Wellington Region Hogmanay
A chatty Christmas lunch
Celebrating our Members: Final Night
A Night of Halloween Spirit
Return to Khandallah: October
Dance Scottish Wellington 60th Anniversary Ball
A wintery weekend in Hanmer Springs
July Tartan Night
Mid-Winter Christmas Celebration
Ngaio Club: Celebrating 50 years of dancing
Khandallah: First Tartan Night
Easter School in the South
Celebrating St Patrick’s day
Deborah Shuker: Pipes in the Park
Robert Vale: Dancing on the Grass
‘Bowling’ into the new year
Wellington Region Hogmanay
On a warm Wellington evening, dancers from around the Region (including a great contingent from Johnsonville) and from further afield welcomed in the New Year in Lower Hutt. Find out more about celebrating Hogmanay
A chatty Christmas lunch to end 2021
As usual the club’s Christmas lunch was a relaxed and social affair, and Café Thyme made us very welcome. Seventeen club members were able to attend along with Aileen Logie. See more about our chatty Christmas lunch
Celebrating our Members: Tartan & Final Night
The club’s Tartan and Final Night on 29 November, was a lot of fun for the almost five sets of dancers who could be there on the night. With Rod at the helm, and the music of Airs and Graces, everyone danced their hearts out. Find out more
A Night of Halloween Spirit
Our first Halloween/Samhain celebration at Khandallah Town Hall was a fine night with members really entering into the spirit of Halloween! See more about the costumes, our high spirits and the dances we enjoyed
Return to Khandallah: October
Johnsonville dancers and guests from other clubs enjoyed dancing at Khandallah Town Hall on 18 October; the first time our club venue was available since New Zealand moved to Covid Level 4 restrictions on 19 August. Find out more
Dance Scottish Wellington 60th Anniversary Ball
A merry band of Johnsonville dancers in their finery joined the throng at Lower Hutt Town Hall on Saturday 7 August, looking forward to a fabulous evening of dinner and dancing at the Dance Scottish Wellington 60th Anniversary Ball. Find out more about this marvellous evening
A wintery weekend in Hanmer Springs
Over 90 dancers from Waipu in the north to Dunedin in the south, made the trip to the Nelson/Marlborough Region Weekend School from 23-25 July 2021. See what Loralee has to say about this fun-filled and lively gathering
July Tartan Night: A Cold Night, a Warm Hall
It was a cold night (3 degrees outside!), but after our standard warm-up, followed by Galloway House and The Campbells are Coming, we were well warmed and set for a night of dancing fun. Find out more about this winter evening
Mid-Winter Christmas Celebration
On Saturday 22 May, just as the weather turned cold, a jolly band of Johnsonville dancers and family members came together for Mid-Winter Christmas merry-making. See more about this great festive occasion
Ngaio Club: Celebrating 50 years of dancing
Ngaio Scottish Country Dance Club’s dinner and dance celebration of 50 years of dancing on 8 May, was a resounding success! Find out more about Johnsonville members’ connections with our neighbouring club
Khandallah: First Tartan Night
Our Tartan Night on 19 April in the Khandallah Town Hall was a great ‘first’, and we can only hope all our future tartan nights in our new club home are such tartan-filled, sociable, and fun evenings. See more about this fine night of dancing
Easter School in the South
Johnsonville Club Secretary Robert Vale attended the 2021 Easter School in the goldfields town of Lawrence down in South Otago. See what Robert has to say about the delights of dancing in South Otago
Celebrating St Patrick’s day
Dancers did a great job of wearing green for St Patrick and the Emerald Isle on Monday 15 March. Every shade of green was on show, with shamrocks and celtic knots and symbols to be found. Find out more about our green-themed evening
Deborah Shuker: Pipes in the Park
Held in brilliant Wellington weather at Waitangi Park on Saturday 27 February, Pipes in the Park was a day of piping, highland dancing, Irish dancing, clan and food stalls – and of course some Scottish Country Dancing. See more about this event
Robert Vale: Dancing on the Grass
When dancing shuts down over the summer, Wellington dancers still enjoy their sport thanks to the annual Dancing on the Grass organised by the Wellington Region of the RSCDS. Find out more here
‘Bowling’ into the new year
Saturday 30 January was our seventh ‘bowling ceilidh’. Once again the weather favoured us and we had a grand time – on the bowling green, on the dance floor, and at our pot luck dinner. Find out more here
