Silk and Thistle Scottish Country Dancing
at Fermilab - Tuesday 7:30 pm

Special Event - Saturday April 5, 2008

Tartan Day - a US Holiday recognizing the Scottish contributions to our history.
We will celebrate Tartan Day on Saturday, April 5, with the Chicago Spring Dance.
Everyone is welcome. It is a particularly good time for newcomers to come and for people with an interest in things Scottish to join us.

English Dancing and a Potluck

The spring dance will be preceeded by an English Dance starting at 2 pm, followed by a potluck starting about 5:30 pm.
Everyone is welcome to join in the English dancing and the Potluck
Come for and afternoon and evening of dancing.
All at the Fermilab barn

Where and When

We have returned to the Barn for the rest of 2007 and into 2008.

We start dancing at 7:30 pm.
You may enter Fermilab from either the East or West sides. Tell the guard that you are coming to Scottish Dancing.
During the Summer - typically early June through August, we dance on the stage in the auditorium. The auditorium is on the south side of the Hi-Rise. You may NOT park near the auditorium. Use the parking lot on the west side of the hi-rise and enter the auditorium through the breeze way.
Most of the year we dance in the Kuhn Barn. The barn is located in the village on the east side of the site. It is visible to the north when you stop at the stop sign in the village. Parking is available just north of the barn, or across the street.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us (see below).

General Information

Scottish Country Dancing meets every Tuesday evening at the Kuhn Barn on the Fermilab site starting at 7:30 pm. Beginners are always welcome. More detailed teaching of simpler dances happens earlier, and more complex dances later in the evening. Partners are not necessary, as everyone dances with everyone.

This group is a class of the Chicago Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS). The web page for the Chicago Branch with links to other Scottish Dancing groups is: RSCDS-Chicago

Planing Ahead

We usually include work on dances in upcoming programs in the class. Some of the upcoming evens are:

Spring Dance ( see above )
Madison Ball

For more information

More Information can be obtained by sending E-Mail to: folkdance or
call Doug Jensen at (630) 840-8194 (work), (630) 232-9089 (home),
or Mady Newfield at (630) 584-0825

This information was updated March 20, 2008 ( D. Jensen)