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StickyEvenings, Tea Dances

We are dancing on Tuesday evenings – 1945-2145 in the small hall in Chilton Village Hall through to the end of November. We will still be dancing every month (except December) on the third Wednesday afternoon. We also plan to be dancing on occasional Sunday afternoons (both 1400-1630).

We will be holding a practice dance for the Abingdon & Harwell Ball, in Chilton Village Hall, from 14:00 to 1630 on Sunday 15 November.

Our tea dance programmes will be posted below as they are settled. You may like to note these dates in your diary —

  • Wednesday November 18 2026
  • Wednesday January 20 2027

Read here for details (including how to get to Chilton Village Hall).

Tea Dance Wed 21 Oct’26

Tea Dances

1400-1630 in Chilton Village Hall
to recorded music
Just £4/head including refreshments

Dancing will be led by Malcolm Austen.

Dances will be selected from the following — https://my.strathspey.org/dd/list/75801/ — although I may be over optimistic about how many we will get through!

1. The Hazel Tree J32 3/4L Drewry: Brodie Bk
2. Sueno’s Stone R32 3/4L Grant: Magazine
3. The Dream Catcher S96 4S Orr: RSCDS XLV
4. Toshogu Shrine J32 3/4L Stott: Sunlight
5. The Black Black Oil R32 5/5L Drewry: Deeside 2
6. Linnea’s Strathspey S32 3/4L Wilson: RSCDS XLVII
7. Scott Meikle R32 4/4L McLean: RSCDS XLVI
Tea Break
8. Liquid Assets J32 3/4L Drewry 2003
9. The Koi Medley M64 3/4L Stott: Sunlight
10. The Waternish Tangle J32 3/4L Barfoot: RSCDS LIV
11. The Recumbent Stone R48 5/5L Drewry: 20 New Dances by John Drewry 1999-2000
12. Neidpath Castle S32 3/3L Haynes: RSCDS XXII
13. The Aviator J32 3/4L Fischer: RSCDS LII
14. Trip to Timber Ridge R32 3/4L Henderson: RSCDS LII
Extras!!
15. Pelorus Jack J32 3/4L Skelton: RSCDS XLI
16. Seton’s Ceilidh Band J64 4/4L Fordyce: RSCDS LIII
17. The White Heather Jig J40 4/4L Cosh: 22 SCD
18. A Trip to Bavaria R32 4/4L MacGregor-Brown: Collins SCD
19. Follow the Piper R32 4/4L Rowe
20. Cadgers in the Canongate R48 3/4L Walsh (18C): RSCDS IX
21. The Robertson Rant S80 4S Winchester: RSCDS XXXIX
22. 1314 (Thirteen-Fourteen) M128 4S Drewry: Rondel

On 20 Oct’26 we danced

Evenings
1. A Touch of Tartan R32 3/4L Maarseveen: Dancing Thistles
2. Orpington Caledonians R32 3/4L Brenchley: RSCDS XLIX
3. The Silver Tassie S32 3/4L Drewry: RSCDS Leaflets
4. James Gray J32 4/4L Burrows: RSCDS XLII
5. The Paisley Weavers S32 3/3L Haynes: RSCDS Graded 3
6. The Wooden Horse J32 3/3L Drewry: Turkish
7. The Cranberry Tartelette J32 3/3L Glasspool&Merkens;
8. The Lochalsh Reel R40 3/4L Burnett: RSCDS LIII
9. Give It Large R32 3/4L Loveland

On 13 Oct’26 we danced

Evenings
1. The Hazel Tree J32 3/4L Drewry: Brodie Bk
2. The Clansman R32 2/4L Haynes: RSCDS XXXII
3. Canadian Landscape S32 3/3L K&S; MacCrone: RSCDS LIV
4. The Leather Band J32 4/4L Peart
5. The Glengarry Homestead S32 4/4L Brenchley: Kangaroo Paw
6. Bratach Bana R32 3/4L Drewry: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
7. The Ship in Full Sail J32 5/5L Forbes: Craigievar 2
8. Far North Queensland S32 5/5L Brenchley: Other Kangaroo Paw
9. Farewell to Balfour Road J32 5/5L Buxton: RSCDS LII

On 29 Sep’26 we danced

Evenings
1. Tap the Barrel R32 3/3L Burridge: RSCDS Graded 3
2. Ladies' Fancy J32 2/4L RSCDS XIII
3. The King of Spain's Daughter R/J/S32 3/3L Ronald: Formation Foundations
4. The Wee Cooper O' Fife J40 2/4L Foss: Song Tunes
5. The Byron Strathspey S32 3/3L Drewry: Deeside 2
6. The Whistler Jig J32 2/3L Tague
7. The Fairbridge Reel R48 3/3L Brenchley: RSCDS XLV
8. Langholm Fair S32 3/3L Attwood: Alexander 3
9. The Mackenzie Reel R32 2/4L Butler: Newcastle 2

On 22 Sep’26 we danced

Evenings
1. The Ferry Louper J32 3/4L Goldring Graded 1
2. Back to the Fireside R32 3/4L Goldring: RSCDS XXXVIII
3. Canadian Landscape S32 3/3L K&S; MacCrone: RSCDS LIV
4. The Caithness Heart R32 2/4L Attwood: Caithness Heart
5. Auchinellan Jig J32 3/4L McLean: Auchinellan
6. A Prairie Crocus S32 3/3L McClure: Prairie Gold
7. Beach Dancer J32 3/4L West: Whangarei Book
8. Aberdeenshire Meets Argentina S32 3/3L Stott: The Argentine Collection 2020
9. A Driving Reel R32 3T Wratten: RSCDS LIV

Tea Dance Wed 16 Sep’26

Tea Dances

1400-1630 in Chilton Village Hall
to recorded music
Just £4/head including refreshments

Dancing will be led by Dave Ball.

