Cotillion CaledoniansRegistered

The organisation's purposes are to advance education and promote the arts by: (a) providing opportunities to the public to participate in, learn about, and appreciate performances of the social and court dances that were danced or created in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries in the form of classes, workshops and participatory events, such as balls in iconic Georgian, or Scottish and other settings. (b) providing opportunities to the public to learn about the culture of social and court dance and dance events in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries through classes, talks and workshops and education and to make and wear costumes of the relevant period. (c) promoting and developing the art of, and costume worn, at 17th, 18th and 19th century court and social dances by attending or organising festivals, workshops and other learning or experiential events whether in Scotland, the U.K or abroad. (d) supporting other community and charitable ventures promoting Scotland's history and culture during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and acting as a voice for the dance of this period. and (e) encouraging the development and maintenance of archives of relevant material. and for the purposes of this Clause 4, 'culture' is understood to include artistic expression, heritage education, beliefs, language, customs and ways of life as defined in the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001).