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RSCDS North American Examinations

RSCDS Teacher Candidate Courses and Exams for Units 2, 3, and 5 will be offered in conjunction with TAC Summer School at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada July 23 to August 4, 2024 with tutor Sharon Barker and Ron Wallace and musicians Gary Thomas and one other to be confirmed.

Interested candidates should contact Examinations Coordinator, Gael Forster at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to receive direct updates for the course in 2024. Dates for the online work in advance are yet to be announced.

Registration will open in February and you must be on this list to get the instructions due to maximum number of attendees.

RSCDS application forms for Units 2, 3 and 5 are all co-ordinated and paid for via Gael if you are attending the candidate course we offer. Please do not contact RSCDS head office for those.

Candidates' Classes for Units 2, 3, and 5 were held at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from July 17 to 31, 2022, with Rebecca Blackhall-Peters and Geoffrey Selling as tutors and Gary Thomas as musician.

In years where there is no residential Candidate Course, TAC, in cooperation with RSCDS Scotland, will set up examination centres in eastern and western North America or as needed.  A centre needs a minimum of 6 candidates to make it viable but it is quite common for more isolated candidates to add to the numbers by traveling to the nearest centre for the exam, having been trained in their local area.

Any Branch wishing to become a centre, any tutors with potential candidates, and anyone interested in taking the courses leading to the exams should contact Examinations Coordinator, Gael Forster at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or RSCDS headquarters in Scotland.

Description of Registration Categories for TAC Summer Events 2024

This year the options for attending the Teachers' Conference Weekend and Summer School have multiplied exponentially. The prices will be listed on the registration form AND there are Youth pricing options for our under 35 year old dancers.

Registration will open on Friday, February 15, 2024. Early bird prices will be in effect until Monday, April 15, 2024. Any spaces left at that time will see a 10% increase in price.

TCW Only
All categories include Friday evening dance, Saturday banquet and ball
1.  Resident member – 2 nights lodging; 6 meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, Saturday and Sunday classes
2.  Resident Companion – 2 nights lodging; 6 meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch
3.  Non-resident member – Saturday and Sunday lunch; Saturday and Sunday classes
4.  Non-resident companion – Saturday and Sunday lunch

TCW Plus
All categories include evening programs from Friday through Monday, including the Saturday TCW banquet and ball
1.  Resident member – 4 nights lodging; all (12) meals from Friday dinner through Tuesday lunch; classes Saturday through Tuesday;
2.  Resident TCW Companion & non-member dancer – 4 nights lodging; all (12) meals from Friday dinner through Tuesday lunch; classes Monday and Tuesday
3.  Resident TCW Companion – 4 nights lodging; all (12) meals from Friday dinner through Tuesday lunch
4.   Non-resident member – 4 lunches from Saturday through Tuesday; classes Saturday through Tuesday
5.   Non-Resident TCW Companion & non-member dancer – 4 lunches from Saturday through Tuesday; classes Monday and Tuesday
6.   Non-resident companion – 4 lunches from Saturday through Tuesday

Summer School Full Week
All categories include evening programs from Sunday through Saturday banquet and ball
1.    Resident member – 7 nights lodging; all (20) meals from Sunday dinner though Sunday breakfast; classes Monday through Saturday
2.    Resident non-member - 7 nights lodging; all (20) meals from Sunday dinner though Sunday breakfast; classes Monday through Saturday
3.   Resident Companion – 7 nights lodging; all (20) meals from Sunday dinner though Sunday breakfast
4.   Non-resident member – 7 lunches; classes Monday through Saturday
5.   Non-Resident non-member – 7 lunches; classes Monday through Saturday
6.   Non-resident companion – 7 lunches

Summer School Half-Week
All categories include evening programs from Wednesday through Saturday banquet and ball
1.   Resident member – 4 nights lodging; all meals from Wednesday dinner though Sunday
breakfast; classes Thursday through Saturday
2.   Resident non-member - 4 nights lodging; all meals from Wednesday dinner though Sunday breakfast; classes Thursday through Saturday

3.  Resident Companion – 4 nights lodging; all meals from Wednesday dinner though Sunday breakfast
4.  Non-resident member – 4 lunches; classes Thursday through Saturday
5.  Non-Resident non-member – 4 lunches; classes Thursday through Saturday
6.  Non-resident companion – 4 lunches

TCW & Summer School
All categories include evening programs from Friday through the following Saturday, including two banquets and balls
1.  Resident member – 9 nights lodging; all meals from Friday dinner through the following Sunday breakfast; all TCW and Summer School classes
2.  Resident TCW Companion & non-member dancer – 9 nights lodging; all meals from Friday dinner through the following Sunday breakfast; Summer School classes
3.  Resident TCW Companion – 9 nights lodging; all meals from Friday dinner through the following Sunday breakfast
4.  Non-resident member – 8 lunches from Saturday to Saturday; all TCW and Summer School classes
5.  Non-Resident TCW Companion & non-member dancer – 8 lunches from Saturday to Saturday; Summer School classes
6.  Non-resident companion – 8 lunches from Saturday