Join us for a relaxed afternoon of fun and friendship. These events offer us a chance to meet up with dancing friends beyond the dance floor. Each session will be different, with a variety of musicians, highlights from our archives and lots of time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea and coffee.
We hope this will allow you to connect with friends who share your passion for Scottish dancing and its music. Space at this free event is limited so advance booking is essential.
These events are free thanks to the support of a private donation.
Time: 2.30-4.30 pm
Venue: Murrayfield Hotel, 18 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6HN
Music by: Iain MacPhail
Price: FREE
Iain MacPhail will be entertaining us and telling us what inspires him to play for Scottish dancing.
Time: 2.30-4.30 pm
Venue: Murrayfield Hotel, 18 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6HN
Music by: Tim Macdonald
Price: FREE
Tim Macdonald will be inspiring us to tap along as he shares his love of Scottish fiddle music with us.
Time: 2.30-4.30 pm
Venue: Murrayfield Hotel, 18 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6HN
Music by: Ewan Galloway
Price: FREE
Ewan Galloway will be making a return visit to entertain us with his Scottish dance music.
On Wednesday 29 October it was lovely to arrive to a busy room, full ok kent faces, for an afternoon of Music and Memories with Pete Clark and his fiddle.
Pete has played for many Branch events and classes in the past, and he paid special tribute to pianist Doreen McKerron with whom he played for some of our annual shows. He entertained us with his story telling, and took us back in time with a history of the tunes he played, remembering especially the Gow family who left us such a legacy of wonderful music.
Pete has been instrumental (pun not intended!) in ensuring that Neil Gow will be known in his native Inver and Dunkeld for generations to come, due to the statue now installed there. It was a treat to listen to Pete playing and talking about tunes we enjoy dancing to, their origins and variations in tempo.
After tea and shortbread, our chairman David Watson surprised Moira Reekie by presenting her with a Branch Award for her contributions to Edinburgh Branch over many years. A dancer in times gone by, it is as a pianist that many of us know Moira, as we have been so lucky to have her playing for classes and events in Edinburgh and beyond. Many attending the afternoon have danced to Moira’s wonderful music and her own compositions.
The event was much enjoyed by the very appreciative attendees, and all thanks go to Pete and the organisers ~ well done and thank you! Roll on the next one in December with Iain MacPhail.
Maggie McLeish, October 2025
This inaugural event was lovely, and I am not the only one to hope that there will be many more to come.
Many of us have invested a lot of our lives in Scottish country dancing and feel an immense loss when we can no longer keep up with these friends. Occasions like this go a long way to reminding us that we remain a part of a special community.
The images from our archive were mesmerising and capture something that was phenomenal in its heyday. It was wonderful to see our archive being well preserved and to have some insight into Edinburgh Branch’s involvement in the first live TV broadcast from Scotland.
Along with the excellent cakes we had musical entertainment from a first-class musician. The pulse of Ewan Galloway’s music had most of us wanting to take to the floor!
Richard Austin, April 2025
It was wonderful to see our archive being well preserved and to have some insight into Edinburgh Branch’s involvement in the first live TV broadcast from Scotland.
Richard Austin, April 2025
You are invited to use the Book now button to reserve a place at a forthcoming get-together.
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