Gleneagles Scottish Ball



THIRTY-EIGHT years ago, the Gleneagles Scottish Country Dance Club held their first Gleneagles Ball in the banquet room of West Vancouver's Gleneagles Golf Course. The club has grown considerably since then and the elegant luncheon affair remains one of the club's most anticipated annual events. The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver was this year's venue and, as usual, everything was perfect. The ladies looked beautiful in their gowns as the gentlemen escorted them to the dance floor in true scottish tradition. The Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra, with guest Callum MacKinnon, provided the music for this truly lovely event.


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Chairman/president Liz Slieker (left) and dance teacher Mae Loudon looked gorgeous wearing black and purple respectively.

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Hugs and kisses to newlyweds Rev. Jim Smith and his wife Elizabeth who both proudly wore the family tartan.

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For two years now Wayne and Pauline Bishop have been club participants.

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These "Dancing Bees" (one of the dance names), couldn't wait to get on the floor. From left: Laura Farquharson, husband Ken, Rita McLaughlin and Colin Dowson.

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Margaret and Roger Campbell have been learning to promenade up and down the dance floor for two years now.

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Always in the mood to dance is West Vancouver's Beryl and Jim Skinner.

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They're the lovely ladies of the jig. From left: Hazel Mackie, Sue Armstrong and Anna Lee Boulton.

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Let's hear it for the men in tartan. From left: Carl Armstrong, Howard Meredith and treasurer David Mackie.

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Kevin Waysyk, who has been playing the pipes for close to 20 years, led in the dancers during the Grand March.

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Practicing the "Swiss Lassie" before the start were Megan Duman (from left) Marlena Dumas, Mandy Gibson and Megan Dipalo.

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These ladies are almost pros having danced for about 12 years each. From left: Annie Dempste, Elizabeth Caswell and Sarah Stubley.

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Donald where's yer troosers? Looking dashing in their kilts were vice president Dave Edgar, committee member Keith Errington and John Slieker, husband to the president.


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