The Scottish Country Dance group Scots Bonnet of Saint Quay Perros is organising from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 June 2024 its annual ball as follows:

• Venue: Salle Yves Guégan de Saint Quay Perros (Coordonnées GPS : 48.791952,-3.448015)
• General organisation:

• Teacher: Aliénor Latour, RSCDS certified teacher,
• Musicians: Paris Band,

- Paris Band -
Photo credit: Roland Telle

• Ball Programme:

The recaps will be in English and all the dances will be walked once.

• Download the dance programme :

 Le programme est téléchargeable sur le site de Strathspey server à l'adresse https://my.strathspey.org/dd/list/49358/ ou directement en cliquant ici (fichier .pdf).

• Cost:

10% discount for payment before Friday 31 May. If in doubt about the exact amount to pay, please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• Modalités de paiement :
  • Par télévirement (mode préférentiel) sur le compte CA de Scots Bonnet. Demander le RIB en écrivant à This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,
  • Par chéque à l'ordre de Scots Bonnet adressé par voie postale expédié à Roland Telle, 4 rue de la Chapelle de Saint Méen 22700 Saint Quay Perros,
  • Remboursement : 50% jusqu'au jeudi 20 juin.
• Hébergement :
  • gratuit, à demander au moment de l'inscription, sous réserve des disponibilités offertes par les membres de Scots Bonnet et sur la base 1er demandeur, 1er servi
  • hôtels et terrains de camping : Scots Bonnet ne fait pas de réservations mais peut aider.
    
    
• Inscription : Pour s'inscrire, compléter le formulaire d'inscription en cliquant ici.
• Votre point de contact :
  • Dominique ROBARD, 00 33 (0)6 04 07 53 23, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

GPS coordinates for Yves Guégan Hall: 48.791952,-3.448015. See Google Maps below.

The Mayor of St Quay Perros allows local associations free use of the magnificent hall where the Scots Bonnet dances each week on Tuesday evenings. We also organise a Friday evening 'Minibal'  once each month, and we arrange occasional Ceildhs, teaching weekends, etc. as well as our Annual Ball which is held traditionally in June.

The Scottish Country Dance Group in St Quay Perros is called 'Scots Bonnet'. It was founded in 1990 by Annie and Malcolm MacGregor. It has legal charitable status (Loi de 1901) and is currently led by Dominique Robard.

The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society is based in Edinburgh, Scotland (https://rscds.org/).

Scottish country dances are structured in set formations, normally with two or three or four couples  in lines facing their partners. Sometimes dances have square or triangular formations, according to the design of each dance.

There are slow dances, using the uniquely Scottish 'Strathspey' music; and faster dances mainly using Reel or Jig time.

Highland dancing is an individual dance, and somewhat different: it is not considered as 'country dance' or 'Contre Danse' (meaning facing partners).

There are something like 18,000 dances in the Country Dance repertoire, dating from the 17th century to the present day. People are still creating new dances. The oldest collection of dances that has survived, was produced by John Bowie and published in Perth in the year 1789.

Scottish Country Dancers keep very fit! Our dance formations keep both your mind and your body active. Dancers share an evening of elegance and fun, and dancing together brings a real sense of shared pleasure.

Scottish dancing can be found all over the world: not only in St Quay, but also in Paris, Lyon, Montpellier, … London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, … Saint-Andrews and in every other Scottish town … as well as in Berlin, Karlsruhe, Frankfurt, Cologne, Freiburg, … Brussels, … The Hague and Eindhoven, … Turin and Bologna, … Madrid, Lisbon, … Prague, … Moscow, St Petersburg, … Tokyo (there are no fewer than 80 Scottish dance groups in Japan), etc.

Wherever you go, whenever you travel overseas, on holiday or on business you will find a dance group nearby where you will be welcomed with Scottish warmth and the joy of dancing the City of Belfast, Flowers of Edinburgh, Dunsinane, …

These are the names of dances you will find us enjoying in St Quay Perros every Tuesday evening from 8pm until 10.30pm in the community hall Yves Guégan Hall.

To know more about our group, visit the website or write us using the Contact Form.

To find out about the training weekends and balls that are organised all over Europe, we have a single joint address: http://www.celtic-circle.de/events.html