RSCDS Berks/Hants/Surrey Border Branch

Date Planner

Please email webmaster as early as possible with any planned dates to try and avoid clashes.

Please also check a previous year as a clashing event may not yet been scheduled or made public.

I have tried to include clubs outside the Berks/Hants/Surrey Border Branch which are within 30 minutes of a club in the branch and have a dance with a band, plus Fleet socials as they are on Saturdays. Also day schools further away and some other events that may have some large effect. Any suggestions gratefully received

Past and future event dates for planning.
Month	Days	2025-2026	2024-2025	2023-2024	2022-2023	2021-2022	2020-2021
Sep	1‑7	Sun 7 Mervyn Short	Sat 7	Sat 2	Sat 3	Sat 4	Sat 5
	8‑14	Sat 13	Sat 14	Sat 9	Sun 11 Craigellachie	Sat 11	Sun 13 Winchester
	15‑21	Sat 20	Sat 21	Sat 16	Sat 17	Sat 18	Sat 19
	22‑28	Sat 27 Winchester	Sat 28 Winchester	Sat 23	Sat 24 Winchester Ball	Sat 25 Branch Autumn Sat 25 Winchester Ball	Sat 26 Branch Autumn Sat 26 Winchester Ball
	29‑30	Tue 30	Mon 30	Sat 30 RSCDS Decades Sat 30 Winchester	Fri 30	Thu 30	Wed 30
Oct	1‑7	Sat 4 Branch Autumn	Sat 5 Branch Autumn	Sat 7 Branch Autumn	Sat 1 Branch Autumn	Fri 1 Argyll Weekend Sun 3 Maidenhead	Fri 2 Argyll Weekend
	8‑14	Sat 11 London Highland Ball	Sat 12	Sat 14 London Highland Ball	Sat 8	Sat 9	Sat 10
	15‑21	Sat 18 London RSCDS School	Sat 19 London RSCDS School	Sat 21	Sat 15 London RSCDS School	Sat 16	Sat 17 London RSCDS School
	22‑28	Sat 25	Sat 26	Sat 28 Oxford RSCDS Ball	Sat 22 Oxford RSCDS Ball	Sat 23 Oxford RSCDS Ball	Sat 24
	29‑31	Fri 31	Tue 29 Tadley Annual	Tue 31	Sat 29	Sat 30 London RSCDS School	Sat 31 London RSCDS 90 Ball
Nov	1‑7	Sat 1	Fri 1 RSCDS Gathering Sat 2 London Highland Ball	Sat 4	Fri 4 RSCDS Gathering 3-days	Fri 5 RSCDS Gathering 3-days	Fri 6 RSCDS Gathering 3-days
	8‑14	Sat 8	Sat 9 St Johns Ball	Sat 11	Sat 12	Sun 14 Berkhamsted School	Sat 14
	15‑21	Sat 15	Sun 17 Reading Ceilidh	Sat 18 St Johns Ball	Sat 19 Reigate Sat 19 St Johns Golden Ball Sun 20 Berkhamsted School	Sat 20 St Johns Ball	Sat 21
	22‑28	Sat 22	Sat 23 Abingdon Ball Sun 24 Winchester	Sun 26 Reading Sun 26 Winchester	Sun 27 Reading Ceilidh Sun 27 Winchester	Sun 28 Reading Sun 28 Winchester	Sat 28
	29‑30	Sun 30 Mervyn Short Sun 30 Winchester	Sat 30 Fleet Apprentice	Thu 30	Wed 30	Tue 30	Sun 29 Reading Sun 29 Winchester
Dec	1‑7	Sat 6	Sat 7	Sat 2 Fleet Apprentice Sat 2 London Highland School Sun 3 Abingdon	Sat 3 Abingdon Ball Sat 3 Fleet Apprentice	Sun 5 BranchMusicins	Sat 5
	8‑14	Sat 13 Lucy Clark Ball	Sat 14 Lucy Clark	Sat 9 Harwell Ball Sat 9 Lucy Clark	Sat 10 Lucy Clark	Sat 11 Lucy Clark	Sat 12
