Herts and Borders
You can enjoy lots of dancing through the year at Herts and Borders.
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Click the event date for more information
Enjoy the flow of social dancing with recaps only. We dance once a month on Fridays.
Develop your dancing with the Dancing Achievement Award. Dancing afternoons with a tutor to sharpen your dancing performance.
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Come and dance at our Triple deckers, a class with a focus on formations, tea and cake, and social dancing.
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We had great fun at our Mid Summer Dance in 2024 and are planning for next summer already.
SAVE THE DATE
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MBE for Malcolm,
Scroll of Honour for Ken
Malcom Ferris Lay ... MBE
in the New Year Honours
Malcolm, a member of our committee has been awarded MBE for his charity work for children with disabilities, the Tea Trade Benevolent Society and the Scottish Tartan Authority. Congratulations to Malcolm.
Ken Martlew
President RSCDS Herts and Borders
awarded RSCDS Scroll of Honour
Ken and Petula Martlew with William Williamson, RSCDS Chairman, at the award ceremony during the RSCDS AGM 2023. Read about the many achiements of Ken's Scottish country dancing life. Read more
RSCDS AGM November 2023
Herts and Borders was well represented at the RSCDS AGM. Ken was awarded the Scroll of Honour, Trevor Clarke, our Secretary, presented detailed changes to the Consitution to resolve ambiguities and Liz Mitchell, member, and Chair of Lucy Clark SCDC, presented local initiatives at the panel discussion on recruitment and retention of dancers. And, of course, Lizzy Conder is RSCDS Treasurer.
From left, Brian, Chris, Jan, Armaiti, Petula, Ken, Jane, Liz, Trevor, Lizzy.
Liz Mitchell of Herts and Borders and Chair of Lucy Clark speaking at the panel session on recruiting and retaining dancers.
We had a great time on 18 March 2023 at the Herts and Borders with Watford Scottish Ball celebrating 100 years of the RSCDS.
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More pictures in the gallery.
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Triple Decker on 22 January 2023
William Williamson, Chairman of the RSCDS, teaching a packed class the formations of corners pass and turn, with music from Ian Robertson and tea and cake for all.
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Our second Triple Decker of 2022
Jane, teacher, and Calum, musician, after an afternoon class of reels followed by cake and social dancing.
Our first Triple Decker
A full house for the first of our Triple Decker afternoons with teacher Mervyn Short and music from Adam Brady.
See pictures of the afternoon and read more below about the next Triple Decker in the series.
MC course and Basic Teaching Skills
The MC and basic teaching skills course was held over two Saturdays in January and February and eight dancers learned about managing classes, MC'ing dance evenings and clear recapping of dances.
RSCDS Centenary
Book 53
Thank you to the devisors and dancers for a spirited afternoon of eight dances proposed by members as entries for RSCDS Centenary Book 53. Dances were scored and ranked and, with a tie-break for one place, three dances have been chosen:
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Reel, Miss Lucy Clark
Strathspey, Salute to Ian Robertson
Medley, The Berkhamsted Medley.
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There will be lots of entries internationally, so fingers crossed!
Herts and Borders Dance Festival
our inaugural events in 2021
Lots of dancing,
lots of fun,
and cake!
Coming soon
at Herts and Borders ...