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- July 2011 saw Aurora travel to Imbsheim in Alsace, to perform in the annual ‘Portes Ouvertes’ festival. See what we got up to on our trip!
- In the summer of 2009 Aurora dancers and musicians travelled to Odoorn in the Netherlands to take part in the 20th anniversary SIVO International Dance Festival along with dance groups from all over the world. You can watch a short clip from one of our performances, filmed by an enthusiastic fan of Scottish dance. There are also photos of the festival in our online album
- The theme of our 2009 Ball was ‘homecoming’, with each table decorated to represent one of the countries which Aurora has visited, or the home country of an Aurora member, so the hall was full of colour! We chose to donate the proceeds of our raffle to the Archie Foundation in memory of Jenna Lane, a popular and vivacious member of Aurora. Thanks to the generosity of the dancers who attended, we were able to make a donation of £200 to this local charity.
- Our dance writing competition in June 2008 attracted entries from ten Aurora members, who were inspired to create an impressive range of reels, jigs, strathspeys and medleys of an amazingly high standard. The dances submitted for the competition have now been published in the Aurora Second Book Scottish Country Dances, with copies now available from our online shop.
- The 2008 Aurora Masked Ball on Saturday 24th May was a great success, with Sandy Nixon and his band creating a wonderful atmosphere. Our raffle in aid of CLAN raised an amazing £160!
- Aurora was invited by our Belgian friends La Saltarelle to take part in the International Dance Festival ‘Macadanse’ at Wavre in August 2007. About 20 Aurora dancers and musicians travelled to the Wallonia region of Belgium to present a varied programme of traditional Scottish dance styles. See what we got up to on our trip by viewing the photos in our gallery
- 11th Aurora Ball, 2nd June 2007
- Dancing workshops led by Aurora members featured in the programme for the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention 2006, which brought together musicians, dancers and singers from both sides of the Atlantic
- Aurora International Festival 2006
- 10th Anniversary The Aurora Ball, 27th May 2006
- Festival in Vatra Dornei, Romania, December 2004
- Festival de folklore, Nimes, France, July 2004
- September 2003: “Aurora” take centre stage at launch of Aberdeen University’s archive of James Scott Skinner’s music and dances
- May 2003: Aurora takes part in video recording for James Scott Skinner Archive project
- International Festival of Traditional Dance and Music, Aberdeenshire, July 2003
- Volkskunstweek International Festival, Flanders, August 2002
- Aurora International Festival, April 2001
- International Festival, Basque Region, July 2000
- International Festival, Sweden, 1998
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