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History of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, San Francisco Branch
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, San Francisco Branch milestones:
The branch's first chairman was Fred Macondray.
A newsletter, The Reel and Strathspeyper, was started under the editorship of Alice Macondray.
The first Valentine's Ball was held at the Marines' Memorial Building in San Francisco on February 18, 1967 chaired by Walter McAdam with music supplied by Jack Rennie's band from Los Angeles.
The first weekend workshop was a joint undertaking with the Los Angeles Scottish Country Dancers held at Santa Maria with Roger Stephens as local chairman.
The first workshop at Asilomar was organized by John Kelly, Will Kinsey, and Fred Sommer on the weekend of October 6-8, 1967. Teachers were Pauline Barnes, Mary Brandon, and C. Stewart Smith. Music for the formal Ball in Nautilus Hall was supplied by Jack Rennie's Thistle Highland Dance Band.
The other major annual event, the Caledonian Club Gathering and Games on Labor Day, had SCD participation since the days of the Reel and Strathspey Club with demonstrations by the team. This was later augmented with dancing on the green, a post games dance and now adjudications.
The Reel and Strathspey Club was the precurser to the San Francisco Branch. Gene Bissell has collected a history of the branch and the portion on the Reel and Strathspey club which is available below.
A number of years ago Don Kennedy and Frank Orme led an Oral History project for the San Francisco branch. The articles which were published in the Reel and Strathspeyper are available below.
The following are sections from the history provided by Gene Bissell as well as the Oral History.
- The Reel and Strathspey Club - 1946 to 1965 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Oral History of the Reel and Strathspey Club (Updated 19 Nov, 2017)
- Branch Formation and Incorporation (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Branch History - 1965 through 1970 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Branch History - 1970 through 1974 (Updated 19 Nov, 2017)
- Branch History - 1975 through 1979 (Updated 19 Nov, 2017)
- Branch History - 1980 through 1984 (Updated 19 Nov, 2017)
- Branch History - 1985 through 1989 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Branch History - 1990 through 1994 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Branch History - 1995 through 1999 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Branch History - 2000 through 2004 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Branch History - 2005 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Asilomar 1967-1979 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Asilomar 1980-1989 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Asilomar 1990-2005 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- The Valentine Ball 1967 to 1979 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- The Valentine Ball 1980 to 1989 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- The Valentine Ball 1990 to 1999 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- The Valentine Ball 2000 to 2005 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Caledonian Gathering and Games 1974 to 1981 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Jean Patrick Memorial Dance 1982 to 2004 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- The Beginners' Ball 1997 to 2006 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- The Children's Ball 1999 to 2005 (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
- Branch Committee (Updated 5 Jan, 2018)
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