Pinewoods Scottish Sessions 2025
Scottish Session I: July 4-7, 2025
Scottish Session II: July 7-12, 2025
Join us in 2025 in the woods of Plymouth for Scottish country dancing beneath the tall pines. You'll enjoy dance and music classes during the day and social dancing every night. We also have parties, charity auctions, cèilidhs, and plenty of chances to jam or sing together, swim or boat in the beautiful ponds, or relax in the beauty of the woods.
Registration is not yet open. We are targeting late January. Check back here, or subscribe to our mailing list.
This year's theme is "Bugadoon: Celebrating 100 Years of Dancing at Pinewoods". As the centennial coincides with the emergence for Brood XIV on Cape Cod, our retrospective of a century of dancing under the trees will be focused through the lens of cicada emergence years and celebration of friendly insects. We will feature events such as the Leaf Hop Costume Ball and Flower Power/Beetlemania Tea Party.
The dates and costs of the sessions has not been set. Watch this space in late January when registration opens.
All pricing includes a $50 deposit per session, payable electronically or by check or money order. If you are accepted to camp, the balance will be due in June with Camper Surveys.
RSCDS members receive a $25 discount from the listed prices. RSCDS membership must be active as of July 4, 2025. There is a 3% credit card processing fee for electronic payments.
This year's lottery deadline has not yet been determined, but if camp fills, any applications received after that date will be added to the waitlist in the order they are received.
Pinewoods camp COVID policy
Pinewoods Camp, Incorporated sets a COVID policy for use of the site.
They have not yet announced this year's policy. At this time we expect
it to be similar to the 2024 policy, which can be
found here.
Bring several rapid tests and high-filtration masks (in case they're needed).
If you have any questions contact the co-chairs.
2025 Teaching and music staff
- A first-time guest from British Columbia, Canada for SCD
- Arthur McNair (Pennsylvania) for SCD
- Robert McOwen (Massachusetts) for Highland
- A returning favorite from France for SCD
- Jen Schoonover (Massachusetts) for SCD, Conditioning, and Step
- Anne Hooper on fiddle, Music Director (Massachusetts)
- Elizabeth Anderson on fiddle (Massachusetts)
- A special return guest fiddler from Scotland
- Ryan McKasson on fiddle (Seattle)
- Malka Pomerantz on fiddle (Massachusetts, Session I)
- Sammy Wetstein on cello (Massachusetts)
- Jacqueline Schwab on piano (Massachusetts)
- Terry Traub on piano (Massachusetts)
- Dan Emery on bagpipes (Delaware)
- Sue Chari and John Crabtree (S1) and John Bartholomew (S2) on sound
The following document list is evolving for 2025 as things arrive. Watch this
space for updates, or sign up for our mailing list to
receive updates as they happen.
Documents for 2025
- Online application form (Coming soon)
- Camper jobs list
- Evening dance diagrams (Coming soon)
- Evening combined cribs and diagrams (Coming soon)
- Custom options including large format, use SCDDB links below
- Session I dances/cribs/diagrams on strathspey.org (Coming soon)
- Session II dances/cribs/diagrams on strathspey.org (Coming soon)
- If you are using the
Mobile SCD App, the lists are session I: (TBD) Session II: (TBD)
- Party planner
- Class descriptions (see the Gazette (Coming))
- Class selection for campers
- What to bring
- Hospitality and
rides coordinator (contact the chairs)
- Pinewoods Gazette (Coming) *
- Statement on role terms
- 2024 Youth FAQ
* A printed copy of the Gazette will be available to
each camper upon arrival.
- Online application form (Coming soon)
- Camper jobs list
- Evening dance diagrams (Coming soon)
- Evening combined cribs and diagrams (Coming soon)
- Custom options including large format, use SCDDB links below
- Session I dances/cribs/diagrams on strathspey.org (Coming soon)
- Session II dances/cribs/diagrams on strathspey.org (Coming soon)
- If you are using the Mobile SCD App, the lists are session I: (TBD) Session II: (TBD)
- Party planner
- Class descriptions (see the Gazette (Coming))
- Class selection for campers
- What to bring
- Hospitality and rides coordinator (contact the chairs)
- Pinewoods Gazette (Coming) *
- Statement on role terms
- 2024 Youth FAQ
* A printed copy of the Gazette will be available to each camper upon arrival.
This year a customized, prefilled accepted camper form is being emailed to campers who are accepted to Pinewoods Scottish Sessions. Please contact us if you have any questions or wish us to send you another link to the form.
Contact the chairs: Marc Hartstein and Keira Hartstein
