Covid Precautions – please read this carefully if you are coming to Easter School:
Friday and Saturday evening programmes:
Friday evening will have a Steampunk theme+
South Island Easter School 2022 Registrations
There’s Lots to Do in Oamaru
Registrations for Easter 2022 are now open. Registration is online only, here is a link to the form. Easter School 2022
And here is the information about the School:
Dancing Paused for a Couple of Weeks
We’ve decided to pause dancing for a couple of weeks as Omicron escalates. So no dancing 2nd or 9th March.
Summer dancing at the Lawrence Arches – finally!
After several weeks of wet and windy weather on Wednesdays, we finally had a fine one.
Emily’s Birthday Afternoon Dance
Back in February but here is MacDonald of the Isles
Easter School – another good one
Lots of Fun, Friendship and Fitness. Here is a video of some of it.
Two great pieces in Otago Daily Times about Easter School
Excellent bit in the ODT Regions section Wednesday 31 March https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/scottish-dancers-eager-reel-thing
And then more on Tuesday 6th April https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/scottish-country-dancing-school-%E2%80%98exceeded-expectations%E2%80%99
Richard Davison/ODT
Easter School Halls, Classes and Evenings
The number of registrations are so many that the Saturday evening dance and the Monday morning combined class have been moved to the Coronation Hall, Milton.
We have also added a small class for mostly newer dancers but also those who who benefit from working in a small group. Thank you to Elaine Goldthorpe for offering to take this class.
Details of everything is as follows:
- Waitahuna War Memorial Hall, Boyldon Street, Waitahuna:
- Friday evening social dance
- Further Development Classes – Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon
- Tuapeka West Hall, 1245 Tuapeka West Road (12.45 km from the junction on SH8)
- Development Class – Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon
- Beaumont Hall, 28 East Ferry Street (access via Stonewall Street), Beaumont
- Sunday evening ceilidh
- Beginner Class – Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon
- Coronation Hall, 93 Union Street, Milton
- Saturday evening formal dance
- Monday morning combined class
Sunday Dinner – (for those who have registered and paid for it!) will be Mata-Au Lodge, 39 Rongahere Road,
Timetable
- Friday 2nd
- 7:30PM Social dance, Waitahuna Hall, MC Janet Stevenson
- Saturday 3rd
- 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, classes
- Afternoon – free
- 7:30PM to 10:30PM Formal dance, Coronation Hall, Milton, MC Janet Favel
- Sunday 4th
- Morning – free
- 1:00PM to 4:00PM classes
- 5:30 to 7:00PM Dinner – Mata-Au Lodge
- 7:30PM to 9:30PM Ceilidh, MC Emily Currall
- Monday 5th
- 10:00AM to 12:30PM Combined Class, Coronation Hall, Milton
South Island Easter School 2021
Revised registration forms for the postponed Lawrence Easter School can be found here: as pdf document Easter School 2021.registration or as a Word document Easter School 2021.registration
Lawrence Annual Dance November 2020
Great music from Sharlene Penman and here is a video summary: Lawrence November 2020
Gunn of Kilearnan was in our November programme as a “thank you” to Janine Gunn who is the driving force behind the Lake Roxburgh group. Here is the dance (once through), devised by Gary Morris and published in the Harbour City book: Gunn of Kilearnan
Club nights have now stopped until 2021
LAWRENCE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE GROUP 