Johnsonville Scottish Country Dance Club

28/05/2026

Capital City Club recently held a Deviser’s Day with Peter Beaumont as the deviser and Jeanette Watson as tutor (they are both also Johnsonville members).

See Robert's story of this wonderful afternoon of dancing Peter's completely new dances, together with a selection of the images Peter displayed to illustrate the dances at https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/2026/05/22/capital-city-devisers-day-2026/

📷 Pat Reesby

29/04/2026

Wednesday 29 April 2026, was International Dance Day, a time to celebrate dance. Johnsonville Club celebrated Scottish Country Dancing by enjoying a wonderful April Tartan Night on Monday evening. A wide range of dancers came along, from new dancers this year at their first Tartan Night to the very experienced, along with visitors from other clubs.

Thanks to our club tutor Rod Downey for devising the varied programme and briefing the dances. This was Rod’s first night back at club following his second knee replacement—he was able to rest his leg between briefings. We were fortunate to dance to fabulous tunes from Jason, Hilary and Shane. Take the opportunity to listen to their music in Pat Reesby’s video of the dance Irish Breakfast Tea, a 32-bar jig devised by Rod at https://youtu.be/Zq0lA-XJY0I?si=2cdqWicsJRdE3b9t

As suggested by the RSCDS in their list of possible dances using the number 6 as the theme for the 2026 International Dance Day, one of the dances on our programme was the lovely strathspey The Birks of Invermay from Book 16.

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08/01/2026

Some of the Johnsonville dancers at the 2025-2026 Summer School in Christchurch are in this photo taken at the President's Ball - Robert and Brenda, Jeanette and Peter, and Loralee. More of our dancers will be in the class photos coming out soon...

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There was a great contingent of dancers from the RSCDS New Zealand Wellington Region at the 2025-2026 Summer School in Christchurch. Dance Scottish New Zealand RSCDS NZ Branch - Summer School The majority of the dancers from our Region are in this lovely photo taken at the President’s Ball.

07/01/2026

Scottish Country Dancing beginners' classes coming up soon at Khandallah Town Hall. Join us for 3 classes starting on Monday 9 February. All ages welcome from teenagers and upwards - come along for fun, fitness and a friendly community of dancers. Find out more at https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/about-us/beginners/

28/07/2025

Come and join us at our Annual Dance on Saturday 23 August, 7.30pm at Newtown School Hall, 16 Mein St, Newtown! Dance to music from Jason Morris, Hilary Ferral, Jonny Warnes & Pip Morris. Adult $18.00, RSCDS/First Year Dancers $15.00, Juniors/Spectators $6.00. First year dancers welcome – most dances walked.

Download the programme and the instructions for the strathspey Edith Campbell at https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/event/johnsonville-capital-city-annual-dance-2025/

14/07/2025

A bit of New Zealand at the Grand Ball of the 48th Australian Scottish Country Dancing Winter School at Shoal Bay, New South Wales - Seton's Ceilidh Band devised by Bruce Fordyce. Fabulous music from David Oswald, Gillian Stevenson and Alasdair Macleod from Scotland. Video: Loralee Hyde

27/05/2025

Join us to celebrate Johnsonville’s 70 years of dancing! 7.00pm, King’s Birthday Monday 2 June 2025. Khandallah Town Hall, 11 Ganges Road, Khandallah. Dance to live music from Jason Morris, Hilary Ferral, Anna Miller and Ian Telfar. Adult $5.00 Student $0.50

A selection of the dances in the programme honour some early & longstanding club members, and recognise Johnsonville School as the club’s previous longtime home.

Download the programme athttps://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Johnsonville-70th-Programme-June-2025.pdf

26/05/2025

Congratulations to Johnsonville Club member Désirée Patterson for receiving this Wellington Region award! A great acknowledgment of her hard work over the years.

RSCDS Wellington Region President Rod Downey presented Désirée Patterson with a Tribute from the Region on 24 May 2025 in recognition of giving her time, expertise and organisational skills to the…

08/01/2025

Are you thinking about a new activity for the new year? Scottish country dancing is lots of fun, very social, and good for body and mind. Give it a go and see what you think. Beginners' classes for teenagers and up start at Khandallah Town Hall on Monday 10 February. Find out more at https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/2024/12/23/beginners-classes-2025/

08/08/2024

Find out about all of the activities at the Wellington Summer School in this first newsletter! Download the newsletter athttps://nzsummerschool2024.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Summer-School-Newsletter-1-July.pdf

Check out the first newsletter for the RSCDS New Zealand Branch Summer School in Wellington from 28 December 2024 to 5 January 2025! This newsletter is a mine of information about Summer School—dancing, classes, teachers, musicians, scholarships and other activities—something for everyone.😊

Download this newsletter athttps://nzsummerschool2024.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Summer-School-Newsletter-1-July.pdf And share the newsletter with your friends, clubs and other dancing groups. You’ll be blown away by all our activities at Summer School!