It is RSCDS Cheshire Branch’s turn to host the Wyche Ball in 2026 – not to be missed!
Sat 28th March 2026 at The Victoria Hall, Civic Way, Middlewich CW10 9AS. This venue has an excellent sprung floor for dancing and plenty of car parking at the rear of the building. There is a licensed bar from which all drinks should be purchased.
Music will again be by Robert Whitehead and the Danelaw Dance Band.
Tickets will go on sale in the Autumn of 2025 at £25 and will include a professionally catered buffet. Click here to contact Cynthia, our Ticket Secretary.
The Programme for 2026 is now available. Click here for a link to Strathspey Server, where you will find videos of most of the dances. For those who wish to upload to Mobile Cribs, the list number is 64344. Click on the link below to download a cribsheet.
The instructions for our special dance, The Wyches of Cheshire, devised by Liz Bruynooghe, are available here. PLEASE NOTE! The crib for this dance has been revised following discovery of an error. Please use this version (Feb 2023).
| GRAND MARCH | |||
| J | Hooper’s Jig * | R | Catch the Wind * |
| R | Maxwell’s Rant * | S | Sugar Candie * |
| S | The Sands of Morar ** | J | The Lightning Conductor ** |
| J | Joie de Vivre * | R | Merry Mayhem ** |
| R | The Cheshire Branch Reel *** | S | The Wyches of Cheshire ** |
| S | City of Belfast ** | J | Blue Bonnets * |
| J | Inchmickery * | R | The Highland Lass * |
| R | Bratach Bana ** | S | The Flower of Glasgow ** |
| S | Tullynessle & Forbes Hall * | J | Farewell to Balfour Road ** |
| J | The Shetland Shepherdess * | R | The Reel of the Royal Scots * |
| R | Deil Amang the Tailors * | ||
| INTERVAL | EXTRAS | ||
| R | Mrs MacLeod * | ||
| J | Mrs Stewart’s Jig * | ||
| S | The Swan and the Tay ** | ||
Key: * for everyone, ** an experienced partner would be helpful, *** for more confident dancers. Note – these * ratings can be somewhat subjective, so please be guided by your class teacher if in doubt.