Frankfurt SCD Club
Scottish Dancing in and around Frankfurt, for everyone
Frankfurt SCD Club
Scottish Dancing in and around Frankfurt, for everyone
Zum zweiten Mal standen wir auf der »Frankfurter Bühne« beim alljährlichen Museumsuferfest — diesmal als Premiere mit »durchchoreografierten« Medleys und (größtenteils) in zwei Sets. Wieder war das Wetter gut (fast zu gut für eine mit schwarzer Folie ausgelegte Bühne, offen in Richtung Süden) und das Publikum durchaus angetan.
Once again the summer workshop in Vollmerz near Schlüchtern enticed several Frankfurt dancers to the Kuckucksnest: Dagmar Suhm, Matthias Römer, Tobias Hünger, and Eva Schiedrum, together with an amazingly international group of people, learned 30 new dances, many of which had not been published widely. »Nest newcomers« to the fully-booked workshop had arrived from Toronto (Canada), Wellington (New Zealand), Luxemburg and the south of France, and many new or familiar faces had made the journey from the Netherlands and all over Germany to dance and have fun together with David Queen as the teacher (another new arrival to the Nest, from the north-west of England). In the afternoon, some took part in a basic highland class — and in the evenings, the dancer marvelled at David's prowess on a borrowed fiddle in duets with his band-mate Andrew Lyon, who led this year's music workshop on the piano and (occasionally) accordion. Both had independently been asked to take charge of their respective workshops, and Andrew danced, when he did, quite elegantly in spite of his clumsy sneakers.
In spite of almost 30 degrees Centigrade and quite muggy weather, another »crash course« took place from 10am until 6pm on 22 June 2008 under the auspices of the Frankfurt SCD teacher programme. In the great hall of the Haus der Jugend, Frankfurt, the »old hands« within the programme — three just now — wanted to add to their knowledge while we introduced two new participants to the theory and practice of SCD teaching. The focus was on the teaching of steps and formations — but counting in, spotting mistakes, warmups, recaps and explaining dances and formations did not get short shrift. Our video camera also gave the teachers some more hints for self-improvement.
Thanks to Schorsch, we could for the first time make use of the air conditioner, so that both teams of teachers — each including 1-2 more experienced people and one rookie — did not have to overexert themselves trying to get the class's attention ... A group of about 15 willing guinea pigs had come along to make an intensive session (including theory components) possible.
For lunch, everybody unwrapped their food — the highlight consisted of two strawberry cakes with self-picked berries from Werner. During the coffee break, Jan told us about his participation in the (apparently very successful) teachers' workshop at the Kuckucksnest on the previous weekend. And Anselm used one of the teachers' preparation breaks to record a newly devised dance on videotape for the benefit of the dedicatee, Angela, who we wanted to provide with a keepsake from the Frankfurt group for her move to New Zealand. At the end of a long day, we had the impression that everybody — both the stooges from the Frankfurt group and the teachers — profited from this free event. There will be more!
Due to popular demand, on 1 June 2008 we put on another highland dance afternoon catering to beginners. A surprisingly large number of enthusiastic dancers came together in the big hall of the Haus der Jugend, Frankfurt, from 2.30pm to 6pm on the Sunday afternoon. No previous knowledge was necessary — the focus was on simple steps and dances, and everyone could learn and improve. Now everyone is hoping that we will get around to practising some more on Tuesday nights.
A ball of superlatives (by Frankfurt standards) is over, successfully and with satisfied guests — an appropriate anniversary event with many »firsts« and extras as well as some traditional elements, which joined many old-timers and numerous new faces — nearly 120 guests attended, and the organisation team can now rest easy!
Im Rahmen der zweiten Frankfurter Interkulturellen Wochen, die vom 21.9.2007 bis zum 7.10.2007 stattfanden, konnte sich zu unserer Freude auch der Frankfurt Scottish Country Dance Club mit einem offenen Abend und einem Auftritt auf dem Abschlussfest einbringen.
Wieder einmal fand im Gimbacher Hof zwischen Kelkheim und Fischbach ein Auftritt von diesmal sieben Frankfurter Schottentänzern statt - die 75-jährige Jubilarin und ihre knapp 30 Geburtstagsgäste waren begeistert.
Lots of sun, a good mood, and a competent organising team from the Frankfurt Amt für Multikulturelle Angelegenheiten (Multicultural Affairs Office) were ready for the FSCDC's 15 dancers and multi-person support team. Our first demonstration on the »Frankfurter Bühne« (Stage of Frankfurt) took place between Bollywood-style Indian dancing by the Bharat Verein and a performance by the Taiwanese-German Women's Club.
Even though it took place on a weekday, we managed to mobilise seven dancers for this year's summer party at the GDA Wohnstift Frankfurt am Zoo, a senior citizen's home near our dancing venue, the Herderschule.
On 21 April 2007 it was time: The first Frankfurt ball, after 38 others, within Frankfurt's city limits! After the search and organisation team around Eva Schiedrum had located the Volkshaus Enkheim as a possible ball venue in summer, 2006, and painstakingly fixed the contract details, vaulted the catering obstacles and solved all other organisational problems, the ball could begin.
