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Feet and Dancing,
also Music Playback for SCD
also republished Diack dances

Presenters     Laura Brown, SCD teacher and podiatrist

                 Chris Collings, serTA member and Jeremy Hill, RSCDS Board

                 Jane Rose, SCD teacher

 

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16 March 2025

**NB Last date for applications, Thursday 13 March**

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Farnham Common Village Hall, 29 Victoria Rd, Farnham Common, Slough SL2 3NL  map

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Emergency contact on the day:  Jane Rose  07703 608 068

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Booking form below

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Programme

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10.30 - 11.00  Registration & Coffee

 

11.00 - 13.00  Morning Workshop - Feet and Dancing - Laura Brown

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Laura Brown, a member of RSCDS Exeter Branch, has been a podiatrist for over 20 years/  She has been a Highland and S C Dancer for most of her life and is an RSCDS Teacher.

 

Laura will talk to us about the importance of looking after our feet, the impact of dancing on the feet and ways to prevent foot problems developing. 

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13.00 - 14.00  Lunch (bring your own - tea, coffee, squash will be provided)

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14.00 - 16.00 Afternoon Workshops

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(i) - Music playback for SCD - Chris Collings/Jeremy Hill

Chris soon got fed up lugging a big CD player and box of CDs each week and looked for a simple, convenient music playback system. In the last four years he has helped fifteen other clubs and teachers to the convenience and portability of tablet-based digital music for SCD.   

There is no right way, only different ways of providing music playback  for SCD. Chris will show the results of a straw poll of dance groups variously using CDs and digital music and discuss the steps and costs in changing from CDs to digital music playback. The focus will be on the ease and convenience of playback and he will also discuss the changing availability of SCD albums in CD and electronic format.  

Chris will be joined by Jeremy Hill, Convenor of RSCDS Membership Services who will update us on latest RSCDS ideas and will be pleased to hear our thoughts and useful input to the future of SCD music recordings.

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                    (ii) - Diack Dances - Jane Rose

We will round off the day with a look at the newly published Diack dances​ commemorating J Michael Diack (1869–1946), who was instrumental in the founding of the [R]SCDS in 1923 and also some other recently devised dances

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16.00 – 16.15 Tea and Cake

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16.15 – 16.45 General Discussion

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Refreshments

Please bring a picnic lunch.  Tea, coffee, squash will be provided.

Volunteers to help serve tea/coffee welcome.  Home-made cake donations highly acceptable!

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Covid

We shall be cognisant of all Government and hall requirements.

If you have any symptoms of any virus, we request you do NOT attend.

​email serTA if they are coming by train and we can probably sort lifts.

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Venue and Directions

Farnham Common Village Hall, 29 Victoria Rd, Farnham Common, Slough SL2 3NL  map

 

Travel

 

Car: There is a small car park next to the hall.  If the car park is full and you need to park in the street please avoid parking at the bend on the road adjacent to the hall.

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Rail:  Elizabeth line or Rail to Slough and then 4.5 miles by bus.  Do contact sertascd@gmail.com if you are coming by train as it may be possible to co-ordinate lifts from the station.

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Booking

NB Last date for applications, Thursday 13 March

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Please fill in the form below and

  • either pay by BACS, using the details below
  • or contact sertascd@gmail.com if you prefer to pay by cheque so that we can give you our postal address

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  • Remember that if you join/rejoin serTA for our new subscription period 2025-2027 (see "Join Us" page after our BGM on 2 Feb has confirmed the subscription amount) this entitles you to a £2 reduction on the workshop booking fee.

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Acc name: South East Region Teachers Association

Sort code:  77 71 33

Acc No:     01416468

Reference:  Your Name 

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