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Happy Birthday to us here at HQ :D   Day 2 Year 5...   Its not just me Nikki behind HD... so here are....   The people behind HD are me Nikki - Cody 12 - Eden 9 - we bring you the designs, the banter, the hard work and the cups of tea when time on the laptop goes on :D The boys Cody & Eden were excited that we were going into year 5 and could not believe that we have been around so long! :D We will have cake later me thinks ;)   We MUST NOT...

Helllloooo dancing world! Hope everyone is enjoying being back into competitions, I know a few of you have some some already.Seems like so long ago, but I hope you had a lovely Christmas. I had a really nice time with my family, despite breaking my toe at gymnastics!So, everyone knows that at the end of last year, I was slowing down with dancing. I just wasn’t feeling it and considered giving it up. Having a break from it really helped. I missed my classes, I missed my teacher, I missed seeing my dancing friends and I REALLY missed dancing. I...

Welcome to Bute Highland Games What better way to indulge yourself in the pure flavour of Scotland than to experience at first hand the magic of a Highland Games set on a beautiful Scottish island? The wonderful and haunting music of pipe bands; the supreme expertise and skill of highland dancers; the prowess and strength of heavy event athletes and wrestlers; the enthusiasm and energy of track runners; the sheer endurance of road race competitors and an opportunity to see just what shinty is all about! ……. so come and enjoy: Pipe Bands & Drum Majors Highland Dancing Senior Heavy...

Happy Yearversarry to Me!Hi everyone!Just a super quick blog entry today. Yesterday marked a year since I’ve been blogging for “The Highland Dancer”. How exciting. Hopefully I’ll have a lot more blogs to come, lots of content and will definitely get my dancing family more involved too.Also, a huge well done to everyone at Cowal. My Instagram was full of pictures of people with their trophies and medals. Regardless of results, everyone had happy faces and looked chuffed to have just been part of it all. Maybe once I feel that I could attend and do well, I’ll go.This weekend...

Dance After Injury Hello world! Hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for everyone following me on my new Instagram @highland_summer it’s been hard trying to find everyone again after getting locked out of my old one. So, I was due to compete at Inverness Highland Games last weekend, but sadly, it didn’t happen. Every year, the highland dancers are part of the opening ceremony, and take part in a mass highland fling. We do one first, and then everybody comes on the field and joins in. One of the drawbacks of dancing on the ground is that it’s uneven, and...