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Last updated 1/6/25 by GH
NEW 2025-26 SEASON will start in September 2025, when existing members' RSCDS subscriptions will be due for renewal.
Monday 1st September, 2025 : 5-week block of Refresher classes, (but only if sufficient demand - so please get in touch with us beforehand to register your interest). 7.30 to 9.30pm, Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie. £25 for the 5-week block; payment upfront/in advance. 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th September.
A Re-Introduction to SCD steps, technique and formations, and putting these into practice in easier dances.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone (email : hardstone59 @ hotmail.com )
Thursday 4th September, 2025 : General Class; 7.30 to 9.30pm, Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie
£5.00 per class / £6.00 non-RSCDS members.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone (email : hardstone59 @ hotmail.com ), plus occasional Guest Teachers
Watch this space for news of other developments at our Branch.
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STILL TO COME this season (2024-25)
Last of the BRANCH CLASSES at RSCDS LOCKERBIE - 2024-25 Season
Moffat Summer Dancing practice classes : 7.30pm, Thursday 12th and 26th June, and 10th and 24th July, 2025. Guide Hut. £5.00 RSCDS members (any Branch), £6.00 non-members. Visitors welcome.
Classes are not suitable for new beginners at this late stage in the season, but please get in touch for more info about the upcoming 2025-26 Season, which starts from 1st September, 2025 !
UPCOMING DANCE EVENTS
Moffat Summer Dancing 2025, on the four Thursdays in August : 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th.
7.30pm in Moffat Town Hall. Band : Willie McRobert and his SDB. Ticket price : £5.00; pay on the door.
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RECENT CLASSES and DANCE EVENTS
2024-25 BRANCH CLASSES :
Lockerbie Branch AGM and Final General Party Class of the main 2024-25 season was held on Thursday 29th May 2025.
7.30pm : AGM (Branch members only)
8.00-10.00pm : social dancing (free to all RSCDS members). Bring and share snacks. Live music from Robin Waitt (accordion).
GENERAL Class re-started Thursday, 9th January, 2025 (Intermediate/Advanced). From 20th March onwards, this became a mixed class (New Dancers to Advanced)
Thursdays 7.30 to 9.30pm in the Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie.
£5.00 per session / £6.00 non-RSCDS members.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone
INTRODUCTORY/Returners Class restarted Monday 13th January, 2025, and ran until (final class) Monday 10th March, 2025. Mondays 7.00 to 9.00pm. (note earlier start time than General Class), in the Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie. £5.00 per session RSCDS members / £6.00 non-RSCDS members.
The following week, on Thursday 20th March, the Monday class joined the Thursday General class, starting at 7.30pm.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone
Earlier in the 2024-25 season :
Branch members re-started Thursday, 5th Sept, with a SGM to adopt our modernised Constitution, followed by a shorter class.
GENERAL Class re-started Thursday, 12th September, 2024 (Intermediate/Advanced).
Thursdays 7.30 to 9.30pm in the Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie.
BEGINNERS/Returners :
Block 1 (5 classes) Monday 16th September, 2024 to 14th October, 2024. 7.15 for 7.30pm - 8.30pm (1 hour). An introduction to basic SCD steps and formations, and putting these into practice in easy dances.
Block 2 (5 classes) Monday 21st October to 18th November 2024. Please note longer class time 7.15 for 7.30pm - 9.00pm (1.5 hours). More SCD steps and formations, and putting these into practice in easy dances.
Block 3 (3 weeks of classes Mon 25th Nov to 9th Dec. Please note earlier start and even longer class time 6.45 for 7.00pm - 9.00pm (2 hours), finishing with end-of-term Xmas ceilidh/party dance on Monday 16th December.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone
SOCIAL EVENTS SO FAR THIS 2024-25 SEASON
Saturday, 1st March 2025. Spring 2025 Nice and Easy Dance (northern edition). 7.30pm, Longtown Community Centre. Band : Stuart Anderson and his SD Band. Bring and Share Buffet Supper. Raffle. Tickets £8.00, available from the above groups' classes. Suitable for dancers who started in autumn 2024.
Saturday 19th October 2024 Autumn Nice and Easy Dance (southern edition) : Newbiggin Village Hall, near Penrith CA11 0HT. Band : Robert Whitehead and the Danelaw. Bring and share buffet supper. Raffle. Tickets : £8, available at the above groups’ classes, including Lockerbie. Suitable for dancers who started last season (2023-24) and upwards.
These nice and Easy Dances are part of our long-standing collaboration with RSCDS Carlisle and Borders, Cockermouth CDC, and Penrith and Eden CDC. We started these twice-yearly dance events in 2012, in order to introduce all our beginners and newer dancers to the social dancing side of SCD, with the opportunity to meet dancers from other SCD groups and to become part of the wider SCD community. Our dances provide a relaxed and enjoyable evening, with great live bands, a straightforward programme, and a fantastic bring and share buffet supper.
Live music, dancing, a friendly atmosphere, and food : what more could you want ?
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What we did last year, to give you more idea of what we do :
2023-24 Season
GENERAL CLASS (Intermediate/Advanced) : weekly from September 2023 to the end of May 2024. Thursdays 7.30 to 9.30pm in the Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie
Our usual Nice and Easy Dances were held at Newbiggin in October 2023 (Band : Susan and Shona MacFadyen), and at Longtown in March 2024 (Band : Colin Dewar and his SDB).
In June and July 2024, summer Branch classes were held to prepare members and invited visitors for the August series of Moffat Summer Dances, Moffat Town Hall on Thursday evenings : 1st, 8th, 22nd and 29th August, dancing to the music of Willie McRobert and his Scottish Dance Band.
