SOHDAFeb 25, 20197 min"The Last True World Champion"By Loraine Ritchey Rosemary McGuire 6 times World Champion This story is rather special as I believe that the dancer in the story is the "Last True World Cha...
SOHDAFeb 25, 20193 minTHE LEGEND OF THE SAILOR'S HORNPIPE When we look at a picture of a beautiful sailing ship of old we can see the tall masts, the ropes, ladders and netting up which the sailors had to climb, ...
SOHDAFeb 25, 20193 minTHE LEGEND OF THE SEANN TRUIBHASThe Seann Truibhas is the classic and surely the most beautiful of all our Highland Dances. It is most difficult to perform it as it should be danced, and ta...
SOHDAFeb 25, 20193 minHANDY TIPS FOR WHEN YOU’RE ABOUT TO SIT YOUR EXAMS! Dancing exams can be very scary. They are very different to dancing at competitions and require a different approach. They are also very important, as exa...
SOHDAFeb 25, 20191 minMotivationBy Charlie Mill Being a Highland Dancer takes a lot of dedication. Highland Dancers have to practice in order to be fit and to improve the way they dance. So...
SOHDAFeb 25, 20195 minTHE LEGEND OF THE SWORD DANCEBy Charlie Mill (Danced to the tune “Ghillie Callum”) All of our Highland Dances have a legend or story of how they came into being. A Scottish prince named ...
SOHDAFeb 25, 20193 minImproving your Turn Out By Charlie Mill Turn out is very important in the art of Highland Dancing. It’s important because Highland Dancing should be performed with the feet and legs...
SOHDAFeb 25, 20192 minTHE LEGEND OF THE HIGHLAND FLINGBy Charlie Mill It was very early in the morning as the little boy followed his grandfather up the mountainside. It was cold too and little Donald had troubl...
SOHDAFeb 25, 20193 minCOMPETITIONS – WHERE DID IT ALL START?By Charlie Mill Have you ever wondered where the idea of holding competitions in Highland Dance started? Where were the first competitions held and where? Hi...
SOHDAFeb 22, 20194 minBack To The Future?By Charlie Mill 25/11/2003 From the inception of what we now recognise as Highland Games, the energy-sapping art of Highland Dancing has been carried out by ...
SOHDAFeb 22, 20194 minHighland Dancing HistoryBy Charlie Mill 16/07/2002 For pure vitality and pleasure in movement there is nothing to compare with Highland Dancing. Originating in rituals of various ki...
SOHDAFeb 22, 20195 min Spearheading The Future of Highland DancingBy The SOHDA Technical Committee, 29/05/2002 The Scottish Official Highland Dancing Association, being the oldest remaining “specialist” association of its k...
