The Petronella Paper September

The Petronella Paper
September- December 2010
Newsletter of
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - Atlanta Branch, Inc.
www.mindsprinq.com/~atlbrnch
for those who hadn't yet seen it earlier. Without all the
hard work you all put in on "Getting it right" we wouldn't
have made it look as good as we did. Maybe we can do it
again (a different dance) next year on the field.
The Branch tent, the platform, the evening dances, the
music of Fred Moyes and the hard work and participation
of all of you made the weekend go by smoothly and kinda
quick. It seemed it was over as fast as it started.
Stone Mountain
First of all I would like to
start out by saying that I
think this was the best
Games/Dance weekend
in a long time. For one
the weather was great
and then the participation
at the dances and the
platform were more than
could be expected.
So thanks to:
The Friday and Saturday
photos contributed by Becky Sager
night dances went quite
well with Fred Moyes as the music for both evenings. The
programs were fun and there were several repeats, that
shows everyone will dance no matter how tired they are.
Several spectators from the Games events each night
came in to watch also and had a good time.
The location for the
evening dances this
year was exciting as
we were co-located
with all the other
Scottish events at
the host hotel. And
that showed by the
number of dancers
photo contributed by Linda Lovejoy
that had rooms and
just walked to the two dances. There were quite a few
compliments that were made saying that this was a plus
and made going to the dances a lot easier for out of
towners who don't know how to get around in Atlanta
traffic. These same people have said that they hope we
do it again next year. I'm hoping we can get the same
location and that the evening events for us will grow
bigger as word spreads how much easier it is.
The Kandahar Reel
Demo Team in just
matter of weeks pulled off
at least three separate
demo's of the dance
without
any
real
problems. Once Friday
evening at the Gala, on
the field Saturday and
again Sunday afternoon
• Demo Team - Ron and Barb Gemmell, Susan and
Lewis Tumlin, Sylvia Priest, Becky Sager, Nancy
Kidd, Jim Gawlas, Sylvia Chandler and our stand in
(just in case) Rhonda Raye. Guess I need Dawn
and myself in there also.
• Branch Tent - Sylvia Priest, Becky Sager
• Platform - Dawn Dorsey, Marshall McLaughlin,
Jessica Behmke (Her Awesomeness), Becky Sager
• Dancers - all of the out of towners who came and
participated this weekend. Thank you.
• Evening dances - Jessica Behmke for Friday night
and Dawn Dorsey for Saturday night and Linda
Lovejoy and Katie Mathewes on the door both
nights. And of course Fred Moyes for the music for
both nights. Nancy and Robin Kidd also for being the
hosts for Fred the whole weekend and getting him
around and to the platform at the games. I'd also like
to mention the nice job Sylvia Priest did on the
dance booklets for both evening dances. A lot nicer
than plain old crib notes and something worth taking
home.
I'd like to end by saying thanks to the Games committee
for allowing us to be in the same facility on games
weekend and I hope we can do this again for many more
years. And also for allowing us to dance on the parade
field Saturday morning.
Thank you all
Bob Messner
photo contributed by the McLaughlins
Congratulations to Gwen Lopez who
became a grandmother for the
second time on September 14th,
when her daughter Sara brought
little Tyler Anne into the world.
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Sylvia Priest
New Members
Please welcome the following new members Sonya
Clarkson and Heather Reed who dance with the Athens
class; Kate Mathewes from Asheville, North Carolina;
and Debbie Palmer from Mobile, Alabama, who joined
as an associate member. Their contact information will
soon be published in the new Membership Directory.
As always, please let me know when you have any
changes in your contact information by sending an e-mail
to sapriest at mindspring.com or calling 770-377-5114.
Thank you for your help in keeping our membership
information current.