	15‑21	Sat 20	Thu 19 Watford	Sat 16	Sat 17	Sat 18 New Forest	Sat 19
	22‑28	Thu 25 Christmas Sun 28 Branch Christmas	Wed 25 Christmas Sat 28 Branch Christmas	Mon 25 Christmas Thu 28 Branch Christmas	Sun 25 Christmas Wed 28 Branch Christmas	Sat 25 Christmas	Fri 25 Christmas Mon 28 Branch Christmas
	29‑31	Wed 31	Tue 31	Sat 30	Sat 31	Fri 31	Wed 30 Branch Christmas
Jan	1‑7	Sat 3	Fri 3 Harrow Ball	Sat 6	Sat 7	Sat 1	Sat 2
	8‑14	Sat 10 London RSCDS Sat 10 Maidenhead	Sat 11 Maidenhead Ball	Sat 13 Gerrards X Sat 13 Maidenhead Ball	Sat 14 Maidenhead Ball	Sat 8	Sat 9
	15‑21	Sat 17	Sat 18 Oxford RSCDS Sun 19 Gerrards X	Sat 20 Oxford RSCDS Sun 21 Gerrards X	Sat 21 Gerrards X Sat 21 Oxford RSCDS	Sat 15 Maidenhead Ball	Sat 16
	22‑28	Sat 24	Sat 25	Sat 27	Fri 27 Surbiton	Tue 25 Farnham Burns	Sat 23
	29‑31	Sat 31	Fri 31 Wimbledon Ball	Wed 31	Sun 29 Gerrards X	Sat 29 Oxford RSCDS	Sat 30
Feb	1‑7	Sat 7	Sat 1 Reading Ball	Sat 3 Reading Ball	Sat 4 London Highland Ball Sat 4 Reading Ball	Sat 5 London Highland Ball Sat 5 Reading Ball	Sat 6 London Highland Ball
	8‑14	Sat 14	Sat 8 Berkhamsted Ball	Sat 10 Berkhamsted Ball	Sat 11 Berkhamsted Ball	Sat 12 Berkhamsted	Sat 13 Berkhamsted Ball
	15‑21	Sat 21	Sun 16 RSCDS week	Sat 17 London Highland Ball Sat 17 Oxford RSCDS School Sun 18 RSCDS week	Thu 16 RSCDS Winter 6-days Sat 18 Oxford RSCDS	Sun 20 RSCDS Winter week	Sat 20
	22‑28	Sat 28	Sat 22 Wembley Ball	Sat 24 Wembley Ball	Sat 25 Wembley Ball	Sat 26 Wembley Ball	Sat 27
	29			Thu 29
Mar	1‑7	Sat 7	Sat 1	Sat 2	Sun 5 Headington	Sat 5	Sat 6
	8‑14	Sat 14 Branch Day School	Sat 8 Branch Day School	Sat 9 Branch Day School Wed 13 Addlestone	Wed 8 Addlestone Sat 11 Branch Day School Sun 12 London RSCDS Sun 12 Winchester	Wed 9 Addlestone Spring Dance Sat 12 Branch Day School Sun 13 Winchester	Sat 13 Branch Day School
	15‑21	Sat 21	Sun 16 Winchester	Sun 17 Winchester Tue 19 Farnham	Fri 17 Branch Reps Mon 20 Guildford Open Tue 21 Farnham	Sat 19 Fleet Annual Sat 19 Watford Ball	Sat 20 Watford Ball
	22‑28	Sat 28 London Highland Ball	Sat 22 Camberley+Bracknell	Sat 23 Camberley+Bracknell Sat 23 Lucy Clark	Sat 25 Camberley+Bracknell Sat 25 RSCDS Centenary	Tue 22 Farnham Spring Dance Sat 26 Camberley+Bracknell	Sat 27
	29‑31	Tue 31	Sat 29 London Highland Ball	Fri 29 Easter Weekend	Fri 31	Thu 31	Wed 31
Apr	1‑7	Fri 3 Easter Weekend	Sat 5 Lucy Clark	Sat 6	Sat 1 Lucy Clark Fri 7 Easter Weekend	Sat 2 Reading Ceilidh	Fri 2 Easter Weekend
	8‑14	Sat 11	Sat 12	Sun 14 Reading	Sat 8	Sat 9 Lucy Clark	Sat 10
	15‑21	Sat 18	Fri 18 Easter Weekend	Sat 20	Sat 15	Fri 15 Easter Weekend	Sat 17
	22‑28	Sat 25	Sun 27 Reading Tea Dance	Sat 27	Sun 23 Newbury	Sat 23 Fleet Apprentice	Sat 24