Dances will be selected from the following — https://my.strathspey.org/dd/list/74370/

1. Streets of Milan J32 3/4L J&M; Healy
2. The Lochalsh Reel R40 3/4L Burnett: RSCDS LIII
3. The Hazel Tree J32 3/4L Drewry: Brodie Bk
4. Portincaple Oak M64 4S Thorn: RSCDS LIII
5. Mr Iain Stuart Robertson R32 3/4L de Winton: RSCDS XLII
6. The Waternish Tangle J32 3/4L Barfoot: RSCDS LIV
7. Tambourine R32 3/4L Bowlen: East Ivanhoe 1
8. The Scallywag J40 3/4L Kelly: RSCDS LII
9. Nottingham Lace R96 4S Bradley: RSCDS LIII
10. City Lights J32 3/4L Scott: RSCDS LII
11. Polharrow Burn R32 5/5L Foss: Magazine
12. The Orchards of Co. Armagh S32 3/3L Anderson: RSCDS LIII
13. The Cuckoo Clock R32 3/4L Barbour: Dance & Celeb.
14. Quarries' Jig J32 3/4L Smith: RSCDS XXXVI
15. The Reel of The Royal Scots R32 3/4L Goldring: RSCDS Leaflets

On 15 Sep’26 we danced

Evenings
1. Maxwell's Rant R32 3/4L Rutherford: RSCDS XVIII
2. St Andrew's Fair J32 3/4L Goldring: RSCDS 5/1982
3. The Silver Tassie S32 3/4L Drewry: RSCDS Leaflets
4. The Nurseryman J32 3/4L Brown: RSCDS XXXVII
5. Jennifer's Jig J32 3/4L Drewry: RSCDS LIII
6. The Singing Sands S32 3/3L Priddey: Silver Rose
7. The Wee Cooper O' Fife J40 2/4L Foss: Song Tunes
8. Tap the Barrel R32 3/3L Burridge: RSCDS Graded 3
9. The Wind on Loch Fyne S32 3T Dickson: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
10. The Sailor R32 3/4L RSCDS XXIV

On 1 Sep’26 we danced

Evenings
1. The Waternish Tangle J32 3/4L Barfoot: RSCDS LIV
2. Ray Milbourne R32 4/4L Haynes: Carnforth 1
3. Langholm Fair S32 3/3L Attwood: Alexander 3
4. Uncle Bill's Jig J32 2/4L Goldring Graded 3
5. City of Stirling Reel R32 3/4L Goldring: RSCDS LIII
6. Twenty-three Two Ninety S32 3/3L G&H; Schuckelt: Riverside
7. MacDonald of Keppoch M128 4S Ronald: RSCDS XLIX
8. The Duke of Atholl's Reel J32 2/4L Skillern: RSCDS XVI
9. S-Locomotion S32 4/4L Jones: RSCDS XLI
10. The Australian Ladies R32 3/4L Campbell: Glasgow Ass.

Tea Dance Wed 19 Aug’26

Tea Dances

1400-1630 in Chilton Village Hall
with live music by Ian Muir
Just £6/head including refreshments

Dancing will be led by Eve Nex.

Dances will be selected from the following — https://my.strathspey.org/dd/list/73643/

1. Liquid Assets J32 3/4L Drewry 2003
2. All For Mary R32 3/4L Goldring: London 75th
3. Sandy's Scotch Broth S32 3/3L Sibley: Katannuta
4. Loch Fitty Jig J32 3/4L Austin: Dunfermline Collection
5. Da Rain Dancin' R32 3/4L Wallace: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
6. A Gin and Tonic M192 3/3L Scott: Three Hands Across
7. Torridon Lassies J40 3/4L Brenchley: RSCDS 30 popular, Vol 2
8. The Silver Penny Farthing R32 3/3L Bradley: Ness House 2
9. Tullynessle and Forbes Hall S32 3/3L Ewen: RSCDS LIV
10. The Markinch Mars Bar King J32 3/4L Priestley: In Honour of Volume 1
11. City of Stirling Reel R32 3/4L Goldring: RSCDS LIII
12. MacDonald of Keppoch M128 4S Ronald: RSCDS XLIX
13. City Lights J32 3/4L Scott: RSCDS LII
14. We've Nae Electric R32 5/5L Coull: Banff Jubilee
15. Duddingston Loch S32 5/5L McIntyre
16. The Clansman R32 2/4L Haynes: RSCDS XXXII