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West Renfrewshire
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We are excited to announce our Annual Ball celebrating 100 years of West Renfrewshire Local Association will be held in Greenock Town Hall on Friday 6th March 2026.
This year we will start 6. 30pm for 7pm as there will be some short speeches and a toast to start the night off. Tickets are now available £45 for dancers and £42 for non dancers. Ian Muir is our band for this special evening and we look forward to enjoying anther wonderful buffet meal from First Choice Catering. If you would like tickets please contact [email protected]
West Renfrewshire Local Association regularly meets on Monday evenings in St John's Scottish Episcopal Church hall, Greenock. The church is on Union St with postcode PA16 8JJ, the hall is round the back, just off Jamaica St. We meet from 7.30 pm till approximately 9.45 pm, Monday evenings. The hall has a large dance floor and offers great facilities. Classes run from September to March each year. In March we hold our annual Scottish Country Dance Ball.
New members interested in trying Scottish Country Dancing for the first time or those who would like to rekindle their previous involvement will be made very welcome. Perhaps you are new to West Renfrewshire/Inverclyde area; perhaps you danced at school; you can come alone or perhaps you and your partner/son/daughter or friend want to join an activity together? Scottish Country Dancing not only keeps your body fit but keeps your mind very alert and introduces you to new friends and people all over the world with the same interest.
Whatever your reason for joining us, the West Renfrewshire Local Association will make sure that new dancers are made to feel very welcome. You don’t need to have any prior experience, you don’t need special clothes or footwear (just soft shoes) - and you definitely don’t need to be Scottish!
CURRENT NEWS:
17th December 2025 we celebrated our 100th anniversary enjoying an 'Afternoon Tea Dance' in our current premises, St John's Sscottish Episcopal Church Hall, Jamaica Street, Greenock. Over 65 current and past members attended and Inverclyde Provost Drew Mckenzie gave a congratulatory speech following on from Mrs Joan Pow, Chair's, welcoming speech. Mrs Pow then cut the cake and afternoon tea was enjoyed by all. Our teacher, Mrs Vera Mckechnie has devised a new dance called 'West Renfrewshire Centenary Jig' to celebrate this momentous event and this was demonstrated by some current members. All guests were invited to join in dancing 'Mhairi's Wedding' and 'Ross Strathspey', the remainder of the afternoon was time toreflect, catch up ad enjoy the company of so many friends.
Here are some quotes from comments received afterwards:
'Thanks for a lovely afternoon. Wonderful to see so many people that I haven't seen for a long time.'
'Just to let you know that I have sent a request ro Gary Innes on Yur Requests to congratulate you all on your Centenary. I hope he plays it on Sunday night.' H B
'A big Thank You to all the members of West Renfrewshire Branch for inviting us to the celebration of your Centenary. It was amazing to think that, exactly 100 years before, the Branch had been founded in Greenock - a very special day indeed.' R R
'Apart from the delicious afternoon tea, it was wonderful to meet up with friends whom we haven't seen for quite a while. The demonstration of West Renfrewshire Centenary Jig was splendid and I look forward to dancing it in the Town Hall at your Centenary Ball in March.' H & R B
'It was a great honour to be sitting at the top table; I cannot think why, but much appreciated nevertheless.
The atmosphere was very relaxed and welcoming; the speeches short and interesting and the tea very appetising.
It was nice to be able to dance the Ross Strathspey. I hadn’t realised that Vera’s maiden name was Ross.' C & M S
'Thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon - so many thanks to yourself and the committee. I know these events involve a lot of preparation but it was worth all your time and effort both in locating former members and arranging the event itself.' A W
'What a spread of goodies you all so kindly provided, smiles all around and what an amazing atmosphere ! I met so many dancers/friends I hadn’t seen for such a long time, among some new people I was introduced to.' J S
LATE NEWS: Dates for our next term: 12th January 2026 until 16th March 2026.
In the meantime should you require further information please contact the secretary using: [email protected]
This year we will start 6. 30pm for 7pm as there will be some short speeches and a toast to start the night off. Tickets are now available £45 for dancers and £42 for non dancers. Ian Muir is our band for this special evening and we look forward to enjoying anther wonderful buffet meal from First Choice Catering. If you would like tickets please contact [email protected]
West Renfrewshire Local Association regularly meets on Monday evenings in St John's Scottish Episcopal Church hall, Greenock. The church is on Union St with postcode PA16 8JJ, the hall is round the back, just off Jamaica St. We meet from 7.30 pm till approximately 9.45 pm, Monday evenings. The hall has a large dance floor and offers great facilities. Classes run from September to March each year. In March we hold our annual Scottish Country Dance Ball.
New members interested in trying Scottish Country Dancing for the first time or those who would like to rekindle their previous involvement will be made very welcome. Perhaps you are new to West Renfrewshire/Inverclyde area; perhaps you danced at school; you can come alone or perhaps you and your partner/son/daughter or friend want to join an activity together? Scottish Country Dancing not only keeps your body fit but keeps your mind very alert and introduces you to new friends and people all over the world with the same interest.
Whatever your reason for joining us, the West Renfrewshire Local Association will make sure that new dancers are made to feel very welcome. You don’t need to have any prior experience, you don’t need special clothes or footwear (just soft shoes) - and you definitely don’t need to be Scottish!
CURRENT NEWS:
17th December 2025 we celebrated our 100th anniversary enjoying an 'Afternoon Tea Dance' in our current premises, St John's Sscottish Episcopal Church Hall, Jamaica Street, Greenock. Over 65 current and past members attended and Inverclyde Provost Drew Mckenzie gave a congratulatory speech following on from Mrs Joan Pow, Chair's, welcoming speech. Mrs Pow then cut the cake and afternoon tea was enjoyed by all. Our teacher, Mrs Vera Mckechnie has devised a new dance called 'West Renfrewshire Centenary Jig' to celebrate this momentous event and this was demonstrated by some current members. All guests were invited to join in dancing 'Mhairi's Wedding' and 'Ross Strathspey', the remainder of the afternoon was time toreflect, catch up ad enjoy the company of so many friends.
Here are some quotes from comments received afterwards:
'Thanks for a lovely afternoon. Wonderful to see so many people that I haven't seen for a long time.'
'Just to let you know that I have sent a request ro Gary Innes on Yur Requests to congratulate you all on your Centenary. I hope he plays it on Sunday night.' H B
'A big Thank You to all the members of West Renfrewshire Branch for inviting us to the celebration of your Centenary. It was amazing to think that, exactly 100 years before, the Branch had been founded in Greenock - a very special day indeed.' R R
'Apart from the delicious afternoon tea, it was wonderful to meet up with friends whom we haven't seen for quite a while. The demonstration of West Renfrewshire Centenary Jig was splendid and I look forward to dancing it in the Town Hall at your Centenary Ball in March.' H & R B
'It was a great honour to be sitting at the top table; I cannot think why, but much appreciated nevertheless.
The atmosphere was very relaxed and welcoming; the speeches short and interesting and the tea very appetising.
It was nice to be able to dance the Ross Strathspey. I hadn’t realised that Vera’s maiden name was Ross.' C & M S
'Thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon - so many thanks to yourself and the committee. I know these events involve a lot of preparation but it was worth all your time and effort both in locating former members and arranging the event itself.' A W
'What a spread of goodies you all so kindly provided, smiles all around and what an amazing atmosphere ! I met so many dancers/friends I hadn’t seen for such a long time, among some new people I was introduced to.' J S
LATE NEWS: Dates for our next term: 12th January 2026 until 16th March 2026.
In the meantime should you require further information please contact the secretary using: [email protected]