Members’ Birthdays
September
02 Catherine Linz
02 George Whitehorne
03 Cheryl Bindl
05 Sherry Naleszkiewicz
11 Becky Sager
15 Christine Transue
16 Margaret Adam
22 Yoshi Yukishige
22 Dave Mathewes
24 Heather Reed
28 Myrtice Adcock
30 Larry McRae
October
10 Helen Jones
11 Dares Wirt
20 Marilyn Blaschke
20 Jessica Behmke
31 Will Holmes
31 Keith Graham
November
01 Sally Palmer
12 Jim Gawlas
24 Nancy Cullison
29 Barbara Gemmell
December
03 Cynthia West
04 Dan Wilson
05 Roger Carlile
08 Penny Gordon
17 Donna Gawlas
18 Margaret Mathewes
25 Bob Messner
30 Walt Ligon
The Thistle and Kudzu Dancers (Athens, GA)
at the Clan Keith Demonstration at Stone Mountain
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News from Headquarters – RSCDS Website
Sylvia Priest
If you haven’t checked out the Society’s website in the
last few months, you are in for a surprise. Earlier this
year, Headquarters completely revamped the website
making it much easier to find information. The website
address is the same—www.rscds.org. The new website
looks smart and is easy to navigate. The Shop is
available online with dance books, CD’s, books, and
accessories available for ordering. Check out what’s
available and let Becky Sager know if there is anything
you would like her to order for you.
Each member has their own user name and password,
which allows them to access areas not available to the
general public, such as the Society’s strategic, marketing
and communications plans along with information sent to
the Branches. If you would like to have access to these
areas of the website, please let me know so that I can
update your e-mail address from the generic one
assigned by Headquarters and provide you with
instructions for logging on and changing your password
to one of your choice. If you have any questions
regarding the website, please let me know.
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To All Those Who Enjoy the Unicoi Dances and
Workshops:
I am happy to see that the Branch has provided a
sponsorship opportunity for registrants for the upcoming
Unicoi weekend to help with some of the extra expenses
that go along with the dances and workshops. It is my
understanding that for several years there have been
expenses because of increasing costs and decreasing
attendees that were not covered by registration fees. I
also understand that most of these expenses have been
paid by a few individuals in the branch. This year the
registration form asks for weekend participants to
consider pitching in to help with the expense. While
everyone may not be able to contribute, I am sure that
there are those who are able to pitch in and do their
share to help cover these expenses. Please consider
becoming a Unicoi Sponsor for the weekend when you
register.
Anne McLaughlin
Technique Class Successfully Launched
The Kandahar Reel
by Becky Sager
We were really enthusiastic back in January when Jesse
Behmke, teacher of the Athens class, offered to teach a
new class with an emphasis on technique for dancers
from all over the North Georgia area. Jesse’s motivation
is the fact that she will most likely have to leave the area
when her husband, Derek, completes his studies at UGA
next summer and a new teacher will be needed to take
over from her. The class will help prepare area dancers
interested in taking teacher’s certificate exams as well as
those just wanting to improve their own dancing.
by Becky Sager
We first read about this dance in the Scottish Country
Dancer magazine in April. It was devised by two officers,
Colquhoun cousins Andy and Rob, while they were serving
last year in Afghanistan with the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion
The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
At Thistle School in July, teacher Jimmie Hill (he’s coming to
Unicoi in March!) introduced it, first to the combined
teachers’ classes. Two elements of the dance are outside
the comfort level of the average competent social dancer,
which is all most of us aspire to be. There are Tulloch turns
– never my favorite thing (in the White Heather Jig I like to
do a restrained RH turn in the last four bars) Then there are
the “Helicopters” – 8 dancers doing two RH across wheels,
1½ times round in 4 bars, flowing into one LH across, 1½
times, flowing into two RH across, 1½ times. Whew!
The teachers’ classes more or less got it, maybe 2x through
but not 4x. The following evening everyone attending the
social dance had a go, it was rather chaotic. Jimmie told us
he was working with permission of the devisors to develop
the RSCDS-style version he was teaching us, and to hold
off on doing it at home before its publication during Dance
Scottish Week in September.
In Marietta and Cartersville we began working on it,
tentatively, in September. Andrew Peterkin taught it on the
platform in Charleston during DSW (not the shoe store –
see above). Then Bob Messner dropped a bombshell on us.
He’s on the SMHG Board as chairman of SCD, and had
volunteered us to dance The Kandahar Reel on the Parade
Field during the Games. Thanks, Bob. [Ed. Note: He did ask
people first so it wasn’t such a “bombshell” but that would
ruin a good story!]
