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FEBRUARY 2025

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Willy Wonka Day

The Chocolate Factory

Opera Day

Opera Reel

Butterscotch Day

Butterscotch Kilt

George Washington's Birthday

The George Washington Bridge

Groundhog & Hedgehog Day

Hurtling Hedgehog

Snowflake Day

Where the Snowflake Reposes

Manic Mondays

Monday Madness (February)

Curling is Cool Day

The Bonspiel

February's Birthstone

The Amethyst (Charlton)

Umbrella Day

The Highlandman's Umbrella

The Year of the Firehorse

Frost and Fire

Birthday of Thomas Newcomen

The Engine Room

Homemade Soup Day

Sandy's Scotch Broth

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day

Jersey Cream

Drink Wine Day

Don't Spill the Wine

Quiet Day

Haud Yer Wheesht

Monarch Wintering Days

Monarch Butterfly

Lost Penny Day

A Penny Wedding

Olympic Skating Days

The Minister on the Loch

Fairy Tale Day

Snow White Strathspey

Poetry Friday

Beginner's Luck

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

Petronella Day

Petronella Reloaded

Polar Bear Day

Arctic Circle

Rose Day

The Bonnie White Rose

Valentine's Day

St Valentine's Chase

Skye Terrier Day

Dancing Dogs

Tailor Day

The Kilt Maker

THE DANCE DATABASE

Calendar days may have more than one holiday or special theme day, with associated dances.  Click on any date to visit the page of interest.  

Date
Day
Name
Image
Feb 1
Willy Wonka Day
The Chocolate Factory
Feb 1
February and Valentine's Day!
Valentine's Day Collection
Feb 1
Serpent Day
The Serpent of Loch Nell
Feb 2
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Feb 2
Groundhog & Hedgehog Day
Hurtling Hedgehog
Feb 2
Hedgehog and Groundhog Day
Hedgehogs in the Garden
Feb 3
February's Birthstone
The Amethyst (Charlton)
Feb 4
Homemade Soup Day
Sandy's Scotch Broth
Feb 4
Homemade Soup Day
Oxtail Soup
Feb 5
Western Monarch Day
The Butterfly Flutter
Feb 5
Monarch Wintering Days
Monarch Butterfly
Feb 5
the Whisky Wreck Incident of 1941
Whisky Galore
Feb 6
Waitangi Day
A Trip to New Zealand
Feb 6
Poetry Friday
Beginner's Luck
Feb 7
Rose Day
The Bonnie White Rose
Feb 8
Death of Mary Queen of Scots
Queen Mary of Scotland
Feb 8
Opera Day
Opera Reel
Feb 8
Opera Day
Lucy of Lammermoor
Feb 9
Snowflake Day
The Snowflake Strathspey
Feb 9
Snowflake Day
Where the Snowflake Reposes
Feb 10
Umbrella Day
The Highlandman's Umbrella
Feb 11
the Coldest Day in Scotland
Cold and Raw
Feb 11
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Spilt Milk
Feb 11
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Jersey Cream
Feb 12
Lost Penny Day
A Penny Wedding
Feb 13
Flirting Day
The Flirt
Feb 13
Flirting Day
Flirtez!
Feb 13
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
Feb 14
Valentine's Day
St Valentine's Chase
Feb 14
Valentine's Day
Special Theme Collection
Feb 14
Valentine's Day
The Love Spoon
Feb 15
Gumdrop Day
Sugar Candie
Feb 15
Whale Weekend
The São Jorge Whale-Watchers
Feb 15
Hips and Hippo Day!
Hip Hip Hooray!
Feb 15
Butterscotch Day
Butterscotch Kilt
Feb 15
World Whale Weekend
The Whale's Moo
Feb 16
Manic Mondays
Monday Madness (February)
Feb 17
Crab Appreciation Day
Sally Lightfoot
Feb 17
The Year of the Firehorse
Frost and Fire
Feb 17
Cabbage Day
Rumbledethumps
Feb 18
Drink Wine Day
Don't Spill the Wine
Feb 18
Drink Wine Day
Special Theme Collection
Feb 18
Enjoy Wine Day
A Flute of Mad Wine
Feb 19
Chocolate Mint Day
Mint Truffles
Feb 19
Olympic Skating Days
The Minister on the Loch
Feb 20
Petronella Day
Petronella
Feb 20
Petronella Day
Petronella Reloaded
Feb 21
Skye Terrier Day
Dancing Dogs
Feb 22
World Thinking Day
The Trefoil Badge
Feb 22
George Washington's Birthday
The George Washington Bridge
Feb 23
Curling is Cool Day
The Bonspiel
Feb 23
Curling is Cool Day
Curling Lassies
Feb 24
Birthday of Thomas Newcomen
The Engine Room
Feb 25
Quiet Day
Haud Yer Wheesht
Feb 26
Fairy Tale Day
Snow White Strathspey
Feb 26
Fairy Tale Day
The Kelpie of Loch Coruisk
Feb 27
Polar Bear Day
Arctic Circle
Feb 28
Tailor Day
The Kilt Maker
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