The Team had a successful and enjoyable trip to the Newcastle Dance Festival in February. A video of their performance can be viewed here.

8  Eightsomes - a capital performance launches Dance Scottish week

There’s something good about being up and out early on a morning that’s warm and sunny with beautiful blue skies. No, not on some Mediterranean or Greek Island but our very own Thames Embankment where members of the RSCDS London Branch Demonstration  gathered at 9 am to launch Dance Scottish Week in London on 14th September.

It was a bright and glorious day when we danced Eightsome Reels at the Millenium Bridge, GLA City Hall, the London Eye, Lambeth Embankment, Parliament Square, Leicester Square, The Mall, and the Royal Albert Hall. We were soon spotted by the BBC Radio London 94.9 “Lesley Joseph and Christopher Biggins” Sunday programme.

Lesley Joseph was bemused by the fact that the dance team had a ‘silent’ dance. “This is surreal,” she said. “I can see ladies in their long white dresses and men dancing around, it’s beautiful, and there’s a piper too - but no sound.” In fact she had caught us having a quiet walkthrough for our first early dance, counting ourselves through the dance so that our photographer could record the event without being deafened by the pipes!

“This has been a really great day for us to work together as a team and promote Scottish Country dancing,” said Angela “beautiful sunshine and lots of interest from the crowds which quickly gathered wherever we went”.

As the pipes eventually  intoned,  crowds gathered almost from nowhere, to hear the music and see some lovely dancing. “I always loved the Ceilidhs and Scottish dancing is fantastic” said Christopher Biggins “ it’s just great fun”.

Photos courtesy Andrew Dunsmore of www.picturepartnership.co.uk