I have never been prouder to be part of something than I
was of this team we put together. There were 12 of us, to do
it in a 5-couple set with 2 alternates. We started serious
practices on September 30, meeting before class in Marietta
and in Cartersville. Everyone was focused, everyone knew
the dance, and everyone had watched the Aberdeen
Branch demo on youtube over and over. People made
useful suggestions of how we could make the dance easier
and better. It was a true team effort.
We always danced in the same order, and did it until we
could do it in our sleep: Ron and Barb Gemmell; Lewis and
Susan Tumlin; me and Sylvia P(riest): Jim Gawlas and Nancy
Kidd; Bob and Sylvia C(handler). We were glad to have
Sylvia C. so we were a true Branch team, not just Marietta
Class. Rhonda Raye was our first alternate and you can see
her in a good practice video, where she’s dancing in my
place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpuKJ9YS0o0
There are four videos on www.rscds-atlanta.org click on
Portfolio. The Parade Field one is only a snippet. The
platform practice is complete and mistake-free. The Gala
ones are two views of the same event, the first one is
clearer. You will hear Fred Moyes playing a good set of
tunes, ending of course with The Black Bear. That was
actually the most fun as we were relaxed, dancing for
friends, and got a good laugh from Ron missing the 2nd
Helicopter, waving from the side and leaping aboard the 3rd
one!
Jesse, in yellow, with Emily Goolsby, Jessica Mou
and, back to camera, Deborah Clague
For a while it looked as if the class wouldn’t happen, for
want of a suitable location convenient for most people,
and not too hard for Jesse and other Athens dancers to
get to. Thanks are due to Rhonda Raye who searched
tirelessly and at last found a perfect meeting room in the
Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center.
Eight classes were scheduled, for the second Sunday of
the month, starting on September 12th. Eleven dancers
representing the Athens, Covenant and Marietta classes
attended the first class, and eight made the commitment
to the full session.
Jesse with Sonya Clarkson and Yoshi Yukishige
It was an excellent class, with emphasis on handing and
turning, including hands across and rights and lefts.
Jesse was taught to dance while she was at Bryn Mawr
College by Geoffrey Selling – a most rigorous teacher
and RSCDS examiner - so she knows her stuff!
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Towards 4 o’clock on the Sunday afternoon of the Games
we did it on the platform one more time, at the request of
people who had missed it earlier. I think it’s significant
that all 12 of us from the Saturday morning demo were
still there, near the platform or in the Branch tent. We
were all footsore and brain-dead but we aced it again.
Talk about team spirit!
Anyone who wants to measure themselves against this
challenge will get the chance – The Kandahar Reel is on
one of the Unicoi programs in March. Come and show
Jimmie what we’re made of in these parts
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music by Dave Wiesler and Mara Shea and teaching by
Arthur McNair from Pittsburgh, this year’s weekend was
hard to pass up.
I’d danced to Dave and Mara’s music before, together and
in combinations with other musicians. Arthur as a teacher
was new to me, though Thistle School attendees have long
admired his dancing – check out The Dancers’ Salute at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiC8wWuENv4 – and
also his accordion playing.
Dancing and More Dancing
by Becky Sager
I barely had time to recover from our own Stone Mountain
Weekend, where the dancing was good – it was fun to be
in the Host Hotel – and the weather was spectacular,
before I had to get on the road to Charlotte NC for a
Dance with the music of Marian Anderson.
It was hard to believe that I was the only dancer from
Atlanta attracted by the prospect of dancing to this worldrenowned musician. It was excellent, with two accordions
and a drummer and a very good sound system.
Mara Shea and Dave Wiesler
I was a little perturbed at first by the fact that Marian
usually does not choose to reprise the signature tune of
the dance for the final repeat, but her choices for the
supporting tunes were so great that this didn’t bother me
for long. Brian Youngman and I had the best time in
Maxwell’s Rant dancing to “Ho Ro my Nut-Brown
Maiden” and “The Hopeful Lover”.
The floor was good, the dancers were friends from all
over (six sets of them) and I learned three new-to-me
dances which I really enjoyed.
