Each year, we organise several social dances. These dances are a great way to meet lots of new people, and to put into practice what you have learnt during classes! Please contact our secretary if you need any more information.
Witham and District Caledonian Society is dancing!
We enjoyed a good year of classes in the spacious, but sometime chilly, Labour Hall. However, we have been promised better heating for next winter. Our numbers have proved stable with our newer dancers showing great enthusiasm and involvement in all of the activities. Fiona Richards continues to give us some much needed guidance each month and her gentle but very clear approach puts us on the right track.
Our season of Garden Dances is in full swing and the weather has been kind to us. The new term of dance classes will start on the 10th of September in the Labour Hall, Collingwood Road, Witham.
On reflecting on our programme of formal dances in 2024 – 2025, We have been pleased to use the British Legion Memorial Hall in Witham for them all. Our Autumn Dance was great fun and the policy of walking all of the dances made them accessible to all. Similarly, the Spring Charity Dance went very well and a substantial sum of money was raised for the Farleigh Hospice. The Summer Dance proved popular too and it went with a swing. Our members worked hard to make each event work well.
The life and writings of Robert Burns were celebrated on the 18th of January in the British Legion Memorial Hall. Our members and guests were welcomed by our President, Mrs Mary McLean at a reception with refreshments. Stirring music was provided by Jackie Allen who played the bagpipes. The traditional meal of haggis neeps and tatties was preceded by a dramatic Address to the Haggis given by Fiona Hunt. Afterwards, Paul Winstanley took us on an excellent world tour of Burns that was both informative and very entertaining. We then raised a glass to the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns. The evening concluded with a few dances that were accessible to enthusiastic dancers at every level of proficiency.