Take the Floor events guide w/c 21 Jan. 2011

Take The Floor events guide features the latest traditional music, Scottish country dances and folk music events throughout Scotland over the next seven days.

FRIDAY 21ST JANUARYCeltic Connections

Glasgow - St Andrews In The Square - Live Music - Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas - 7:30pm

Ceilidh & Old Time Dances

Foulden - Village Hall - Ewan Galloway - 8pm-12am - *Tickets £5*

Scottish Country Dances

Stirling - Albert Halls - Marian Anderson - 7:30pm

SATURDAY 22ND JANUARY

Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Fiddle with Karen Hannah - improvers' class - 11am

Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Whistle with Helen Forbes - 12:30pm

Fife - Largo Ward Village Hall - Live Music - 8-11pm - *Tickets £5*

Glasgow - Whitecraigs Tennis Club - Hot Jazz with Alastair McDonald - 7:30pm

Uist & Benbecula Accordion & Fiddle Club - Benbecula - Church Of Scotland Hall - 8pm

Ceilidh & Old Time Dances

Kinellar - Community Hall - Gordon Pattullo

Scottish Country Dances

Bridge Of Allan - Keir St Hall - David Cunningham - 7:30pm - *Tickets £6*

Celtic Connections

Glasgow - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Highland Sessions - Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas

Celtic Connections Fiddle Village

Glasgow - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Highland Sessions - Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas

SUNDAY 23RD JANUARY

Arbroath Accordion & Fiddle Club

Fife - Old Parish Church Hall - Kirk Wynd - Ceilidh, Old Time & Social Dance Club - 2-5pm - *Tickets £3*

East Kilbride - Girl Guide Hall - Ceilidh, Old Time & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £2*

Button-Keys (Windygates) - Windygates - Greig Institute - Shand Morino Gathering - 1-5pm

Haddington Accordion & Fiddle Club - Railway Hotel - The Gold Brothers

Glasgow - St Andrew's In The Square - The Big Orkney Song Project - 7:30pm

Celtic Connections Fiddle Village

Glasgow - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Highland Sessions - Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas

Celtic Connections Fiddle Village

Glasgow - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Alasdair Fraser, Ian McFarlane, Duncan Chisolm, Bruce MacGregor, Greg Lawson, Allan Henderson and Aonghas Grant

MONDAY 24TH JANUARY

St Andrews, SCD Club - live music from Dierdre Adamson on Accordion (learners welcome) - 7:30pm

Pitlochry, Recreational Grounds (Town Hall if wet) - Highland Nights

Dumbarton - St Patrick's Hall - Strathleven Place - Ceilidh & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm

Fintry Accordion & Fiddle Club - Sports Centre - Mhairi Coutts - 7:30pm

Lanark Accordion & Fiddle Club - Ravenstruther - Ravenstruther Hall - David Oswald

Glasgow - St Columba Church Guild - Scots Night with meal of Traditional Scots Fare - 7:30pm

Scottish Country Dances

Stirling - Albert Hall - Lothian - 7:30pm - *Tickets £5*

TUESDAY 25TH JANUARY

Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Scots Song - suitable for beginners - 2pm

Westerton Summer Dancing - Bearsden, Westerton Village Hall, Maxwell Avenue, Westerton - Musicians John Renton and Rickie Francie - 7:30-10:30pm

Humbie - Village Hall - Ceilidh, Old Time Club & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £3*

Aberdeen Accordion & Fiddle Club - Balgownie - Old Machar British Legion - Neil Angus McNeil Ceilidh Band

Lockerbie Accordion & Fiddle Club - The Queens Hotel - Alan Roy

Edinburgh - Lauriston Hall - Burns Night with Willie Fraser & Ken Gourlay - 8pm - *Tickets £10/£8/£6*

WEDNESDAY 26TH JANUARY

Carnoustie Scottish Country Dance Club - Carnoustie, Beach Hall, Links Parade - Various Bands - 8-11pm

Newtongrange - Dean Tavern - Live Music - Ceilidh & Old Time Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £3*

Glasgow - St Andrews In The Square - Live Music - Bonnie Rideout with Allan MacDonald and Friends - 7:30pm

Midlem - Village Hall - Live Music - Old Time Class (GB Scott) - 8-10pm - *Tickets £2*

Banff & District Accordion & Fiddle Club - Banff Springs Hotel - Iain MacDonald SDB

Kelso Accordion & Fiddle Club - Cross Keys Hotel - Bon Accords - 7pm

Ceilidh & Old Time Dances

Dufftown - Memorial Hall - 7:30-10pm -

THURSDAY 27TH JANUARY

RSCDS - Alva, Summer Dance, Cochrane Hall, West Stirling Street - various musicians - 7:30-10:30pm

Penicuick - Town Hall - Ceilidh Class - 8-9:30pm - *Tickets £2.90/£1.50*

Newburgh Accordion & Fiddle Club - Ship Inn - Iain Anderson SDB

Glendale Accordion & Fiddle Club - Glendale Hall - Leonard Brown & Malcolm Ross - 7:30pm

Glasgow - St Andrews In The Square - Live Music - New Tradition with Ewan McLennan, Lucy Pringle and Chris Wright and Sean Taylor - 7:30pm

Ceilidh & Old Time Dances

Windygates - Greig Institute - Bruce Lindsay - 7:30-10:30pm - *Tickets £3.50*

13TH - 30TH JANUARY - CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2011

300 events over 18 days across 14 venues in Glasgow with artists such as Sir Tom Jones, Mavis Staples, The Blind Boys Of Alabama and Bettye LaVette and festival highlights including The Waterboys, Grant Lee Buffalo and Rosanne Cash