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Johnsonville Scottish Country Dance Club welcomes all to the fun, fitness and friendship of social dancing on Monday evenings March - November.

Scottish Country Dancing is a very social form of dancing danced in 'sets' usually with four 'couples' - unlike Highland Dancing which is usually solo dancing. Scottish dress is not required to attend clubs, dances or balls and you don’t need a partner to join a dance club. Johnsonville Scottish Country Dance Club meets Monday evenings 7.40pm Johnsonville School Hall, Morgan Street, Wellington from March-November.

28/09/2026

On their recent ‘wee trip’ through Scotland (then Leeds and Milton Keynes), Kristin and Rod Downey caught-up with old friends and met other friendly Scottish Country Dancers in places they were exploring. Plus they made new memories about those places to savour while dancing in the future.

Rod was also invited to teach a deviser’s evening of dances for the Leeds regular Monday night Advanced Dancers’ class. 📸 Kristin Downey

See all about Rod and Kristin's trip, the friends they met up with, the memories they made, and lots of beautiful photos, in Kristin’s travelogue at https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/2026/09/17/2026-kristin-rod-scotland/

03/09/2026

The 2026 Johnsonville and Capital City Combined Annual Dance was a wonderful celebration of 60 years of Johnsonville Club’s affiliation with the RSCDS and Rod Downey’s 30 years of teaching at Johnsonville. Jeanette Watson, tutor at Capital City, has taught dancing since 1996, so we also acknowledged her contribution of thirty years of teaching at this celebratory occasion.

See all the fun and friendship of the evening along with many more photos plus videos at https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/2026/08/28/johnsonville-capital-city-annual-dance-2026/

Photos: Loralee Hyde

13/08/2026

At our 2026 Annual Dance on 22 August, Johnsonville Club is celebrating 60 years of affiliation with the RSCDS, and Rod Downey's 30 years of teaching at the club from 1996 to 2026.

Take a look at a wonderful photo history of Rod’s achievements at our club over the past 30 years as a tutor and a dance deviser, along with the activities he has instigated with Kristin, at https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/history/tutors/

03/08/2026

Come and join us at the Johnsonville and Capital City Combined Annual Dance at Crofton Downs School Hall, 21 Chartwell Drive, 7.30pm, Saturday 22 August. Celebrating Johnsonville Club’s 60 years of affiliation with the RSCDS and Rod Downey’s 30 years of teaching at Johnsonville!

Music by Lynne Scott, Heather Elder, Rebecca Bourne, Katie Scott. Adult $18.00, RSCDS/first year dancers $15.00, Juniors/Spectators $6.00. See more details and download the programme and the instructions to Rod’s dance ‘The St Columba’s Church Strathspey’ at https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/event/johnsonville-capital-city-combined-annual-dance-2026/

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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Khandallah Town Hall, 11 Ganges Road
Khandallah
6035

Website

https://www.johnsonvillescd.org.nz/

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