"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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 25, 2019
- 3 min
THE 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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 25, 2019
- 3 min
THE LEGEND OF THE SEANN TRUIBHAS
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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 25, 2019
- 3 min
HANDY 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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
Motivation
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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 25, 2019
- 5 min
THE LEGEND OF THE SWORD DANCE
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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 25, 2019
- 3 min
Improving 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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 25, 2019
- 2 min
THE LEGEND OF THE HIGHLAND FLING
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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 25, 2019
- 3 min
COMPETITIONS – 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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 22, 2019
- 4 min
Back 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...
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SOHDA
- Feb 22, 2019
- 4 min
Highland Dancing History
By Charlie Mill 16/07/2002 For pure vitality and pleasure in movement there is nothing to compare with Highland Dancing. Originating in...
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SOHDA
- Feb 22, 2019
- 5 min
Spearheading The Future of Highland Dancing
By The SOHDA Technical Committee, 29/05/2002 The Scottish Official Highland Dancing Association, being the oldest remaining “specialist”...
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