Frankfurt SCD Club
Scottish Dancing in and around Frankfurt, for everyone
Frankfurt SCD Club
Scottish Dancing in and around Frankfurt, for everyone
Wo ist eigentlich Beerfelden? Dafür mussten wir erst mal den Atlas herausholen, als letztes Jahr die Anfrage kam. Von Frankfurt ist es ein gutes Stück weg, aber wir haben — trotz langer Fahrt durch Schnee und Eis — einen sehr netten Abend verbracht.
Despite the truly unpleasant wintry weather conditions about 45 dancers from near and far came together to dance and meet each other in the »Haus der Jugend« in Frankfurt. Anselm Lingnau taught dances fitting the motto »Dances to Songtunes«, explained the dances and the texts of the songs to which we danced.
Our traditional non-dancing afternoon for dancers, friends and families (without dancing!) was on Sunday, 13 December 2009, and started 3 p.m.
in the community centre St. Dionysius (»Gemeindehaus der Katholischen
Kirchengemeinde St. Dionysius«) in Frankfurt-Sindlingen, Huthmacherstr. 21.
On 22 November we again offered an afternoon for advanced dancers only with Fugues and Celtic Brooch in the Großer Saal in the Haus der Jugend, Frankfurt.
For the third time in as many years we took part in the varied final event of the Frankfurt Intercultural Weeks which again let us be part of a diverse cultural assortment of culinary and performance delights and offered a few opportunities to join in (dancing, singing and clapping).
On 10 November, we again offered an »open dance evening« under the auspices of the Frankfurt Intercultural Weeks. The motto was Scottish Dancing for Everyone — Lots of Fun with Jigs and Reels since ...
From 14 p.m. to 19 p.m. there was another »crash course« under the auspices of the Frankfurt SCD teacher programme in the Großer Saal, Haus der Jugend, Frankfurt. Four dancers of the Frankfurt group who have been with the programme for a while, one newcomer and one from the Darmstadt group worked on new things. The focus was on warm-up, on step practice and teaching formations since the six know already pretty well how to teach dances.
For the 90th birthday of Anselm's grandmother four of us had the honour to dance at the reception in the Red Salon of the Schlosshotel Kronberg much to the delight of the guests.
Due to popular demand there was once more a special afternoon on Sunday. Anselm taught Highland dancing. Eleven of us met from 15pm to 19pm in the »Kleiner Saal« of the Haus der Jugend (Frankfurt youth hostel) and worked on simple steps and dances. No prior knowledge was required, but most participants had a certain familiarity with Scottish country dancing. The event was free. Like in the famous annual highland-workshop the week-end after Easter in the Kuckucksnest Anselm taught the advanced dancers and the beginners alternatingly (every 15 minutes one group learned and practiced a certain amount of the respective dance, time to rest and practice for those not taught while the other group worked).
