Banks School of Scottish Dancing

Craig got 6th in the Worlds!!!!!! WOOHOO!!! That is so exciting!! Kara Broughton qualified for the adults, so did Emily Ingram for the Junior. Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!! AND THREE BOyS IN THE THE TOP SIX IN THE ADULT WORLDS! THAT IS SO AWESOME!!! Full results are: Cowal Gathering 24 Aug 2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Adult Championship Results 1) David Wilton 2) Marielle Lesperance 3) Daniel Carr 4) Kari MacNaughton 5) Angela Ramsay 6) Craig Johnston Dance Results Highland Fling 1 David Wilton 2 Daniel Carr 3 Marielle Lesperance 4 Kari MacNaughton 5 Angela Ramsay 6 Jocelyn Case Sword Dance 1 David Wilton 2 Angela Ramsay 3 Marielle Lesperance 4 Daniel Carr 5 = Desmond Worfolk 5 = Jocelyn Case Seann Truibhas 1 David Wilton 2 Marielle Lesperance 3 Kari MacNaughton 4 Daniel Carr 5 Craig Johnston 6 Anne Thomson Reel 1 Marielle Lesperance 2 Craig Johnston 3 David Wilton 4 Kari MacNaughton 5 Anne Tho

I thought it had been a while since I wrote about who my other teachers and student teachers are who take classes for me when I am unable to teach. They are a great help to me and I know that they are just as enthused and excited to be a part of the Banksie's Team!! Leanne (whom you all know as 'Brodie's Mum!) - Leanne is a qualified teacher and examiner with the SDAA. Leanne also has her teacher qualifications in Tap. She is also a competition organiser and on the Council and Management Committee of our examining body. Up until 3 years ago Leanne had her own dancing school at Canley Heights that taught ballet, tap, jazz and highland. Alison (Ali!) - Alison is a qualified teacher with the SDAA and is currently a delegate for the NSW State Committee of Highland Dancing. Ali is also trained in ballet and contempory. Casey (Little Sis!) - When she is in Australia and not being a professional dancer in Europe! Casey is trained in Highland, Ballet (university diploma), Iris

Congrats to all my PrePremiers who competed at Penrith on Sunday 19th August!! Sarah - First in Trophy Dance Fling and 1st in Swords Brodie - First in Fling, Swords, Pdbs and Pdbs and Hcts Lauren - 2nd in Pdbs and Pdbs and Hcuts Cailin - 2nd in TD Laddie and places in other section dances. Won most promising dancer award! Great work girls!!!

DANCING NEWS AUGUST 2007 Welcome back to Term 3 and welcome to our new students, Maddi, Hannah and Scarlette. Please make sure you say ‘hi’ to them and make them feel welcome!! We had a wonderful term 2, and I thank all of you dancers for working so very hard in lessons and at the competitions and displays that we had. I am very proud of you all! At the moment, the competitive dancers are learning their solos for the SDAA September competition at St Marys. So things are a bit hectic during lessons, and I apologise for that! We are not used to having solos in our kind of dancing. Please try and remember your solo (or get mum to write it down!) because my brain can’t keep that many new choreographies in it!! If you like, your mum can bring a camera to class and video you doing your dance, so you can practice it at home. At SDA September we will also be doing our troupe dances, all 3 of them – Knees Up, Faery Dance and Panic! So we will start back working on them v