The Munich Scottish Association was founded in 1973 by a group of Scots and friends of Scotland to further Scottish culture in Munich and the surrounding area. Our emphasis is primarily on Scottish country dancing at weekly dance classes.

Scottish Country Dancing is very popular not only in Scotland but all over the world. Most dances are done by four couples in one longwise set. There are three kinds of dances: energetic reels and jigs and slower strathspeys. Individual dances consist of a combination of different figures danced using three steps, skip change, slip step and pas de basque in quick time, and two steps, travelling step and setting, for strathspeys.

Other events run by our association include the traditional Burns Supper, ceilidhs and social evenings and social dances or balls. Our events and classes are mostly accompanied by live music, and we occasionally run courses for musicians interested in playing for dancing. Our close ties to other Scottish country dance groups in Europe and elsewhere, also via the umbrella organization in Scotland, the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, result in exchange visits to dance courses and balls.

Participants are welcome to join our weekly class, with or without a partner: it goes without saying that you don't have to be Scottish! Details of our instruction programme can be found in the section “Regular classes and workshops” and our annual events in the “Programme” section.

Our Committee:

Sue Bollans (Chairwoman)
Irena Brozda (Deputy Chairwoman)
Dr. Michael Müller (Secretary)
Heidi Leugers (Treasurer)
Dr. Martin Ott
Rita Reil
Angelika Schmidkonz

Webmaster: Stephan Vollmar

Here you can take a look at our constitiution as a pdf document: constitiution