Summer dancing in Princes Street Gardens

On Monday evenings during June and July is 'Dancing in the Gardens' (usually 7:30pm-9:30pm). The venue is the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens West, where the dancing area is outside.... So bring your umbrella!

There is a live band which varies every evening. There is a set programme of country dances (with occasional unprogrammed extras and ceilidh dances) with each evening's programme chosen by a different dance group.

Dances are demonstrated by a team of dancers (usually from the dance group who devised the programme) before everyone gets up to have a go themselves.

Everyone is welcome and there is usually a mix of country dancers, friends and tourists.

Every year New Scotland devises and demonstrates one of the programmes and it's particularly nice to have a large crowd of New Scotland there that evening. But even when we're not demming the gardens there are usually a bunch of New Scotland members there every Monday.

After the dancing we head to the pub to dry out/cool down/eat because we forgot to beforehand/quench our thirst (delete as applicable).

If you'd like any further information please contact
Margaret Burns 0131 661 1768
Margaret Harris 0131 337 4197
Agnes Reed 0131 556 2140

Scottish Country Dancing Programme 2008 (pdf 86.9kb)

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