Named for Rodger and Sandra

R&S Studios is named after my mum and dad, Rodger and Sandra: the hand-holding couple who loved music and never missed a chance to watch any kind of dance. They didn’t drink, but whenever they could, they were out enjoying the arts.

They’re also the reason I dance. While caring for them, I went for respite to a flat in Stirling, where a flatmate persuaded me to join the local salsa society. Years later I opened a beginners’ class in Paisley. It sold out, and Buddie Salsa Renfrewshire began.

We lost them both to dementia. This studio is for them, and for everyone who comes here to dance, perform, socialise or find community. They loved people. This is the home for those people.

Paul Blair, founder