strathspey@strathspey.org:44488

elizabeth mchardy

RE: DanceTour Russia 2006

March 5, 2006, 6:40 p.m. (Message 44488, in reply to message 44483)

>From: "Fiona Grant" <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
>Reply-To: SCD news and discussion <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>To: <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>Subject: DanceTour Russia 2006
>Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:57:46 -0000
>
>DANCETOUR
>
>Scottish Country Dancing Holiday in Russia
>
>1-10 September 2006
>
>Kuban Scottish Dancers invite you to come and dance with them in Krasnodar
>and then dip your tired toes in the warm Black Sea. Situated on the flat,
>fertile Kuban steppe, home of the Cossack horsemen, Krasnodar is the
>regional capital of the Kuban State. The young and very energetic dance
>group started by Ilona Velichko on her return from working in the UK, 
>dances
>in the Palace of Culture, and has appeared on Russian television and at
>Festivals of Scottish Music. Just south of the city are the Caucasus
>Mountains, shielding the subtropical coast of the Black Sea from the cold
>Siberian north winds. There will be time to explore the countryside as well
>as share dancing expertise. Ceòl na h’Alba will provide music for all
>occasions, and Helen and Ian Russell and Seonaid Anderson will encourage 
>the
>dancers.
>
>Provisional Programme :
>Fri 1 Sept: Arrive Intourist Hotel, Krasnodar Sat 2 Sept: SCD Class or
>Market visit, City Tour/ Museums, Informal Dance Palace of Culture Sun 3
>Sept: SCD Class or Art Gallery visit, Cossack Banquet, Russian Music and
>Dance Performance Mon 4 Sept: Coach drive to Yamal, on the Black Sea; Laze
>at hotel, swim in the Black Sea, Russian Quadrilles/ Soviet Dance Class 
>Tues
>5 Sept: SCD Class or pool, massage, spa, Tea tasting, woodland walks,
>Scottish Quadrilles/Shetland Reels/Scottish step dance Wed 6 Sept: All day
>trip to Terzihan mountain camp, Mountain walk, Bar-B-Q, Russian bath.
>Thur 7 Sept: SCD Class or beach, swim, Beach/boat trip Formal Dinner/
>Cabaret Evening Fri 8 Sept: Travel back to Krasnodar Museum of Aeronautics
>and Space Exploration Informal Scottish Country Dance/ Ceilidh items Sat 9
>Sept: SCD Class, Free time Kuban Highland Ball Sun 10 Sept: Kuban River
>picnic lunch, Departure
>
>People and Personalities:
>
>Ilona Velichko
>Trained as a linguist, and a competition ballroom dancer, Ilona came to
>Bristol University as a lectrice, and fell in love with Scottish Country
>dancing. To encourage her enthusiastic dancing friends back home in
>Krasnodar, she dreamed of bringing a Scottish Country Dance Band and
>teachers to meet them, and then decided to invite all her dancing friends
>from all round the world as well. Ilona has put together the itinerary, and
>will be our guide and translator and fixer during the holiday.
>
>Helen Russell
>Helen learned to dance in Scotland, north of Aberdeen, and attended 
>highland
>dance Classes taught by Bobby Watson.  She now teaches at the RSCDS Summer
>School and has a particular interest in ladies’ step dancing and tutoring
>candidates for the RSCDS teacher’s certificate. She is a member of the 
>RSCDS
>Education & Training committee.  Helen likes teaching dancing and thinks
>that the class ought to have fun!
>
>Ian Russell
>Ian Russell danced as a teenager at Breadalbane Academy in Perthshire, and
>became a real enthusiast while at the University of Aberdeen.  More 
>recently
>he has been a frequent member of both the Highland and SCD demonstration
>teams at the RSCDS Summer School. His main teaching interest lies with
>encouraging university students, especially those from overseas, to learn
>SCD.
>
>Seonaid Anderson
>Seonaid has been dancing since ever she can remember. She teaches and 
>dances
>at festivals at home in the Kingdom of Fife and has danced across Europe. 
>She likes trying other forms of dance and then mixing them with Highland 
>and
>SCD - you have been warned!!!
>
>Phill Jones
>Phill danced as lad and then took up playing accordion with one aim: to 
>play
>for Scottish country dancing. As a teenager he started his own band and has
>ventured out from his home base in Sheffield across England, then Wales and
>overseas. Phill's unique style is reflected in the band's sound, which you
>can all hear on his CD to accompany the Second Sheaf Collection of Scottish
>country dances, celebrating 50 years of the Sheffield RSCDS branch in 2005.
>
>Sue Jennings
>Sue plays fiddle for Scottish, Morris, Clog and Rapper dancers in a lively
>exuberant style. It is rumoured that she has been known to compose the odd
>tune when inspiration or necessity strikes!  Sue is prone to attending the
>odd music session and makes sure her fiddle is the last to be packed away.
>
>David Anderson
>David started playing accordion when it was almost the same size as he was
>and is now an accomplished band leader; playing for dancing all over
>Scotland and anywhere else he can transport his accordion. He is in great
>demand for his invigorating music as well as his sense of humour!
>
>Fiona Grant
>Based in Bristol, Fiona has taken on the task of publicising and 
>encouraging
>participation in the Holiday, and is responsible for the financial
>administration of the project. To aid negotiation with Russian bureaucracy,
>she has created DanceTour as a not-for-profit company whose business is to
>run dance courses. In her spare time she dances.
>
>To see what we got up to on our last trip three years ago, have a look at:
>http://puffball.demon.co.uk/krasnodar/
>
>If you would like further information, please email me.
>Lots of unexpected surprises guaranteed on this trip!!
>
>Happy holiday,
>Fiona
>
>Bristol
>UK
>
>
>
Fiona pleaswe could I have an application formfor the 2006 Rissian dand 
tour.  Thank you
You can email it or post it to E McHardy 14 The Paddock, Perceton, Ayrshire, 
KA11 2AZ.

Elizabeth