NEW 2025-26 SEASON will start in September 2025, when existing members' RSCDS subscriptions will be due for renewal.
Monday 1st September, 2025 : 5-week block of Refresher classes, (but only if sufficient demand - so please get in touch with us beforehand to register your interest). 7.30 to 9.30pm, Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie. £25 for the 5-week block; payment upfront/in advance. 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th September.
A Re-Introduction to SCD steps, technique and formations, and putting these into practice in easier dances.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone (email : hardstone59 @ hotmail.com )
Thursday 4th September, 2025 : General Class; 7.30 to 9.30pm, Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie
£5.00 per class / £6.00 non-RSCDS members.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone (email : hardstone59 @ hotmail.com ), plus occasional Guest Teachers
Watch this space for news of other developments at our Branch.
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STILL TO COME this season (2024-25)
Last of the BRANCH CLASSES at RSCDS LOCKERBIE - 2024-25 Season
Moffat Summer Dancing practice classes : 7.30pm, Thursday 12th and 26th June, and 10th and 24th July, 2025. Guide Hut. £5.00 RSCDS members (any Branch), £6.00 non-members. Visitors welcome.
Classes are not suitable for new beginners at this late stage in the season, but please get in touch for more info about the upcoming 2025-26 Season, which starts from 1st September, 2025 !
UPCOMING DANCE EVENTS
Moffat Summer Dancing 2025, on the four Thursdays in August : 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th.
7.30pm in Moffat Town Hall. Band : Willie McRobert and his SDB. Ticket price : £5.00; pay on the door.
============================================================================
RECENT CLASSES and DANCE EVENTS
2024-25 BRANCH CLASSES :
Lockerbie Branch AGM and Final General Party Class of the main 2024-25 season was held on Thursday 29th May 2025.
7.30pm : AGM (Branch members only)
8.00-10.00pm : social dancing (free to all RSCDS members). Bring and share snacks. Live music from Robin Waitt (accordion).
GENERAL Class re-started Thursday, 9th January, 2025 (Intermediate/Advanced). From 20th March onwards, this became a mixed class (New Dancers to Advanced)
Thursdays 7.30 to 9.30pm in the Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie.
£5.00 per session / £6.00 non-RSCDS members.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone
INTRODUCTORY/Returners Class restarted Monday 13th January, 2025, and ran until (final class) Monday 10th March, 2025. Mondays 7.00 to 9.00pm. (note earlier start time than General Class), in the Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie. £5.00 per session RSCDS members / £6.00 non-RSCDS members.
The following week, on Thursday 20th March, the Monday class joined the Thursday General class, starting at 7.30pm.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone
Earlier in the 2024-25 season :
Branch members re-started Thursday, 5th Sept, with a SGM to adopt our modernised Constitution, followed by a shorter class.
GENERAL Class re-started Thursday, 12th September, 2024 (Intermediate/Advanced).
Thursdays 7.30 to 9.30pm in the Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie.
BEGINNERS/Returners :
Block 1 (5 classes) Monday 16th September, 2024 to 14th October, 2024. 7.15 for 7.30pm - 8.30pm (1 hour). An introduction to basic SCD steps and formations, and putting these into practice in easy dances.
Block 2 (5 classes) Monday 21st October to 18th November 2024. Please note longer class time 7.15 for 7.30pm - 9.00pm (1.5 hours). More SCD steps and formations, and putting these into practice in easy dances.
Block 3 (3 weeks of classes Mon 25th Nov to 9th Dec. Please note earlier start and even longer class time 6.45 for 7.00pm - 9.00pm (2 hours), finishing with end-of-term Xmas ceilidh/party dance on Monday 16th December.
Dancing to CDs. Teacher : Gillian Hardstone
SOCIAL EVENTS SO FAR THIS 2024-25 SEASON
Saturday, 1st March 2025. Spring 2025 Nice and Easy Dance (northern edition). 7.30pm, Longtown Community Centre. Band : Stuart Anderson and his SD Band. Bring and Share Buffet Supper. Raffle. Tickets £8.00, available from the above groups' classes. Suitable for dancers who started in autumn 2024.
Saturday 19th October 2024 Autumn Nice and Easy Dance (southern edition) : Newbiggin Village Hall, near Penrith CA11 0HT. Band : Robert Whitehead and the Danelaw. Bring and share buffet supper. Raffle. Tickets : £8, available at the above groups’ classes, including Lockerbie. Suitable for dancers who started last season (2023-24) and upwards.
These nice and Easy Dances are part of our long-standing collaboration with RSCDS Carlisle and Borders, Cockermouth CDC, and Penrith and Eden CDC. We started these twice-yearly dance events in 2012, in order to introduce all our beginners and newer dancers to the social dancing side of SCD, with the opportunity to meet dancers from other SCD groups and to become part of the wider SCD community. Our dances provide a relaxed and enjoyable evening, with great live bands, a straightforward programme, and a fantastic bring and share buffet supper.
Live music, dancing, a friendly atmosphere, and food : what more could you want ?
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What we did last year, to give you more idea of what we do :
2023-24 Season
GENERAL CLASS (Intermediate/Advanced) : weekly from September 2023 to the end of May 2024. Thursdays 7.30 to 9.30pm in the Guide Hut, off Victoria Park, Lockerbie
Our usual Nice and Easy Dances were held at Newbiggin in October 2023 (Band : Susan and Shona MacFadyen), and at Longtown in March 2024 (Band : Colin Dewar and his SDB).
In June and July 2024, summer Branch classes were held to prepare members and invited visitors for the August series of Moffat Summer Dances, Moffat Town Hall on Thursday evenings : 1st, 8th, 22nd and 29th August, dancing to the music of Willie McRobert and his Scottish Dance Band.
