Home Calendar About Us The Scotia Dancers of New York offer regular classes and parties in traditional Scottish dancing, a dance form that combines exercise, sociability and stirring Scottish music. It is a form of pattern dancing performed in sets similar to contra or square dancing. You do not need previous dancing experience or a partner to enjoy yourself. Classes are held Monday evenings at the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, 30 East 31st Street, New York, NY. We began the Fall Season with a party on 8 September and then started regular classes on 15 September. Our next special event will be the Halloween Party on 27 October.   If you are a Scottish dance teacher that plans to visit with us, please let us know if you wish to teach a dance. There is no expectation that you do so, but if you have a dance you wish to share, we want to offer you that opportunity. The Scotia Dancers is an affiliated group of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.*   Our Monday Evenings Class Schedule:   Scottish Country Dance Class -- 7:00 - 8:15 Tea                  -- 8:15 - 8:30 Social Dancing               -- 8:30 - 9:45        Fees: $8.00 per session for (complete evening)        $75.00 for a 10-class card (Valid any class night thru 6/16/08 except party nights) Scotia Dancers Membership Dues    $10.00 *Membership in the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS), which is encouraged but not required, gives the right to apply for the RSCDS Summer School at St. Andrews, Scotland, and at the TAC School in Canada, receipt of the annual bulletin, and a book of dances. Our traditional parties includes a Burns Night Dance each year in January to celebrate the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet. We have haggis, neeps and tatties in the traditional ceremony concluding with Burns' Address to a Haggis. Copyright © 1998-2008 by the Scotia Dancers and Scotia Dance and Music Publishers. This page last updated 22 September 2008.