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The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) San Francisco Branch has an extensive bookstore available to its members and visitors. We have many items that are produced locally here in Northern California featuring the talented members of the San Francisco Branch.
NEW! We have now implemented online ordering! You'll need a Paypal account, but that will allow you to use a credit card. Try it! If you are ordering from outside the US or Canada, please expect a request for additional shipping costs.
Unless otherwise indicated below, the books and recordings on this page are available by mail order for people outside of Northern California. Dancers in Northern California can pick up these items at monthly parties and workshops. If you'd like to order by mail, send a check payable to RSCDS-SF Branch to:
Jane Muirhead
29292 Harpoon Way
Hayward, CA 94544
Once your check is received, Jane will mail the item to you.
If you are located within the US or Canada, please add $2.25 for shipping for each item. If you are located outside of the US or Canada or if you are ordering more than one item, please email Jane to verify the amount necessary for postage before sending a check.
We accept payment in $USD or £GBP. (Checks or cash only, no credit cards unless you're ordering online using Paypal.)
Top of PageThe Berkeley Scottish PlayersCD $15.00 |
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John TaylorCD $15.00 |
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Bayside & BensideCD $15.00 |
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Deby Benton GrosjeanCD $15.00 |
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San Francisco BranchCD $5.00 |
![]() (CD) Recorded by San Francisco branch musicians and friends. This is the companion CD to the recently published |
Reel Of SevenCD $15.00 |
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Reel Of SevenCD $15.00 |
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Hood, Wink & SwaggerCD $30.00 |
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StringFire!CD $15.00 |
Excited States
Dynamic, string-based Scottish dance sets - reels, jigs, strathspeys and waltzes - with original and trad. tunes
Genre: Folk: Contemporary Celtic
Release Date: 2016
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Fiddlesticks and IvoryCD $15.00 |
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Reel of SevenCD $15.00 |
![]() We are truly honored to have so many enthusiastic fans worldwide who have asked for this, our third recording...we hope you enjoy our signature blend of traditional and modern music for Scottish Country Dancing as much as we enjoy playing it! Album Contents
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Berkeley Scottish PlayerCD $15.00 |
Heather & Yon
Volume 2 of traditional music for Scottish Country Dancing played by the groundbreaking fiddle band from the west coast of America; a re-release on CD of the original 1977 vinyl LP. Fiddles, flute, piano, bass, snare, with the occasional hammered dulcimer
Genre: Folk: Scottish Traditional
Release Date: 2015 Album Contents
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The Players: Caryn Palmer - flute, Carol Ginsburg - piccolo; Barbara Bouwsma McOwen & Vaughn Wolff & Margo Leslie - fiddle; Jane Landstra - fiddle, hammered dulcimer, bass; Ken Embrey - fiddle, concertina, tenor banjo, bass; Robert McOwen - guitar, bass; Paul Machlis - piano; Roy Kaitner - snare drum.
This second album by the historic Berkeley Scottish Players presents a number of dances requested by our local San Francisco Branch RSCDS teachers – a 28-bar reel, a 40-bar jig, a 24-bar strathspey, a "slow jig" – as well as some perennial favorites that appear on program after program, but with our unique blend of instruments. We originally met as dancers and carried the dance force into our music. The band played for many local events in the 70s, and were invited to play further afield in Fresno and Victoria. Scottish music is still a driving force of the band members who now live miles apart but are occasionally able to meet up and play some of our choice tunes from the old days. |
John TaylorCD $15.00 |
Loose Ends
All Tunes composed By John Taylor, John plays fiddles on all tracks, and guitars on track 8. All other instruments by Phil McCudgie and the Conveniences. |
Red Thistle MusicCD $15.00 |
![]() Thirteen tracks from 2013… Lucky 13! This is Scottish Country Dance music recorded in a live setting, you can hear the energy of the dancers infusing the tracks with a special vitality. But these sets are more than just dance music. With a tune selection ranging from 18th century classics to modern favorites, from toe-tapping jigs and driving reels to lyrical strathspeys and lovely waltzes, there is a lot to provide listening pleasure. Please join us for an evening's music, and dancing, fun! |
O'er the Moor, Among the HeatherCD $15.00 |
![]() (CD) Deby Benton Grosjean - "A fiddle tune is like a photographer's snapshot. Its musical imagery can evoke the senses - the smell of damp peat below one's feet, the soft tickle of summer rainfall on a chilled cheek, or the vision of rich grassy colors of the vast green moors." Another beautiful offering from Deby Benton Grosjean. |
Susan Worland Bentley, Gary Innes, Lyle Ramshaw, MCD $10.00 |
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StringFire!CD $15.00 |
Spindriftin'
Lively, string-based contra dance sets - reels, jigs and waltzes - with original and trad. tunes.
Genre: Folk: Contra Dance
Release Date: 2015 Album Notes
StringFire features excellent musicians with great reputations in their own right. This frolicking, high energy group is guaranteed to get you grooving and inspire your dance moves. Often playing as a trio with JAMES MACQUEEN on fiddle, PATTI COBB tickling the ivories, ERIK IEVINS rounding things out on bass and cello, StringFire adds another fiddle whenever possible, choosing from a select group of high caliber players including Caroline McCaskey, Shira Kammen, and Annie Rodier.