I had planned to drive home after the dance, but was
invited to break the trip in Greenville SC where Fran
Spicer and Peter Taylor had a bed already made up in
their spare room. It was great to visit with them and sit up
late with tea and cookies. Peter is from Liverpool where I
was born and grew up as Pat Watkins, and Fran’s roots
are in Jewish New York where I lived for thirteen years as
Rivkah bat Avrahom, so we had lots to talk about.
Six days later it was off to Gainesville for the 23rd Annual
North Florida Fall Workshop and Ball. I was a faithful
attendee at this event during its years in Jacksonville but
I’d never made the trip to the hometown of the Gators. With
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Arthur McNair
As an engineer by profession, Arthur likes to examine the
underlying structure of dance figures. He had us doing an
exercise where we danced two bars, then paused two
bars to see where we were and where we should be at
different points in, for example, reels of three, both
standard and crossover. An eleventh hour addition to
Arthur’s lesson plan was a dance on the Ball program, A
Trip Around Salt Spring. The rather less successful
application of his “dance two, pause two” plan to the reels
in this led to Dave adding “Weasel” to the list of reel types
in his party-piece “Tangled up in Reels” much later in the
day.
The Gainesville dancers, led by Norma Wilson, were
terrific hosts. Lunch on Saturday consisted of salad and
crusty breads with four wonderful soups, including
Pumpkin/Chorizo – the pumpkins grown at home by
Norma and husband Mike. Sunday morning we were
invited to breakfast at their house. What an amazing
place, three acres with chickens and roosters, cats and
dogs, a house that appears to have grown organically out
of the earth.
The Ball intermission had an amusing episode. James
Kutzner had the idea of demonstrating The Kandahar, or
as it has been nicknamed by one of the West Coast
groups, The Kindahard (that’s kinda true), Reel. The
Tumlins and Sylvia Priest and I were drafted to
participate because of our prior experience. Thanks,
James. The first I heard of the plan was five minutes
before the demo. We did it to the 10x Clumsy Lover
recording, but only 5x through, we were all laughing too
much to continue.
November Social
Upcoming Celtic Events in Rome, GA
by Rhonda Raye
November 13, 2010 was quite a busy day. While Lewis Tumlin
was off selling some cows, the rest of the Cartersville class held
a demonstration at the new civic center. We found the fastest
way to clear a room! We didn’t think it would be the right crowd
but did not want to turn down another demo opportunity (two
other opportunities fell on days with conflicts). We had a great
time however and some did a little Christmas shopping after.
Later that afternoon was the social. It was the Tumlins first time
MCing a program. They had been practicing their briefs at both
the Marietta and Cartersville classes and had them down by the
time of the social. They put together some of their favorite
dances for the social- as good a way as any and we enjoyed it!
After the social almost everyone came over to my house for a
“weenie roast”. The evening was still a bit warm and after
dancing, the chairs formed around the campfire pretty far out,
but like any circle of dancers, it got smaller and smaller as time
progressed. It was nice to sit around the fire and chat, but all
too soon the evening was over. A day that started on a fast note
ended on a relaxed one. I had such a good time, I may even
have people over again which if you know me is something!
2011 Burns Dinner Saturday night, January 29, 2011 at 6:30 pm
at the Victorian Rose Tea Room, downtown Rome, GA. Cost is
$25 per person, prepayment is appreciated. Mail checks made
out to Lochs and Hills Celtic Association to Janet Baltzer, 23
Ridgeview Drive, Silver Creek, GA 30173, tel. 706-234-6317.
Reservations are limited to 60 spaces. Dinner menu TBA, will
notify. You may BYOB. Live music by Ceilidh Celtic Ensemble.
Join us for a lively Scottish traditional Burns evening of toasting,
feasting, music, and poetry. Celtic attire encouraged. Hope to
see you there!!
Saturday, March 5, 2011 - 3rd Annual Pot Luck O' The Irish St.
Patrick's Supper at Westminister Presbyterian Church West
Center, featuring gastronomical buffet, live Irish music by
Ceilidh Celtic Ensemble, plus the Claddagh School Irish
Dancers. Complete details to follow.
