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We have now stopped dancing on late and dark Tuesday evenings. We will still be dancing every month (except December) on the third Wednesday afternoon. We will also be dancing on occasional Sunday afternoons (both 1400-1630).

Our tea dance programmes will be posted below as they are settled. You may like to note these dates in your diary —

  • Sun Feb 8 (with Ian Muir playing)
  • Wed Feb 18
  • Wed Mar 18
  • Wed Apr 15

Read here for details (including how to get to Chilton Village Hall).

Tea Dance Sun 8 Feb 2026

1400-1630 in Chilton Village Hall
with Ian Muir playing

Just £6/head including refreshments

Dancing will be led by Malcolm Austen.
The programme (below) includes many dances from the
coming Oxford Day School and Headington dances

For cribs, see — https://my.strathspey.org/dd/list/67445/
The first ten dances are the planned programme, the remainder are extras or alternatives according to numbers on the day.

1. Open The Doors! J32 3/4L Mackie: Floating Song
2. The Provost Wynd R32 3/4L Goldring: RSCDS Graded 2
3. The Athenaeum S32 3/3L Brown: Glasgow 100
4. The Moudiewort J32 3/4L Bowman: RSCDS XI
5. J. B. Milne R32 3/4L Foss: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
6. James Gray J32 4/4L Burrows: RSCDS XLII
7. Bratach Bana R32 3/4L Drewry: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
8. The Swan and the Tay S32 3/3L Saunders: Perth 800
9. The Scallywag J40 3/4L Kelly: RSCDS LII
10. Trip to Timber Ridge R32 3/4L Henderson: RSCDS LII
11. The First Rain of Spring J32 3/3L Joubert: RSCDS XLIX
12. The Luckenbooth Brooch J32 3/4L Dickson: RSCDS LIII
13. The Jubilee Jig J32 3/4L RSCDS Leaflets
14. Cadgers in the Canongate R48 3/4L Walsh (18C): RSCDS IX
15. Miss Johnstone of Ardrossan R32 5/5L Goldring: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
16. Polharrow Burn R32 5/5L Foss: Magazine
17. City of Belfast S32 3/3L Mulholland: RSCDS XLVIII
18. Linnea's Strathspey S32 3/4L Wilson: RSCDS XLVII
19. Mrs Milne of Kinneff S32 4S Macpherson: RSCDS Leaflets

Tea Dance Wed 21 Jan 2026

1400-1630 in Chilton Village Hall
Dancing being led by Dave Ball

Note the programme below is just a plan. Those listed after Glastonbury Tor are not “extras” but “alternative” dances that may be swapped in if they better suit the number of couples present.

If you want to print out a crib in advance, please follow this link to the Strathspey Server
https://my.strathspey.org/dd/list/66924/

1. Streets of Milan J32 3/4L J&M; Healy
2. Ray Milbourne R32 4/4L Haynes: Carnforth 1
3. Best Set in the Hall J32 3/4L Greenwood: RSCDS XLVI
4. Broadway S32 3/3L Ronald: The Big Apple Collection
5. Torridon Lassies J40 3/4L Brenchley: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
6. Mrs Stewart of Fasnacloich R32 3/4L RSCDS Leaflets
7. Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder J128 4S Hamilton: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
8. Sands of Morar S32 3/4L Priddey: RSCDS XLV
9. City of Stirling Reel R32 3/4L Goldring: RSCDS LIII
10. The Ship in Full Sail J32 5/5L Forbes: Craigievar 2
11. Triple Happiness S32 3/3L Oyama: RSCDS LII
12. Glastonbury Tor R32 3/4L Brown: RSCDS XLVII
13. The Lochalsh Reel R40 3/4L Burnett: RSCDS LIII
14. Portincaple Oak M64 4S Thorn: RSCDS LIII
15. The Waternish Tangle J32 3/4L Barfoot: RSCDS LIV
16. Orpington Caledonians R32 3/4L Brenchley: RSCDS XLIX
17. Ramadan-ce R32 3/4L Drewry: Turkish
18. Napier's Index J40 3/4L Charlton: RSCDS XLV

At our Ball practice/Tea Dance, led by Malcolm Austen, on 19 Nov 2025 we danced

1. The Piper and the Penguin R88 4S Goldring: RSCDS Scotia
2. Harlequin J40 3/4L Stanaway: Garioch
3. S-Locomotion S32 4/4L Jones: RSCDS XLI
4. Polharrow Burn R32 5/5L Foss: Magazine
5. The Glengarry Homestead S32 4/4L Brenchley: Kangaroo Paw
6. Trip to Timber Ridge R32 3/4L Henderson: RSCDS LII
7. Seton's Ceilidh Band J64 4/4L Fordyce: RSCDS LIII
8. The Duchess Tree S32 3/4L Drewry: Brodie Bk
9. The Flying Spur J32 3/4L Drewry: Bon Accord
10. Five-Couple MacDonald of the Isles (Big Mac) S32 5/5L Rigby: Nine
11. The Zoologist J32 3/4L Brown: RSCDS XLVI
12. The Reel of the 51st Division R32 3/4L Atkinson: RSCDS XIII

On 18 Nov 2025 we danced

1. Harlequin J40 3/4L Stanaway: Garioch
2. Polharrow Burn R32 5/5L Foss: Magazine
3. Five-Couple MacDonald of the Isles (Big Mac) S32 5/5L Rigby: Nine
4. Yan, Tan, Tethera J32 3/4L Haynes: Carnforth 2
5. Thank You Patricia S32 3/4L Lees: RSCDS LIV
6. Merry Mayhem R32 3/4L Horne: RSCDS LIV
7. The Waternish Tangle J32 3/4L Barfoot: RSCDS LIV
8. The Glengarry Homestead S32 4/4L Brenchley: Kangaroo Paw
9. Farewell to Balfour Road J32 5/5L Buxton: RSCDS LII