Scottish Country Dance Weekend
Budapest, Hungary
24-26 April 2015
for intermediate and advanced dancers with
Janet Johnston (teacher)
David Cunningham and his SCD band
Do not miss the International SCD Weekend Workshop and Ball in Budapest in 2015 with an excellent teacher and superb musicians! We are going to dance in a spacious dance hall close to the City Park, Heroes' Square and Széchenyi Baths. You can stay in a 4-star hotel where according to the participants of our SCD Weekend 2013 the food is delicious and the beds are very comfortable.
Participants of the ball:
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Scottish Country Dance Weekend
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| 24 April (Friday) | 25 April (Saturday) | 26 April (Sunday) |
| SCD Class | SCD Class | |
| Registration | Lunch | Picnic |
| Walk in the neighbourhood to see art nouveau villas and the Calvinist Church of the City Park Alley (optional) | Highland class Visit to the Geological Institute or Sight-seeing tour or Walkthrough |
Start of the tourist programme |
| Dinner in the hotel | Buffet dinner in the Experidance Dance Hall | |
| Welcome dance | BALL |
Main venues of the weekend:
Venue of the workshop:
Experidance Event Hall
Address: 19-21 Ajtósi Dürer sor, 14th district, Budapest
GPS coordinates: 47.508969, 19.089056
map: see here
Hotel:
Lion's
Garden Hotel
Address: 4 Cházár András utca, 14th district, Budapest
GPS coordinates: 47.505794, 19.090419
Phone: +36 1 273 2070
map: see here
Club dance: Gym hall of Karoly Gaspar University
Address: 25 Dózsa György út, 14th district, Budapest
Staff
David Cunningham and his Scottish Country Dance Band
Reels, jigs and a medley, traditional and contemporary tunes, by a band with more than half a lifetime's experience of playing together!Favourite dances to the brilliantly polished playing of David & his Band. A big sound from a small, tight band.
Photo: Zoltán Gräff, 2005, Budapest |
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Janet Johnston
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Janet Johnston lives and works in Edinburgh and has taught widely in
Europe and the UK with some trips further afield.
Janet teaches SCD, Highland and Ladies Step. She will this year be Deputy Director at Summer School in St Andrews. Janet is looking forward to her first visit to Budapest. |
Tourist programme
Northern Hungary,
27 April - 2 May
| 26 April Sunday Accomodation in Budapest |
27 April Monday Accomodation in Eger |
28 April Tuesday Accomodation in Eger |
29 April Wednesday Accomodation in Eger |
30 April Thursday Accomodation in Eger |
1 May Friday Accomodation in Budapest |
2 May Saturday |
| Dinner
Optional evening programmes (opera, folk dance, concert) |
Trip to
Lillafüred
Lunch in Lillafüred bathing in the cave bath in Miskolctapolca Dinner in Eger | Sight-seeing in
Eger
Wine-tasting in the Beautiful Woman's Valley | Discovering the
'Matyó'
land in
Mezőkövesd
Visit to the wine museum in Tokaj, wine-tasting in Tokaj | Visit to
Szilvásvárad
the home of
Lipizzan horses.
Trip by small-gauge train to the most beautiful part of the Bükk mountain. The 'Veil' water fall and trout lakes Return to Budapest | May Day in Budapest
Art Nouveau sight-seeing tour Farewell dinner Ceilidh |
Optional programmes
Farewell lunch |
We had participants from the following countries:
Members of our club - 2011
Previous balls of
Budapest Scottish Country Dance Club:
2013
2011
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
1999
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