Incredibly, a decade has flown by and today marks my 10th anniversary of presenting, Take the Floor on BBC Radio Scotland!

A huge thank you to each and every one of you who tunes in every week, and for all the lovely comments and encouragement over the years. The platform and opportunities the show has given me have been nothing short of life-changing.

It’s a show I grew up listening to in the car with my folks, with Robbie Shepherd at the helm, so it was completely unthinkable back then that, years later, I’d go on to present it myself.

A huge thank you too to Producer Jennifer Cruickshank, who took the gamble on me all those years ago, and indeed to all the team who work so hard behind the scenes on the programme each week. 🙌

My special 10-year anniversary show goes out this Saturday, with lots of clips, memories, special guests and fun from over the last 10 years, and I really hope you enjoy it.

For now though, just a huge thank you to you all and here’s to the next 10! ❤️ 🥃 📻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Oh, and cheeeeeerioooo 🤩

23/09/2026

Postcards from Summer School ✉🌞 Evening Social Dances

We are so lucky to get to spend 4 weeks of the summer in these beautiful venues around St Andrews.

From the unique ceiling and history of the town hall to the sprung floor in Younger Hall. Paired with carefully created dance programmes & the best musicians each evening will leave fond memories for a lifetime.

21/09/2026

12 Coates Crescent will be closed for a public holiday today.

Staff will return on Tuesday 22nd September

20/09/2026

One of our favourite weekends in the RSCDS event calendar. Thanks to everyone who came and made this weekend such fun!

18/09/2026

Murder on the dancefloor?

You may have spotted something familiar in Ludwig Season 2 but did you know our very own Andrew Nolan created the dance.
We asked him about the experience and here's what he had to say.
"Working on Ludwig season 2 couldn't have been a better first experience of choreographing for TV.
With the dance such an integral part of the storyline, it was important to develop a sequence that looked genuinely like a Scottish dance but more importantly worked with all aspects of the script - a Ludwig style challenge in itself!
12 genuine Scottish Country dancers joined the cast and all helped realise what had moved from paper through development and to what you see on screen.
Im really pleased with how well the scribbled patterns on paper came to life on the screen"

Well done to Andrew and everyone involved, we loved it!

16/09/2026

Postcards from Summer School ✉️🌞Junior Summer Camp

What an amazing group of Junior dancers we had join us this year.
They created their own dance which they performed for Director Janet, Depute Adam and office team Kirsty & Viviane who were all very impressed.
Rounding off the week with a trip for ice cream of course.

Junior Summer Camp will be returning in 2027 and we cant wait to see you all again 🤗

11/09/2026

Deadline Extended: Nominations Close at 12 Noon on Monday 14 September

Interested in helping shape the future of the RSCDS? We've extended the nomination deadline for Management Board Trustees, Convener-Elect and Committee Member roles until 12 noon on Monday 14 September.

The extension gives members and Branches extra time over the weekend to complete and submit nomination forms.

Find out more and submit your nomination: https://rscds.org/about/agm/

Questions? Contact us at [email protected] or [email protected].