Scotch Legs - Scottish step dance performance and tuition

Scottish step dance performance & tuition

Forthcoming performances

Thursday 26 March 2009 at 7pm: Mary Griffiths Night, O'Reilly's Pub, George Street, St. John's, Newfoundland. With fiddler Evelyn Osborne and guitarist Ian Hayes.

An annual event organised by the student Folklore Society at Memorial University of Newfoundland, to raise funds for the Mary Griffiths Memorial Bursary for Folklore Field Research. Ticket information and details of other featured musicians will be available here shortly. Evelyn, Ian and I will be performing a half-hour set starting at 10.45pm.

Watch this space for details of other forthcoming performances, or contact me to be added to my mailing list.

Please let me know if you would like more information about my performances, or to arrange for me to perform at your event. I also offer one-off workshops for groups of up to twenty people - see the tuition page for details and for feedback from participants in previous workshops.

*** From May-December 2009 I will be based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and will be available for performances and workshops. Please contact me for more information. ***

Past performances

2009

23rd annual Multicultural Showcase, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Reid Theatre, St. John's, 7 March. With fiddler Evelyn Osborne and guitarist Ian Hayes.

2008

Torbay Museum Twentieth Anniversary Celebrations final concert, Torbay, Newfoundland, 25 October. With fiddler Evelyn Osborne.

North Atlantic Fiddle Convention 2008, St. John's, Newfoundland, 3-8 August. With fiddler Evelyn Osborne. Performed in "Lasting Legacy" concert and conducted a beginners' step dance workshop.

SummerDance 2008, St. John's, Newfoundland, 26-27 July. With fiddler Evelyn Osborne. My first ever public performance as Scotch Legs.

2004-present

As a member of the Inverkeithing Step Dancers I have performed regularly at demonstrations, festivals and other events in the UK, including the Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust performance series at the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and the annual Furness Tradition festival in the English Lake District.