2026 St Andrew’s Ball

Dance List

Fill out your dance card

during the Sparkling Wine Reception.

At the start of the evening, guests can enjoy a glass of sparkling wine while mingling with other balls attendees. The objective, should you choose to participate - fill out your dance card with different partners!

In Scottish culture, it is common to dance with different people throughout the night, so don’t be shy! You can dance with a romantic partner, friend, collegue, or Scottish dancing pro!

More information regarding Scottish dancing here.

2026 St Andrew’s Ball Dances

Below are the dances that will be called in order on the night of the ball. Each dance includes a difficulty rating indicated by number of stars

  • Dances are divided into sets. Each set contains 3~4 dances, which we will do one after the other with brief breaks in between to grab water and prepare for the next dance.

  • The 1, 2, and 3 star dances will be briefly demonstrated on the night for those who couldn’t attend dance practice (or just have trouble associating dances with their names!)

  • When all dances in a set are completed, then there will be a formal break with DJ-led dancing!

Need a refresher?

Dance intructional videos are here.

Set 1

1

Gay Gordons

2

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Dashing White Sergeant*

*need 2 partners!

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Petronella

3


Set 2

4

Canadian Barn Dance

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Waltz Country Dance

5

Hamilton House

6


Set 3

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Virginia Reel

7

8

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Circassian Circle

9

Machine Without Horses


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Set 4

10

Canadian Barn Dance (Progressive)

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Gavin’s Reel of Seoul

11

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Military Two Step

12

Duke of Perth

13


Set 5

14

Linton Ploughman

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Reel of the 51st

15

16

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Postie’s Jig

17

Strip the Willow

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