Saturday, April 2, 2011 - "Across the Big Pond XI" Gala Celtic
Concert, 7:30 p.m., at The Rome Forum featuring the NW GA
Winds concert band, bagpipe bands, Claddagh School Irish
Dancers, Shorter Chorale, and special guests. Some very
exciting plans are in the works for a most special concert this
year. Free admission.
Hope to see you at these great events.
Janet Baltzer, Lochs and Hills President
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Letter from the Marietta Public Library
photos contributed by Becky Sager
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December Social
by Rhonda Raye
photos contributed by Linda Lovejoy
Another year has come and gone all
too quickly. A year and a half ago
while I was vice-chair. Bob Messner
and Dawn Dorsey booked Union Hill
so they could get the date they wanted for the social. Well as
many of you know, termites left us looking for another site for
the December social as repairs had
not even commenced at Union Hill.
The Norcross Parks and Recreation
Department agreed to let us rent a
room at the same location where the
new technique class is held. It was
great. I hope we dance there more
often. We had a blast dancing some very
lively dances. The Kandahar Reel did not go
so well (we’ll work on it more I’m sure) but
Montreal Rendezvous and The Architect
were a blast. The encore of The Architect got
really wild; it was a lot of fun! Even the slow
dances sometimes had a twist. Part of the
way into Alison Rose we were suddenly dancing to “The Pink
Panther”. Needless to say Susan Tumlin introduced the “sneak
step” into Scottish country dancing. Hmm-m-m I wonder when it
will make it into “The Manual”?
Bob, I thought the group would like to know that the library won
an award for our staff appreciation week: Best County
Celebration of National Customer Service Week. Our themes of
professional and personal excellence were reflected in the
classes and demonstrations that were held for library staff.
Since RSCDS was a big part of that, I thought you’d like to
know.
Thanks to the demo group for coming out & dancing in the late
spring heat, and to you for all the trouble of hauling & setting up
equipment.
Deborah McLaughlin
Collection Development
Cobb County Public Library
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Cartersville Class Changes Its Format
The Cartersville class is celebrating the beginning of its third
year. In two years we never had consistent beginners except for
one the first year that later moved away. We determined that we
have had the most fun when Bob and Dawn called for an
experienced dancers set for a dance and would teach us
something new. Many of you have seen the results of that as
we have seen on several programs now: Montreal Rendezvous,
Magic of Merrill, The Architect, The Pig Farmer’s Wife, and
others. With this thought in mind, we decided to change the
focus of the class. We now meet only once a month on the first
Friday at 7:30pm at Heritage Baptist Church. With Bob and
Dawn still in charge of the class as we really appreciate what
they have done and hope to continue, we decided people are to
bring a dance to teach or if you have one you want taught.
Everyone has to coordinate with Bob and Dawn ahead of time
as we don’t want a whole class of strathspeys (at least I do not!)
and they will need to find the music for it and coordinate the
dances. With so many dances out there, this will give the
opportunity to do “new” dances along with dances that we saw
elsewhere and loved. Ever wonder when you can do that
interesting workshop dance again? This is your chance and
who knows maybe it’ll catch on too!
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ROYAL SCOTTISH
SCOTTISH COUNTRY
DANCE SOCIETY
Atlanta Branch
Spring Workshop
March 11 – March 13, 2011
Teachers:
Catherine Shaw of
London, Ontario, Canada
Jimmie Hill of
Edinburgh, Scotland
Music by:
The Music Makars
Unicoi State Park and Lodge
Helen, Georgia
F rid a y W elc o m e D a n c e
Saint Andrew’s Fair
32J3
Five SCD 1982
The Deil Amang The Tailors 32R3
Book 14
Fair Donald
32S3
Book 29
Mrs. Macleod
32R3
Book 6
Waverley
48J3
Book 15
Sugar Candie
32S3
Book 26
Follow Me Home
32J3
Book 38
The Australian Ladies
32R3
Glasgow Assembly
Intermission
The Wild Geese
32J3
Book 24
Fiddlehead Feast
32R4
New Brunswick Coll.
