Month: August 2016

This year’s Milwaukee Irish Fest was ambitious for our group as we undertook reviving not one, not two, but three dances for this year’s show! This meant many long nights of dance practice and many sore muscles the next morning leading up to actual event, but based on all the compliments we received, it was well worth the effort! And even though the weather was not always in our favor—we got rained out Friday—, our Saturday and Sunday shows still went as scheduled and without a hitch!

So, thank you everyone who came out in less than ideal weather to come see us dance, thank you Billy Mitchell Pipes and Drums for learning new songs to accompany us while we performed, and thank you all our dancers for your hard work to make this show the best it could possibly be!

As an aside, we’re asking anyone who has any favorite photographs or videos of us from this weekend to either message us directly via our Facebook account or, alternatively, via our e-mail account Social@CaledonianScottishDancers.com with the media files as well as your express permission that we can use your media on our Facebook account and/or our website. Who knows, your photos and/or videos may just end up in the slide show below!

We’re already halfway through August, which means it’s time for yet another Irish Fest! Come watch us walk the Festival grounds in the Irish Fest Parade and then perform a medley of Scottish Highland and National dances with original choreography under the accompaniment of the Billy Mitchell Pipes and Drums at the Crossroads Area!

Parade times:

Friday at 6:45 p.m.
Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

Crossroads times:

Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

For information about ticket prices, parking, and more information about festival activities, visit the official Irish Fest website

Despite a rather rainy start to our first fundraiser for our Scotland trip, we managed to sell almost all that we had planned to sell! A big thanks to all those who came out and supported us by buying our grilled brats and homemade desserts as well as to all our dance group members who volunteered food, equipment, and their Saturday afternoon to make this event happen!

Help support our group fundraise for our trip to Scotland by joining us for lunch Saturday, August 13th, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Pick ‘n Save on 124th and Capitol in Brookfield! Besides hosting a brat-fry, courtesy of Pick ‘n Save, we’ll also be selling a wide variety of homemade baked goods!

We look forward to seeing you there!