ABOUT SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING
The club was formed with the merger of the two north shore Scottish Country Dance clubs. The formal amalgamation of Gleneagles and Deep Cove took place on May 15, 2024.
The club was formed with the merger of the two north shore Scottish Country Dance clubs. The formal amalgamation of Gleneagles and Deep Cove took place on May 15, 2024.
The National Dance of Scotland
Scottish Country Dancing is the national dance of Scotland. Unlike highland dancing it is social and noncompetitive and has been danced for centuries in cottages and castles. Scotland and France shared a strong alliance and this refined dance style was much influenced by the dancing of the French court.
In 1923 the Scottish Country Dance Society was formed in Glasgow to both preserve and promote this very enjoyable social dancing. The Society, which received Royal charter is now known as the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society RSCDS, with Her Majesty the Queen as Royal Patron. The RSCDS has 160 branches worldwide. Vancouver is one of the branches and Gleneagles is one of 300 affiliate groups. Gleneagles and Deep Cove dancers merged in Spring 2024 to form North Shore Dance Scottish.