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The BreakdownCD $18.00 |
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The Devil's QuandaryCD $15.00 |
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The Road AheadCD $15.00 |
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Andy Imbrie, Susan Worland Bentley, Michael BentCD $15.00 |
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Reel of SevenCD $15.00 |
![]() Not your typical Scottish Country Dance band! A compilation of traditional and modern tunes for SCD recorded live on tour in New Zealand -- high energy, beautiful harmony, fiddle power! Can't stop dancing!
Genre: Folk: Scottish Traditional
Release Date: 2016
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Chocolate & ChampagneBook $5.00 |
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DragonflyBook $7.00 |
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Kristi Closser, Bruce Herbold, David Newitt and the members of StringFire!Book $15.00 |
Excited States
12 Scottish Country Dances And 18 Tunes This book includes directions for all the unpublished dances on the The StringFire! recording, Excited States. This book also includes three dances and tunes not included in that recording: The Aloha Strathspey with its accompanying tune, a modification by Patti Cobb of an original tune by Rebecca King. Stoeln Moments with its tune Stolen Time (which is included in the tunes for On the Boardwalk). Mairrit at Last was recorded, but notincluded on the CD. Please check the StringFire! website: http://www.stringfile.org for more information.
This book does not include directions for previously published dances included on the StringFire! recording: Chased Lovers - published by the International Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in their book World Wide Weavings. City of Belfast and Linnea's Strathspey are available in books 48 and 47, respectively, published by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. |
Heart of San FranciscoBook $8.00 |
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John TaylorBook $20.00 |
jTunes
A Collection of tunes by John Taylor A collection of 50+ or - Airs, Jigs, Reels, Strathspeys and Waltzes by John Taylor.
I don't write a lot of tunes. A reel here, a strathsbey there, maybe a waltz or an air. However, after this many years, a tune here and there adds up, as i realized when I was cleaning up recently. Some more memorable than others. Some better than I thought when I originally wrote them. Some of themm not particularly Scottish sounding, but then again, I've lived longer in California than I did in Scottland. For the record, here they are. I hope you enjoy them. |
Le Petit Chat CeltiqueBook $9.00 |
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Let's All DanceBook $5.00 |
![]() This book can also be ordered from Jo Hamilton, 662 16th Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 |
Let's All Dance, TooBook $5.00 |
![]() This book can also be ordered from Jo Hamilton, 662 16th Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 |
Measure of PleasureBook $12.00 |
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Mt. Diablo CollectionBook $5.00 |
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PawprintsBook $5.00 |
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The Alamo CollectionBook $4.00 |
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The Devil's QuandaryBook $10.00 |
![]() Half of the book contains dances for beginners and the other half for the more experienced dancers. Figures like the la barrate, set and link for 3 and a couple of Bob's own devising are part of the contents. Audience participation dances can be found as well. |
The Jean Patrick CollectionBook $3.00 |
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The Middle Earth CollectionBook $4.00 |
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The New World Scottish Dancers Collection, Volume 1Book $10.00 |
![]() - Step Dances - A collection of 11 solo and group Scottish Step Dances for intermediate to advanced-level dancers, created by members of the New World Scottish Dancers. |
The New World Scottish Dancers Collection, Volume 2Book $8.00 |
![]() - Country Dances - A collection of 19 Scottish Country Dances of various levels, created by or for members of the New World Scottish Dancers. Also included are 4 tunes composed by Steve Wyrick for members of the New World Scottish Dancers. |
Whisper of the FyredragonBook $10.00 |
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The San Francisco CollectionBook |
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Scottish Country Dancing Part IDVD $20.00 |
![]() (Red Thistle DVD - Part 1, 45 minutes) For new or intermediate dancers who want to improve their technique
These videos are also available for digital download. For detailed contents and ordering information, go to www.redthistledancers.org/videos or email: |
Scottish Country Dancing Part IIDVD $25.00 |
![]() (Red Thistle DVD - Part 2, 75+60 minutes) Excellent practice or teaching tool for the intermediate Country dancer
this DVD includes also Performance Dancing with the Red Thistle Dancers (Red Thistle DVD - Part 2) Ideas and techniques for groups or teachers staging public performance
These videos are also availablr for digital download. For detailed contents and ordering information, go to www.redthistledancers.org/videos or email: |
The Red Thistle DancersDVD $20.00 |
The Scotia Suite & Magazine Dances
The Scotia Suite
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Dow Corning RTV 3140Misc $31.50 |
![]() - Uncle Barry's Shoe Goo. Members of the San Francisco branch use the silicone treatment, Dow Corning RTV 3140, on the bottom of our dance shoes to reduce the slipperiness of our northern California floors. One tube will treat several pairs of shoes. Instructions for application are included with the "goop". Thanks go to Barry Lewis for testing and discovering this wonderful product. |
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