This page is dedicated to recent and newly devised dances
by members and friends of the RSCDS Hamilton and Clydesdale Branch.
The dances are sometimes inventive and experimental in nature
and may not appear in Scottish Country Dancing books,
or in other sites – not yet!
We hope that our visitors will try out these dances and we welcome your feedback, compliments and suggestions.
Indeed, please send us your own compositions and dances
for us to try in turn.
RSCDS Hamilton and Clydesdale
Cœur à Cœur
Observing dances, either on-line or when dancing, and enjoying the music has intrigued me as to how to devise a dance .
Scottish Country Dancing is an enjoyable experience . I have enjoyed dancing with the RSCDS Hamilton and Clydesdale Scottish Country Dancing group, and others .
I wanted to convey this feeling of friendship and joy in the first dance and with Alison’s help we devised Cœur à Cœur .
I am indebted to the Alison Robertson, of the RSCDS,
for her encouragement and advice when devising the dances ,
and to the dancers for their patience and understanding .
Marie-Hélène Murtagh
Four Seasons Suite
Winter Dance : Fairy Lights
Flirt and Cast Formation
The Scottish Country Dance Dictionary has been invaluable
in helping me to devise the following Christmas Dance .
Fairy Lights is the Winter Dance of a Four Seasons Suite .
All dances in the Four Seasons Suite are 4 couple Dances ,
either Strathspeys or Jigs.
Please note: The Winter Jig will be posted at a later date.
Spring Dance : Primroses in the Glen
The Dance is dedicated to the Hamilton and Clydesdale Branch .
Summer Dances
Summer Jig : Summer Fête
Please note: The Summer Strathspey will be posted at a later date.
Autumn Dance : The Whispering Wind
The dance was devised in October 2025,
as Storm Amy approached and red alert warnings were issued.
Dancing In Lanarkshire
Crossing The Wee Bridge to East Kilbride
The dance is dedicated to the Red Deer Scottish Dancing Group which meets in East Kilbride. The Wee Bridge , an old coach road bridge and listed structure , is on Newhousemill Road between Hamilton and East Kilbride. The bridge is infamous for the numerous daily incidents . Not for the feint of heart.
Many thanks to Aileen Mairs
who kindly introduced the dance to the group .
Baron’s Haugh
The Dance is dedicated to Alison Robertson .
Many thanks to her for introducing the dance to the dancers.
Bothwell Castle
Dances from RSCDS Monklands
This Dance was devised by Jean Gardner
to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the RSCDS
and was danced in Airdrie Town Hall on 18th December 1998.
Monklands Spring Dance – 31st March 2026
Dances from the Mickel SCD Club
VJay Iyer is a member of the Mickel Summer Dancing SCD Club. He devised:
Lassie Leerns Ye Plait (The Girls Teaches you to Plait)
Mickel SCD Club – August 2025
The Pigeon in the Hall
Another dance devised by VJay :
VJay was inspired to write this dance in the summer school he attended in 2025 when a pigeon flew into the St Andrews town hall and spent a great deal of trying to escape out. One of the mates in the same class suggested that I should write a dance about “Pigeon in the hall”.