Ian and Judith both started playing at an early age for country dancing. Having served his apprenticeship in McBain's band, Ian formed Craigellachie in 1986. After playing in a family band, and briefly joining Craigellachie in the late 1980s, Judith co-formed Sound Company, and on its retirement in 2003 she re-joined Craigellachie. Both Ian and Judith have considerable experience playing for classes, weekend, Summer and Winter Schools both here and abroad. In November 2014 Ian was appointed the Music Director of the RSCDS, a term he held for six years. In their spare time Judith enjoys card and candle-making, is involved in barn owl conservation and is a volunteer on the Rose of Hungerford, a local canal boat, and Ian is a beekeeper and a budding pastel artist.

I started dancing in Paris when I was 15 in a group which became a few years later the Paris Branch. I first attended the RSCDS summer school in 1988 and it was a revelation: the good mixture of fun, technique and social activities. I have been teaching since I was 21 years old, first in Lyon during my studies, then in Paris. I passed my teaching certificate in 2009. Since then, I have taught at RSCDS Summer School at St Andrews, and several weekends and schools in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, where I met wonderful people in the Scottish dancing scene. I currently dance and teach at the Paris Branch, in France, and look forward to teaching at the International weekend in Budapest in 2023.