Beginners’ Classes

Join us at dancing in 2024

Scottish Country Dancing is a fun way to get fit and make new friends – all with toe-tapping Celtic music!

We welcome you to our Beginners’ Classes on 12, 19 & 26 February, 7.30pm-9.30pm on Monday nights at Khandallah Town Hall, 11 Ganges Road, Khandallah, Wellington.

Our classes suit all ages from teenagers and upwards. You can get up to 5,000 steps of your daily target for steps in a night of dancing!

First Class: Monday, 12 February

Doors open at 7.15pm. Come along then on the first night to register and be ready to dance at 7.30pm. Pay by cash at the door.

Our tutor Rod Downey will introduce the steps over the three weeks and you’ll be up and dancing during the first evening.

  • This is social dancing and we all dance together and help each other
  • No partner is needed – come by yourself or with a friend
  • Wear soft shoes and light comfortable clothing
  • Just $5 for each class – pay by cash at the door

FREE for 2023 Johnsonville Scottish Country Dance Club members

Queries

To find out more, contact Robert on 021 163 9649 or email him or Rod/Kristin on 04 478 4948 or email them

Location

Khandallah Town Hall, 11 Ganges Road, Khandallah, Wellington.

Deborah Shuker: Dancing to exercise the body and the mind

Deborah Shuker has been a Scottish Country Dancer for 13 years. Twenty-six years ago, she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Eleven years later she had a heart attack, and it was then that she knew she needed to find a fun way to exercise regularly.

A newspaper ad for a Beginners’ class in Scottish Country Dancing at the Johnsonville Scottish Country Dance Club caught Deborah’s eye and in next to no time she was a regular.

‘It’s perfect for me. It’s promoted as fun, fitness, and friendly, and it is all of that. It exercises your body and exercises your mind. And you don’t have to come with a partner. And it’s ridiculously cheap!’

See more from Deborah about how Scottish Country Dancing has helped her physical and mental health, and the fun of being involved in the wide-ranging community of dancers

Above, Deborah in the red and white dress dances Lonely Sunday at the 2016 Wellington Region New Dancers’ Celebration, an annual event held in October each year to welcome new dancers into the Scottish Country Dancing community. Longer standing dancers from across the RSCDS Wellington region attend to support their new members at this special occasion, with live music.

Isabelle and Maggie: New dancers in 2020

Isabelle and Maggie with Kristin Downey, President of Johnsonville Club

Two new dancers have kindly shared their experiences of being a new dancer at Johnsonville Club in 2020.

Find out more from Isabelle and Maggie about their first year of dancing

Poster

Download the Johnsonville Beginners’ Classes 2024 poster

Click here for more about our club and Scottish Country Dancing

Photos: Loralee Hyde

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