1S - Pridas. september 4. 2987 North Stare News

Scottish country dance club
still kicking after 25 years

THE GLENEAGLES Scottsh Counts Dance Chib recent Per che .uprent season.
celePrated he 25th aneiersars. marking a@ quarter centurs Hs0eneiibet chi wall pun thre
oft dancing that started with organizers worried about turn- ee thane ean Audis
Outs, Gordon, Tanet Dickson and Mav
Svotush  scarites | dimnane st Louden. all teachers qualified by
blossomed gn the late PAth couture. Bs HILARY BEAK the Rosith Scetush ¢ unity Dance
to become the ballroom: dancing ot samen Society.
Scotland. Tts 20th  centuprs Registranon ors Sept. Sat
fendissanice began in W923 with the omy to the parts Hollvbarn School an) West) Van-
formation of the Seotish Country As MacKay notes, this: parts gouser at 7:30 pam. All interested
Sogety im Edinburyh, which was marked the real founding of the people are weleome.
juter to be called the Resil Score club. “In the weeks that tollowed Throughout the vear there will
tish Country Dance Society. we had so many people wanting to be lats at apportunities fo meet
Since that time, it has spread to join that we had to form a club. with other dancers.
dozens of countries and become iat elect officers. set up revatar dues For further intormation — cil
world-wide fraternity. and plan programs,..we had nearly Peter Evans at 921-7243 of Mary
The dances selected for the forty members." Crickmore at 922-8248,
club's 25th celebrations Hlustrated
the history as well as the dynainic
quality of the dance form.
There were several dances dating
back to the T&th century and
others devised much more recently.
Two were by Mary Brandon, and
one, Gleneagles Domini, was writ-
ten in honor of Simon Scott, a
teacher at the club for 21 years,
who like Mary is now in demand at
Scottish country dance workshops
throughout North America.
Early club dance parties were
held at the Gleneagles Golf and
Country Club, and an annual ball
has been held since 1965, where : ve ee
elegant highland evening dress is 7 .
worn by many of the “men and ; ; bg ’ Made bal Vancouver!
formal ball gowns by the women. O aa Pioneer Water Resistant
In more recent years this event has fi : ‘POPOVER’
been held at the Hotel Vancouver. Oh me: ae
Dean MacKay, the club’s first i -# ~\ Womens only
chairman, recalls the first party in ‘ , B Lots of sizes
1962, when the organizers were ‘* to fit KIDS

NEWS photo Terry Paters | nervous of not selling cnough tick- TOO!
ets to break even, ‘‘We had hired a

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piper so we had him parade up and
Wheely something | ircccte knee <1 Waterproot/Breathable
the clubhouse for an hour before ENTRANT
BEAUTIFUL VANNA White, hostess of the (clevision game show | the party started. Believe it or not y JACKET :
Wheel of Fortune, was on hand at the PNE Tuesday to promote the {| this pulled in two or three couples ‘ -
annual fair’s own version of the popular ame. Fans were delighted by | who came to see what the piper Men's and_
Women’s Sizes

the appearance of the Hollywood celebrity. was ail about and ended up
rushing home to change and com-

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