Updated September 1, 2008
Calling All Dancers! There are several great dancing opportunities at the Games, in the tradition of Games Founder Evelyn M.E. Murray, F.Scot. There will be Scottish Country Dance workshops taught by certificated teachers of the Boston Branch, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, and high-profile performances of the Demonstration Team, and of course our new Ball, the Loon Mountain Assembly - all with live music:
Saturday 10 am - Demonstration Team - Concert Tent
New This Year: The Scottish Country Dancers have a home for Saturday and Sunday, in the Competition Building. This is the nice cozy building just to the right of the Governor Adams Lodge. Several of our events are held there, and between events is a nice place and time for dancers and musicians to hang out, jam, visit, perhaps leave our stuff while we go get lunch or visit other events. It's not far from the Fiddle Competition site (competitions all day Saturday), so it'll be easy for dancers and fiddlers to keep in touch. This is an indoor site, good for dancing, and in lieu of a tent. Perhaps we'll have visits from the Strathspey & Reel Society of New Hampshire and the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club, interested Scots and ceilidh dancers. We can try to make this a Place To Be, perhaps with decorations, greeters, informational fliers, photos. Can someone make a sort of poster? See you there!
Our great appreciation to Marianne Taylor and her Loonie Committee for setting up the Scottish Country Dance events for the Games last year and this year, and many thanks to Roberta Lasnik for continuing the work after Marianne's untimely death last month.
Tartan: New Hampshire State Dress
Saturday 11 am - SCD Family Session - Octagon Lodge
Saturday 2 pm - Scottish Country Dance - Competition Building
Saturday 3 pm - Preview for Country Ball - Competition Building
Saturday 8:30 pm - Loon Mountain Assembly with Hanneke Cassel & Barbara MacDonald Magone, and MC Dale Birdsall - Governors Pavilion
Sunday 11:15 am - Demonstration Team & N.H. Strathspey & Reel Society - Concert Tent
Sunday 1:00 pm - SCD Family Session - Competition Building
Download the pdf flier for Scottish Country Dance Events at the Games
Marianne Taylor, 2003
Webdabbler: Barbara McOwen, www.mcowen.net