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Tickets are now available

Festival Spectators as well as the Evening dance

  • Adults: $40 - $60 sliding scale for the evening dance
  • Low Income/Students: $20
  • Under 18: $10
  • Spectators: $10

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Please consider supporting low income dancers by paying $20 in the donation box when you buy your ticket

All Tickets should be purchased ahead of time.


There will be some dancing in between each competition category, so if you are planning on watching, please also bring your dance shoes

Day time Musicians: Jane Roberts, Adam Oleska and Dan Emery
Evening Musicians: Waverley Station and Dan Emery


Click here for the Evening Dance Program

 

Waverley Station 

Waverley Station

David Knight (fiddle) and Liz Donaldson (piano)
WAVERLEY STATION fuses the exciting musical energy of David Knight on fiddle and Liz Donaldson on piano The duo, based in the Washington DC area, has been playing together since 1999.With nearly boundless dance and music experience amongst them - taking them to every continent but four - Liz and David truly enjoy playing for English, Scottish, and American contra dancing..When not playing as Waverley Station they follow their own individual muses into genres as diverse as Swing, Irish, Klezmer, American Folk and Acoustic Rave. If it’s Waverley Station on the stage, you are sure to leave wanting more!!! Check out their CD, Waverley Station: First Stop!, which features generic Scottish Dance sets.

 

REGISTRATION IS OPEN
 
 
for TAC Summer Events 2026 in
 
 
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
 
 
   
 
  
   On the campus of Medicine Hat College
 
 
Candidate Courses will be offered from Saturday, July 18, to Sunday, August 2, 2026
The tutor for the course will be Rebecca Blackhall-Peters from Summerland, British Columbia and the musician will be Gary Thomas from Santa Rosa, California.
Summer School, which is open to dancers of all levels, will be held from Sunday, July 26 to Sunday, August 2, 2026
We are pleased to announce the teachers and music director for Summer School: 
Teaching staff:
 
Angela Young - Glenfarg, Scotland
Arthur McNair - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Fiona Miller - Lethbridge, AB, Canada
David Queen - Southport, England
 
Music Director:
 
Gillian Stevenson, Black Isle, Scotland
 
The Teachers' Conference Weekend (TCW) is Friday, July 24, to Sunday, July 26, 2026, with Angela Young from Glenfarg, Scotland, as the teacher.
 
Additional details regarding registration, travel, accommodations, etc., are now posted under the tabs above.
 
Get registered now for all
TAC 2026 Summer Events
 
 
 
 

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To teach, inspire, and connect Scottish country dance teachers in North America and beyond.

 

 TAC Organizational Objectives

  • To train and support all levels of teachers and instructors of SCD within the RSCDS framework.
  • To foster high-quality teaching that supports individual dancers and all types of classes.
  • To encourage involvement in Scotland's heritage of country dancing by promoting its learning, enjoyment, and sociability.
  • To make available and promote resources for reference and instruction, including dance descriptions and recorded music.
  • To nurture the development of musicians for Scottish country dancing.
  • To facilitate communication and relationships between dance teachers, instructors, supporters, organizations, and musicians.
  • To archive and preserve, in an accessible form, TAC's history of supporting Scottish country dancing.

 

Dancers at Summer School

 

TAC Membership

If you are a teacher of Scottish Country Dance having passed  RSCDS Teaching Certificate  Level 1 (Units 1, 2 & 3 or the Prelim) or Level 2 (Units 4 & 5 or Full), join other teachers as a TAC member and have access to the full range of services and support that TAC offers. Membership is also open to those who have participated in the Core Training for Instructors (CTI) and received a Statement of Proficiency as an Instructor of Scottish country dancing from the RSCDS.

 

Where are our members located?

  • Canada: 45%
  • USA: 43%
  • Rest of the World: 12%

 

Canada Day Dance at Summer School

 

 Summer School 2018

 

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