From: Michael Howe
- Oxfordshire Branch Burns Night Dance – Sat 18th January 2014, Benson Village Hall
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+ May Morning – Thu 1st May 2014, 6am-7:30am, Radcliffe Square, Oxford
- To the music of the Craigellachie band. More info to follow here. + We'll be meeting up to dance in Radcliffe Square at 6am on Thurs + 1st Week. We're very lucky to have Piper Major Roger Huth playing + for us again.
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- RSCDS Youth Workshop – Sat 18th January 2014, Cambridge
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- Workshop followed by an evening dance. There will be two class levels, intermediate and advanced, and there will also be highland and ladies' step class options.
- Cost: £15 (£18 for non-members). More info available here.
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- RSCDS Oxfordshire Branch Day School – Sat 15th February 2014, 9.30am-10.30pm, Headington School, Oxford
+ London Branch Combined Societies' Dance – Sat 10th May 2014, St Columba's Church Hall, Pont St, London
- This is a very good day: first rate teachers and musicians and a jolly dance in the evening.
- It is fine to go for just part of the day. There are classes in the morning and afternoon and then Strathallan are playing for the evening dance.
- Cost: Undergraduates are half-fee. More details here.
+ To the music of The Alasdair MacLeod Band. More information here.

- Oxford and Cambridge Highland Ball '14 – Sat 22nd February 2014, 7.30pm-11.30pm, Chesterton Community College, Cambridge
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+ Lucy Clark Scottish Country Dance Club Dance – Sat 10th May 2014, Great Missenden
- Music by Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band (featuring Lindsey Buttonfinder).
- Cost: £15 (£20 for non-students), including meal. More info here or contact Edmund Croft. A crib is available.
+ Crib available at here.
+ There will be people going from Oxfordshire Branch with cars if you
+ need a lift.
- Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival – Fri 28th February-Sun 2nd March 2014, Edinburgh
+ London Branch Musicians' Dance – Sat 17th May 2014, 7pm-10:30pm, St Columba's Church Hall, Pont St, London
- An awesome folk festival with all kinds of music, dancing (Lindy - hop to clog-dancing, Chinese peacock dancing to American square, - and everything in between - Danish? Italian? Tudor? Swing?), - ceilidhing (featuring among others, Ceilidh Me Softly), etc. More - info here. + To music from Ian Robertson and the Musicians. More information here.
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This will be a very jolly evening. We'll dance the dances we've been learning in the Tuesday classes this term. Wednesday classes will be open to all in 6th and 7th Week, where we'll be covering the trickier dances on the programme.
Please bring finger food to share.
- Cost: £5 for members & £7 for non-members.
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- RSCDS Spring Fling – Fri 18th-Sun 20th April 2014, Lyon, France
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+ White Rose Festival 2014 – Sat 12th July 2014, Leeds
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- Spring Fling is a merry do and a good taster for Summer School. A number from OUSDS go each year.
- For the first time Spring Fling is being held overseas, in France. All in the spirit of Ensign Ewart and the Auld Alliance.
- More details here and here, and we'll tell you more
- as we organise it later on in the year.
+ Oxford will be entering a team for this - get in touch if you're
+ interested in going!

RSCDS Summer School – Sun 20th July-Sat 17th August 2014, St Andrews

+ Oxford and Cambridge Highland Ball '15 – Sat 7th March 2015, 7pm-11.30pm, Stanton Harcourt, Oxford
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+ Music by Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band.
+ More information available closer to the time.
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