Community Organisations
Surbiton Caledonian Society was formed in 1948, by Scots for the benefit of Scots living in the area, and the first dance took place on the 11th of March 1948 to the music of a band called Jock and his Blue Kittens. From those early days, social dancing formed the Society’s primary activity, but it was then made up of both ballroom and Scottish country dancing. Eventually, Scottish country dancing came to predominate and has been the mainstay of the Society ever since. The Society is affiliated to the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS). By 1966, the Society had found a permanent base at St Mark’s Church Hall, Church Hill Rd, Surbiton, to which it has returned in September 2012 after a brief absence during the rebuilding of the church hall. Nowadays club members are not all Scots, and the society welcomes new members who would like to try Scottish country dancing.
Surbiton Festival and Regatta takes place in September each year.
In recent years, a group called Homage de Fromage has taken it upon themselves to improve Community Spirits by holding several crazy events. Some of these are now celebrated annually like Surbiton Ski Sunday's annual Suburban Skiing event held in October each year.
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