The Robertson Rant
80S4 Sq. Book 39
Pelorus Jack
32J3
Bk 41 (Skelton/Dolphin #8)
Mr. Gallamore’s Strathspey 32S4
Elaine Brunken
The Magic of Merrill
32R3
San Francisco/ Lyle Ramshaw
S a tu rd a y B a l l
Kendall’s Hornpipe
The Drunken Sailor
The Sauchie Haugh
The Kandahar Reel
It’s Not Rocket Science
The Kudzu Reel
Postie’s Jig
st
The Reel of the 51 Div.
32J2
Graded Book of Dances
32R3
E. Werner, Leaflet
32S2
George Emmerson, Leaflet 1987
32R4 (5C) Leaflet
32J3
Delaware Valley Silver
32S5
Dorsey/Messner (Pent. Set)
32J4
Clowes, Ormskirk Book 5
32R3
Book 13
Intermission
Three Feisty Women 6x 32R3
Cleveland Heights Group
The White Heather Jig 40J4
Cosh 22 + 2
Naishcombe Hill
32S3
Mervyn Short, 12 SCD
The Laird of Milton’s
32J3
Book 22
Daughter
The Piper and the Penguin 88R4 Sq. Goldring, Scotia Suite
Culla Bay
32S4 Sq. Book 41
Catch The Wind
32R3
Island Bay Collection
Note: There will be two dances taught at the workshop added to
the program on Saturday evening, one quick time and one
Strathspey.
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Something Different This Year
by Rhonda Raye
photos contributed by Martin Whiten
This year I was not able to spend much time at the Stone
Mountain Highland Games. I had a great time on Sunday
although many had already left for their long
drives home. What they missed
though was a chance to try out
other types of dancing. Another
group I’m in, The Society for
Creative Anachronism, had been
asked to the games as part of the
children’s activities. Of course this
was an opportunity for adults to
also learn more about the middle
ages. Who says kids should have
all the fun! There was armored
combat, a wooden horse with a
period saddle, a quintain to
practice your jousting while
mounted on your hobby horse (i.e. the
basics for skip change), People were
there to discuss and/or demonstrate
costuming, making armor, processing
wool, spinning and weaving. I know a
lady from Clan Boyd was ready to return
home and use the drop spindles in their
local museum! I don’t even know what
else was offered since I was at the Scottish country
dance platform almost all day. The group had also
originally planned dancing demonstrations but found
there was very little flat space left to do so. However I
had been telling Anne McLaughlin about dancing in the
SCA and she wanted to try it
since it was so close, so she
rounded up Marshall, Sylvia
Chandler, and the Gawlases.
Colleen Anich also joined us.
Colleen and I both are already
in the SCA. With some other
SCAdians we danced Official
Bransle
which
is
from
“Orchesography” by Thoinot
Arbeau (pen name) written in
1589 in France. He also
recorded 2 Scottish Bransles which he said were in
fashion about 20 years previously. We next danced Black
Alman which is one of the collection of dances known to
th
have been danced in the late16th to early 17 centuries
at the Inns of Court (i.e. the law school and offices in
London). It was required learning. Maybe we should take
a cue in SCD and require all men to learn to dance. I like
that plan! I hope the Scottish dancers enjoyed doing
something new but I also thank them and the SCAdians
(one was an ex-Scottish country dancer) for providing our
“demonstration” at the SCA pavilions. So if you are
intrigued and they return to the games next year, wander
over to the SCA and ask “Hey what do y’all do?”
RSCDS Atlanta Branch
Committee of Management
Atlanta Area
Scottish Country Dance Classes
Wednesdays call for dates
Social Class: 7:45-9:30 p.m.
LaGrange School of Ballet
212 Bull Street, LaGrange
Contact:
Anne Short – (706) 845-0503
Please call for details/schedule.
Thursday
Beginner/Intermediate: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
189 Church Street, Marietta
Teachers:
Walt Ligon
wligonmd at bellsouth.net
Becky Sager
bsager3 at juno.com
Contact:
Sylvia Priest – (770) 377-5114
sapriest at mindspring.com
Beginner/Advanced: 7:00-9:30 p.m.
Covenant Presbyterian Church
2461 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta
Contact:
Trish Bolton – (770) 442-5423
tabhome at mindspring.com
Please call or e-mail for details/schedule.