	29‑30	Thu 30	Wed 30	Tue 30	Sat 29 Guildford	Sat 30 Guildford	Fri 30
May	1‑7	Mon 4 May Day	Sat 3 Guildford Mon 5 May Day	Sat 4 Guildford Mon 6 May Day	Mon 1 May Day Sat 6 Abingdon Sun 7 Maidenhead	Mon 2 May Day Sat 7 Abingdon	Mon 3 May Day
	8‑14	Sat 9	Sat 10 Abingdon Sun 11 Maidenhead Tea Dance	Sat 11 Berkhamsted Ball Sun 12 Maidenhead	Sat 13	Sun 8 Maidenhead Tea Dance Sun 8 New Forest	Sat 8
	15‑21	Sat 16	Sat 17 Branch May Ball Wed 21 Branch AGM	Sat 18 Abingdon Sat 18 Branch May Ball	Sat 20 Branch May Ball	Sat 21 Branch Ball	Sat 15
	22‑28	Mon 25 Spring Holiday	Mon 26 Spring Holiday	Wed 22 Branch AGM Mon 27 Spring Holiday	Wed 24 Branch AGM	Wed 25 Branch AGM	Sat 22
	29‑31	Sat 30	Sat 31	Fri 31	Mon 29 Spring Holiday	Mon 30 Spring Holiday	Mon 31 Spring Holiday
Jun	1‑7	Sat 6	Sat 7	Sat 1	Sat 3 Abingdon Sat 3 London Highland Ball	Sat 4	Sat 5 London Highland Ball
	8‑14	Sat 13	Sat 14	Sat 8	Sat 10	Sat 11	Sat 12
	15‑21	Sat 20	Tue 17 Farnham Sat 21 Mervyn Short	Tue 18 Farnham	Sat 17 Reading Summer Sat 17 Surbiton Tue 20 Farnham Summer	Sat 18	Sat 19
	22‑28	Sat 27	Sun 22 Winchester	Sun 23 Winchester	Sun 25 Winchester	Sat 25 London Highland Ball Sat 25 Winchester	Sat 26
	29‑30	Tue 30	Mon 30	Sat 29	Fri 30	Thu 30	Wed 30
Jul	1‑7	Sat 4	Sun 6 Branch Tea Dance	Sun 7 Branch Tea Dance	Sun 2 Branch Tea Dance	Sat 2 Winchester Sun 3 Branch Tea Dance	Sun 4 Branch
	8‑14	Sat 11	Sun 13 RSCDS week 1	Sun 14 RSCDS week 1	Sat 8	Sat 9	Sat 10
	15‑21	Sat 18	Sun 20 RSCDS week 2	Sun 21 RSCDS week 2	Sun 16 RSCDS week 1	Sat 16	Sat 17
	22‑28	Sat 25	Sun 27 RSCDS week 3	Sun 28 RSCDS week 3	Sun 23 RSCDS week 2	Sun 24 RSCDS week 1	Sat 24 Guildford Garden
	29‑31	Fri 31	Thu 31	Wed 31	Sun 30 RSCDS week 3	Sun 31 RSCDS week 2	Sat 31
Aug	1‑7	Sat 1	Sun 3 RSCDS week 4	Sun 4 RSCDS week 4	Sun 6 RSCDS week 4	Sun 7 RSCDS week 3	Sat 7
	8‑14	Sat 8	Sat 9	Sat 10	Sat 12	Sat 13	Sat 14
	15‑21	Sat 15	Sat 16	Sat 17	Sat 19	Sat 20	Sat 21
	22‑28	Sat 22	Mon 25 August Holiday	Mon 26 August Holiday	Mon 28 August Holiday	Sat 27	Sun 22 Reading Summer
	29‑31	Mon 31 August Holiday	Sat 30	Sat 31	Thu 31	Mon 29 August Holiday	Mon 30 August Holiday

Designing a Programme

Please see the end of the Join page about privacy requirements for events.

20 Tips for a Good Dance Programme by Mervyn Short.

From Bracknell Reel Club

Popularity of Dances in BHS area and the world. Green if it is getting more popular. Plus an estimate of difficulty levels.

SCD Shuffle - Suggests some dances for a programme.

From the Strathspey Server

Notes on Planning A Scottish Country Dance Program by Keith Smith.

Briefings by Anselm Lingnau.