Club Nights

Camberley Reel Club is a Scottish Country Dancing club which meets at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays from September to May at St Mary's Church Hall, Park Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2SR.

The 2025-26 season starts on 9th September 2025.

On Tuesday evenings we organise a mix of instruction, social dancing, and party events where we replace our normal half time cuppa with a 'bring a plate' buffet.

Membership

Members pay an annual membership fee of £6.00 and a weekly subscription of £4.00 for each Tuesday evening attended.

Guests pay £6.00 per evening. For returning guests the second Tuesday evening is free.

Programme of Events 2025-2026

Featured Movements 2025-26

This list of featured movements has been put together by the committee from suggestions from club members. Teachers will be asked to include these in their dances and members putting together a program would be asked if they could include the most recently taught featured movement in a few of the dances.

• September – Reels
• October – Rights & Lefts
• November – Chains
• January – Set & Link
• February – Allemande
• March – Poussette

Dance Repertoire

We have introduced a Dance Repertoire of popular dances in the South East of England, categorised by difficulty, from which MCs will be invited to draw the majority of their programmes.

Socials & Parties

Did you know…? The pousette is one of the most common methods of progression.  It is found in the dances of the late 18th and early 19th century chiefly, and seems to have been the forerunner of the waltz.  Its name comes from the French “pousser”, to push, and that to a certain extent describes the movement of the man in this formation.  When the [R].S.C.D.S  was formed, this form of progression had lost its original, dignified shape.  Probably the introduction of the waltz had affected it, for instead of the traditional two-hand hold, partners joined as for a waltz or polka and danced round each other with a kind of hop waltz step.  This led to untidiness and lack of control, and even to jazzing.  The Society returned to the old form of pousette as it is done today.

Jean C. Milligan ‘Won’t you Join the Dance’