Welcome to the MSA!

Dance courses take place every Wednesday – beginners and experienced dancers welcome!
If you are coming to us for the first time, please contact us by e-mail or telephone beforehand.


Dance Season 2023/24

Or new dance season starts on 13 September. We meet every Wednesday at 8pm in the Oly for Scottish Country Dance classes for beginners/intermediates. Our intermediate/advanced classes take place at 8pm on Thursdays every two weeks (odd numbered weeks: 14 Sep, 28 Sep, 12 Oct) in the Pelkovenschlössl.

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END OF SEASON 2022/23

END OF SEASON 2022/23

On 15 July 2023 at 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm) we’ll have our End of Season Dance in the Pfarrheim St. Rupert, Golierstrasse 61, Munich Westend. Please bring a small contribution for the buffet, if you want to join it, drinks will be offered at reasonable prices. Tickets are available at the door for 12 euros or 10 euros (MSA-members, students).
Further details: Flyer and: list of dances and: Pilling-diagrams

Our Annual General Meeting will take place on 5 July 2023 at 7.30pm in the Oly hall. We look foreward to getting your feedback and suggestions for next season! A new committee will be elected. There won’t be any dancing, but some finger food afterwards.

End of Season? We keep dancing every Wednesday in the Oly. Feel free to suggest your favourite dance or even try calling it if you like. On 6 July is the last Thursday class till September.

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MSA’s 50th Anniversary – Whitsun 2023

MSA's 50th Anniversary - Whitsun 2023

photographs – see photo gallery
dance list Welcome Dance (Friday): Dances Friday – (diagrams Fri.)
dance list Jubilee-Ball (Saturday): Dances Ball – (diagrams Ball)

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Munich Scottish Association – celebrate it with us at our Golden Jubilee Weekend from 26-28 May 2023 at the Salesianum in Munich! On the programme are two morning SCD classes for experienced dancers, a Welcome Dance on Friday evening and our Jubilee Ball on Saturday, including a delicious buffett dinner. Patrick Chamoin will be teaching the classes, our musicians are Susan and Shona MacFayden and Isobelle Hodgson.
Registration for the course will open at noon on Sunday 15 January 2023 (German time): Registration (the course is already fully booked; Ball and Welcome Dance are still available)
The course fee including the two evenings is 170 euro (reduced: 155 euro), the entrance for the Welcome Dance is 10 euro and for the Ball 40 euros (reduced: 8 / 35 euro). Reductions apply to members of the MSA, pupils, students and persons 65.

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Autumn 2022

Autumn 2022
  • MSA-Christmas party at 7:30pm on 14 December in the Oly-Dorf
    please bring a small contribution for the buffet, Glühwein will be supplied
  • Hallowe’en Day School & Social Dance on Saturday 29 October 2022
    Where: Pfarrheim St. Rupert, Gollierstraße 61, 80339 München
    When: Day School 10am to 4pm, Social Dance starts 6:30pm, doors open at 6pm
    Musicians: Silke and Matthias, Teacher: Alex
    Day School for dancers with little experience and as a refresher for experienced dancers
  • Dance Season 2022/23
    Regular dance classes are every Wednesday at 8pm in the Oly starting on 14 September and every second Thursday (odd numbered weeks) at 8pm in the Pelkovenschlössl starting on 15 September.
    Thursday classes: 15 & 29 Sep, 13 & 27 Oct, 10 & 24 Nov, 8 Dec

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Calendar of Events 2022/23

2022
14 September 2022Opening of the 2019/20 dancing season
15 September 2022First advanced dance class (Pelkovenschlössl)
29 October 2022Halloween Day-School and Social Dance (St. Rupert)
16 November 2022no dance class (Buß- und Bettag)
14 December 2022 MSA-Xmas party (Oly-Dorf)
2023
11 January 2023 First dance class after the Christmas break
25 January 2023Burns’ Night in the Oly
22 February 2023Ash Wednesday dance class and meal
12 March 2023 St Patrick’s Day Parade (Leopoldstraße)
26 – 28 May 2023MSA’s 50th anniversary – Golden Jubilee Weekend
comprises dance classes, Social Dance and Jubilee Ball
Thursday Classes22 June, 6 July (not on 8 June – Corpus Christi)
5 July 2023Annual General Meeting (Oly)
15 July 2023End of Season Dance (St. Rupert)
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Dancing in Summer 2022

Dancing in Summer 2022
  • End of Season Dance 2022
    On 9 July 2022 at 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm) we will have our End of Season Dance in the parish hall Allerheiligen, Ungererstr. 187, München (U6 Alte Heide). Please bring a small contribution for the buffet, if you want to join it. Dance list and further details: End of Season dance 2022 flyer , Dance-descriptions and Pilling-Diagrams
  • Annual General Meeting
    Our AGM will take place on Wednesday, 6 June from 7.30pm in our usual room in the Oly-Zentrum.
  • Summer Dancing
    End of Season? We keep dancing every Wednesday in the Oly. Feel free to suggest your favourite dance or even try calling it if you like.  The 7 July is the last Thursday class till September.

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Whitsun Course June 2022

Whitsun Course June 2022

Whitsun Dance course in the Salesianum, Juni 2022 Teacher: Linda Henderson Musicians: Ian Robertson & Adam Brady. Fotographs: see photo gallery.

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Events Winter 2021/22

Events Winter 2021/22

Unfortunately, our dance classes have currently been suspended.

  • 2 March 7:30pm: virtual Ash Wednesday fish supper
  • on 16 January 12 noon: registration opens for the MSA Whitsun course (3-6 June 2022)
  • 25 January 7:30pm Stay-at-Home Burns Supper (Zoom)
  • Virtual Christmas Party (Zoom) on Wednesday, 15 December, 7:30pm – enjoy an evening of live-music, dancing and with lots of fun accompanied by Glühwein and Whisky

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Events September 2021

Events September 2021
  • Wed 1 Sep 8pm: Olympiazentrum (register & test)
  • Thu 2 Sep 8pm: Pelkovenschlössl – C A N C E L L E D –
  • Wed 8 Sep 8pm: Olympiazentrum (register & test)
  • Wed 15 Sep 8pm: Olympiazentrum (register & test)
  • Thu 16 Sep 8pm: Pelkovenschlössl (register & test)
  • Wed 22 Sep 8pm: Olympiazentrum (register & test)
  • Sat 25 Sep 4pm: Westpark (register please) – C A N C E L L E D –
  • Wed 29 Sep 8pm: Olympiazentrum (register & test)
  • Thu 30 Sep 8pm: Pelkovenschlössl (register & test)

– No further dancing in the Westpark planned –

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Virtual End-of-Season dance

On Saturday, 04 July 2020 we are holding our End-of-Season Dance via Zoom with live music from Silke and friends beginning at 7:30pm. Of course you can also meet up in small groups and dance together– as far as the regulations allow. To help you feel more like you’re at an actual dance in your living rooms, we’ve attached the instructions for making an MSA lampshade. If you want to prepare for Saturday, you can find the dance programme at https://my.strathspey.org/dd/list/28158/.

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