Try Scottish dancing Tuesday at Fermilab

The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, has decided that Sept. 12-20 is "Dance Scottish Week."

The Chicago Branch is taking up the idea and holding a Dance Scottish Party from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16 at the Silk and Thistle Scottish country dance group which meets weekly at Fermilab's Kuhn Village Barn.

The party is a chance for newcomers to try out Scottish dancing - the participatory social dancing of Scotland, not the harder and showier Highland dancing. Both ceilidh and country dances will be presented for all to try. There will be demonstrations of more advance Scottish country dancing, and plenty of kilts in sight. Visitors can even try on a kilt to see how dancing in one feels. There will also be a demonstration of how to wear the more historic "great kilt."

There is no charge for the event. Tea and Scottish treats will be served, and attendees are welcome to bring a treat to share if they wish.

Silk and Thistle Scottish country dancing, a class of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Chicago Branch, is held every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Fermilab's Kuhn Village Barn. There is also a class which meets in Chicago, the Loch Michigan group, on Sundays at 6 p.m. at Bethany United Church of Christ at 4250 N. Paulina St. For information, call (630) 584-0825 or (630) 840-8194, e-mail folkdance@fnal.gov, or visit www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkclub/folkdance.html or the Chicago Branch Web site at rscds-chicago.org.