Novice dancer instruction is scheduled in
September
Beginner/Intermediate: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
(The Thistle & Kudzu Dancers)
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens
780 Timothy Road, Athens 30606 (off of Loop 10)
Teacher:
Jesse Behmke
Contact:
Carrie Slayton 706-255-1010
For more information, please email info at
thistleandkudzu.net
Friday (First Friday of the Month):
Adv. Social Class: 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Heritage Baptist Church
1070 Douthit Ferry Rd., Cartersville
Teachers:
Dawn Dorsey
Bob Messner
Contact:
Susan Tumlin (H) 770-386-3656
susantumlin at yahoo.com
Chairman
Dawn Dorsey
770-934-1561
bionicelt at comcast.net
Vice-Chairman
Ron Gemmell
678-339-0549
Hon. Secretary
Hon. Treasurer
Scribe
Mem.-at-Large
Mem.-at-Large
Editor
rongemmell at gmail.com
Sylvia Priest
770-377-5114
sapriest at mindspring.com
Becky Sager
770-427-4642
bsager3 at juno.com
Christine Transue
770-952-3704
ctscot1 at comcast.net
Bob Messner
770-457-3973
rmess61412 at bellsouth.net
Susan Tumlin
770-386-3656
susantumlin at yahoo.com
Rhonda Raye
770-606-0356
Rstarthistle at gmail.com
The Atlanta Branch Committee of Management meets on
the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM, at First
Presbyterian Church, 189 Church Street, Marietta. All
members are invited to attend and may speak on any
issue. The next meeting will be held on Feb. 3, 2011.
The Atlanta Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
publishes The Petronella Paper six times a year. Full-year subscription
(mailed to US address) is $6.00; half-year is $3.00. The newsletter may
be accessed on the Branch website. Articles, subscription requests and
other correspondence regarding The Petronella Paper should be
addressed to:
Editor, The Petronella Paper
RSCDS – Atlanta Branch
P.O. Box 33905
Decatur, GA 30033
Articles for the Jan/Apr issue should be received by the editor on or
before Feb 28 and may be of any length: typed, neatly handwritten, or
e-mailed to rstarthistle at gmail.com. Any material submitted becomes
the property of The Petronella Paper and will not be returned.
Anonymous contributions will not be accepted. All letters must be
signed. All articles may be edited (as required by limitations of space
and appropriateness) before publication.
Sunday (Second Sunday of Month) 2:15-4:45pm
Class runs September 2010 through April 2011
(fourth Sunday in March 2011)
Intermediate (technique)
Norcross Community Center and Cultural Arts
10 College St., Norcross
Teacher:
Jessica Behmke
Contact:
Rhonda Raye 770-606-0356
Rstarthistle at gmail.com
Before attending a class for the first time, or for more
information, please contact the person(s) indicated.
You don't need to bring a partner.
Flat, soft-soled shoes are recommended!
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Upcoming events 2011
January
April
15-16 Orlando Highland Games – Orlando, FL
22
Social – Athens 2pm @
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
29
Burns night supper – Rome, GA 6:30pm**
2
February
5
Sarasota Ball – FL
12
Dunedin Ball – FL
12
Valentine’s Dance – Cary, NC
19
Social – Marietta 2pm @
First Presbyterian Church
March
5
St. Patrick’s Supper – Rome, GA**
11-13 Unicoi workshop and dance
25-26 Spring Fling – Cocoa Beach, FL
"Across the Big Pond XI" Gala Celtic Concert – Rome, GA
7:30pm**
15-17 Loch Norman Highland Games and dance – Charlotte, NC
http://bellsouthpwp2.net/m/e/meyates/#lnhg
16
Atlanta Dogwood Festival
30
Triad Highland Games – Greensboro, NC
June
11-12 Blairsville Highland Games
11-12 Silver Thistle Ball – Ashland, VA
July
3-8
Thistle School – Banner Elk, NC
7-19 Grandfather Mtn Highland Games – Linville, NC
24-31 T.A.C Summer School – Sherbrooke,Quebec,
Canada
Oct
14-16 Stone Mtn Highland Games
** does not include Scottish Country dancing
If undelivered, return to:
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Atlanta Branch
Post Office Box 33905
Decatur, GA 30033
U.S.A.
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