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 sai...

The Seann Truibhas is the classic and surely the most beautiful of all our Highland Dances. It is most difficult to perform it as it shou...

Dancing exams can be very scary. They are very different to dancing at competitions and require a different approach. They are also ver...

By Charlie Mill Being a Highland Dancer takes a lot of dedication. Highland Dancers have to practice in order to be fit and to improve th...

By 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 Sc...

By Charlie Mill Turn out is very important in the art of Highland Dancing. It’s important because Highland Dancing should be performed wi...

By Charlie Mill It was very early in the morning as the little boy followed his grandfather up the mountainside. It was cold too and litt...

By Charlie Mill Have you ever wondered where the idea of holding competitions in Highland Dance started? Where were the first competition...

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 ...

By Charlie Mill 16/07/2002 For pure vitality and pleasure in movement there is nothing to compare with Highland Dancing. Originating in r...

By The SOHDA Technical Committee, 29/05/2002 The Scottish Official Highland Dancing Association, being the oldest remaining “specialist” ...