Special Events


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Chicago Midwinter Ball

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Musicians: Reel of Four

Dave Mullen, Paula Desimone, Jonathan Whitall, and Meg Dedolph

Baker Community Center
101 S. Second St.
St Charles, IL 60174
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dance program

Download the dance program crib here.
Note: new dancer friendly dances are marked with an asterisk.

Dance list on strathspey.org here.

The Yorkshire Rose *32J354 #1 (T. Reid)
Merry Mayhem32R354 #18 (K. Horne)
Linnea’s Strathspey32S347 #2 (T. Wilson)
The Galloping Carousel *32J4 (Set)53 #3 (J. de Chastain)
Gang the Same Gate32S336 #4 (M. Levy)
The New River Reel *32R3Flying Ghillies Vol. 2 (Lindsay & Fuell)
Interval
Jamie’s Jig *32J3Snowdon Book (H. Rhodes)
Slytherin House32S352 #3 (C. Ronald)
The Winding Path32R3Leaflet (M. Newfield)
Grandmother’s Delight *32S3Thistle Club (F. Ligtmans)
Ian Powrie’s Farewell to Auchterarder128J4
(Square)
Leaflet (B. Hamilton)
Ingrid *32R3Leaflet (Y. Yukishige)
Interval
Red Rum *32J3Ribble Valley (S. Brown)
Drifters32S3 (Set)Leaflet (S. McKinnell)
J.B. Milne32R3Angus Fitchet SD Album (H. Foss)
The Lammermuir Hills32S2Leaflet (R. Goldring)
Flight of the Lancaster *40J3Dances of Valour (J. Middleton)
The Wind that Shakes the Barley *32R3Eight SCD (J. Duthie)

The Society recently made available a Guide to Scottish Country Dance Etiquette.

Lara Friedman-Shedlov of the Twin Cities Branch has created a nice write up on Ball etiquette you can read here.


Midwest Scottish Weekend Workshop 2026

June 5-7, 2026, at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, WI

teachers: Arthur Baum & Jody Kulas

musicians: Alastair Macdonald & Karen Steven 

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