Sunday
Afternoons
-- Hosting at the House
The House
of Scotland provides hospitality, refreshments, and information about
Scotland to visitors to the park from 12:00 to 4:00. House members take
turns hosting throughout the year. Attractions in the house include
videos of Scotland, Scottish music, tea, shortbread, scones, cookies,
Scottish clan and genealogy books, display of the pipes, the sporran,
the Braemar Challenge Caber, and answers to questions.
Click here to see inside the House of Scotland
Monday
Nights -- House of Scotland Pipe Band
The band practices
in the evening from 7:00 - 9:00 at the House of Pacific Relations.
Thursday
Nights -- Gaelic Class
The
class meets from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Students learn Scots Gaelic for everyday
use by watching the video series "Speaking
Our Language," singing songs in Gaelic and practicing the language.
Learn about the Gaelic roots behind Scottish music and dance.
Saturday
Nights
Movie
night is seasonal, occuring once a month from May through September.
Please check for availability.
Cèilidh
Band
The Cèilidh
Band practices on the second Sunday of each month and performs at various Scottish and House of Pacific Relations events.
They perform mostly Scottish, and some Irish and original tunes and sets - playing fiddles, harp, accordion, recorder, bass recorder (and krumhorn), guitar, bass guitar, and occasional keyboard.
Potential members are welcome to sit in and 'try out' (the band is looking for a permanent bodhran/percussionist and a piper who plays small (ensemble) pipes as well the great pipes. Note : 'try out' means a trial period for mutual compatibility and is not 'a test'. If you can learn the tunes and love Celtic folk music focused on Scottish repertoire - this is the ensemble for you.
Scottish
Country Dancing
The Royal
Scottish Country Dance Society, San Diego Branch has weekly Scottish
country dance classes in Balboa Park and North County.
The Royal Scottish Country
Dance Society of La Jolla meets on Friday nights from 7:30 - 10:00,
at the Pacific Beach Women's Club at 1721 Hornblend. The first time
is free, and subsequent nights are $4.
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