Welcome to the website of the Paris Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society! (What is it ?)
Our classes have restarted since Monday 18th September 2023. You can already renew your membership for 2023-2024!
Our beginner class is nearly full for the year 2023-2024, we will not able to accept newcomers after the class of December 11th, 2023.
Latest news from our Facebook page:
Join us on 11-13 October 2024 in Paris to celebrate our 40th anniversary. Of our 2 guest teachers, Mathias Ferber and Raphaëlle Orgeret, meet Mathias who will make you jump around in beautiful Highland style.
Mathias has been practicing Scottish country dancing for over 25 years, and has been teaching regularly at the Paris Branch and elsewhere for over 10 years. He also practices and teaches Highland dancing, which he has learned on numerous occasions throughout these years. His Highland classes are open to everyone and promise a relaxed and fun approach, while still requiring a substantial amount of energy.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
Mathias has been practicing Scottish country dancing for over 25 years, and has been teaching regularly at the Paris Branch and elsewhere for over 10 years. He also practices and teaches Highland dancing, which he has learned on numerous occasions throughout these years. His Highland classes are open to everyone and promise a relaxed and fun approach, while still requiring a substantial amount of energy.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
Join us on 11-13 October 2024 in Paris to celebrate our 40th anniversary. We are preparing 3 days of festivities with 2 evening dances and 2 classes, with enough time for visits in-between.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
Join us on 11-13 October 2024 in Paris to celebrate our 40th anniversary. Of our three guest musicians, David Knight, Keith Smith and Dave Wiesler, meet Keith on the fiddle, from Scotland.
Keith Buchanan Smith is internationally renowned for performing, broadcasting and teaching classical and Scottish music. His professional concert and teaching tours with fiddle and highland bagpipes regularly take him to North America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Keith is featured on many CD recordings for Scottish Country Dancing.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
Keith Buchanan Smith is internationally renowned for performing, broadcasting and teaching classical and Scottish music. His professional concert and teaching tours with fiddle and highland bagpipes regularly take him to North America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Keith is featured on many CD recordings for Scottish Country Dancing.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
Join us on 11-13 October 2024 in Paris to celebrate our 40th anniversary. Of our three guest musicians, David Knight, Keith Smith and Dave Wiesler, meet Dave on the piano, from the USA.
Pianist Dave Wiesler began dancing and playing Scottish country dancing nearly three decades ago. Since then he has become highly regarded for his strong rhythmic drive, his technical skills, and his deep knowledge of the genre. Dave is at home in a huge range of other styles of music and folk dance, ranging from English country dance, contra dance, swing and blues, and vintage couples dancing all the way to Viennese waltz and choir accompaniment. He has played at festivals and camps across North America, Scotland, and England, and he has composed hundreds of tunes, as well as song parodies, classical pieces, and choral arrangements. Dave’s many recordings include SCD albums with Thistle House, Mara Shea, Hanneke Cassel, the Scottish Weekend ensemble, and most recently the Delaware Valley Gold recording, which he also engineered and produced.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
Pianist Dave Wiesler began dancing and playing Scottish country dancing nearly three decades ago. Since then he has become highly regarded for his strong rhythmic drive, his technical skills, and his deep knowledge of the genre. Dave is at home in a huge range of other styles of music and folk dance, ranging from English country dance, contra dance, swing and blues, and vintage couples dancing all the way to Viennese waltz and choir accompaniment. He has played at festivals and camps across North America, Scotland, and England, and he has composed hundreds of tunes, as well as song parodies, classical pieces, and choral arrangements. Dave’s many recordings include SCD albums with Thistle House, Mara Shea, Hanneke Cassel, the Scottish Weekend ensemble, and most recently the Delaware Valley Gold recording, which he also engineered and produced.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
Join us on 11-13 October 2024 in Paris to celebrate our 40th anniversary. Of our three guest musicians, meet David Knight on the fiddle, from the USA.
David Knight got into Scottish fiddle through a misunderstanding that arose out of his interest in Scottish punk and alternative bands. It was a happy misunderstanding that got him into Scottish Country Dancing by the age of 15, into teaching Scottish Country Dancing by the age of 21, and getting his preliminary certificate to teach at St. Andrews, Scotland at the Summer School of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in 1993. He has been playing for dance, performance, theater, and for fun since around 1991. He has played for dance and performance events in Canada, Croatia, France, Scotland, most of the Eastern and some of the Western United States.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
David Knight got into Scottish fiddle through a misunderstanding that arose out of his interest in Scottish punk and alternative bands. It was a happy misunderstanding that got him into Scottish Country Dancing by the age of 15, into teaching Scottish Country Dancing by the age of 21, and getting his preliminary certificate to teach at St. Andrews, Scotland at the Summer School of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in 1993. He has been playing for dance, performance, theater, and for fun since around 1991. He has played for dance and performance events in Canada, Croatia, France, Scotland, most of the Eastern and some of the Western United States.
Registration opens in early January, stay tuned!
