ESOL 1 and 2 Learn Scottish Country
Dancing!
On 31st March, ESOL 1 and 2 had a
chance to get to know some more
Scottish culture when two dancing
groups came to teach them some
traditional country dancing. The event
was organised by Alfie Dickson, one of
the conversation volunteers who
comes in to practise speaking with
ESOL 2.
Alfie has some great
connections, as we saw when he
organised the Burns Supper event. His
wife, Ruth, brought her Scottish
dancing group and teacher George,
whilst Timmergreens Primary 4 came
with their teacher, Mrs Fordyce. After
some demonstrations, our students
threw themselves into the dancing with
great enthusiasm, showing that energy
and a good sense of rhythm are
international. Svetlana and Zanna gave
a vote of thanks and the event was
photographed and more pictures of
our own poster stars Agne and Silvia
appeared in the local newspapers.
Afterwards, Valentina wrote a thankyou letter to the dancers and we
received some pleasing reports from
the primary children. Overall, this was
an excellent event to encourage
involvement between different groups
in the community and it is hoped that
some of students will take part in more
country dancing events when the
season starts again in the autumn.