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September 2018 Dancing News

DANCING NEWS SEPTEMBER 2018 Can you believe Term 3 is almost over!!! Wow! This term has flown by!! Thank you to everyone who is working so hard this term. There has been a great improvement seen in fitness and technique by all of you! Your exam work is coming along well too! Great stuff!! MANLY RESULTS Congratulations to the four studio dancers who competed at Manly last Sunday. Beginners Amy - 2nd in Swords and 2nd in Flora Novice  Julia - 1st in Flora and 1st in Trophy Fling Intermediate Emi - 1st in Flora and 1st in NSW State Title - Intermediate Premier Sabrina 3rd in Swords, Earl of Errol and Village Maid, 5th in Trophy Laddie and 2nd overall in NSW State Title - Restricted COMPETITIONS COMING UP There are 3 more competitions available for dancers this year. Please let me know if you need a copy of these syllabi. Saturday 6th October - Canberra Highland Gathering (outside games, with bands and races etc.) Sunday 14th October - Lit
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Welcome back!

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8 years after the last post we have found the log on and password for this blog! Going to try and update it regularly from now on. Lessons currently happening at Five Dock Senior Citizens Tuesday Nights Saturday Afternoons Fairfield Market Plaza (Decadance Studios) Thursday Evenings
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Manly Results

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MANLY RESULTS 2018 Congratulations to the four studio dancers who competed at Manly last Sunday. Beginners Amy - 2nd in Swords and 2nd in Flora Novice  Julia - 1st in Flora and 1st in Trophy Fling Intermediate Emi - 1st in Flora and 1st in NSW State Title - Intermediate Premier Sabrina 3rd in Swords, Earl of Errol and Village Maid, 5th in Trophy Laddie and 2nd overall in NSW State Title - Restricted
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St Andrews Day Christmas Party

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Monday night saw Ashley, Connor and Darcy (and I) traveling across Sydney to Turramurra Masonic Hall for their charity christmas night, in honour of St Andrews Day. The children danced beautifully, and were much loved. In the first bracket they did a Highland Fling Trio, then Darcy did her Pas de Basques and Highcuts, Connor did the Flora, Ashley did the Blue Bonnets, Darcy did Pas de Basques and Ashley finished the set with the Village Maid. The Village Maid went down a treat, I used Dougies music 'Good Times With The Wilson' which has a beautiful Village Maid track that plays Waltzing Matilda for the last two steps. The audience sang along! After a yummy dessert we moved along to the second bracket. Darcy opened the event with the Sword Dance - very good awe aspect to have a tiny girl doing the Gillie Callium over swords bigger than she is! Then Connor did the Seann Triubhas in his tartan jeans, Ashley did the Scotch Measure, Darcy did the Lilt and Connor finished up the nigh
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Happy 21st Averil

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Today Miss Av celebrated her 21st Birthday. AND SHE CAME TO DANCING!!!! Anna made her a beautiful cake!!!
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Av's Daydream this week!

So this week, during the ST Averil had another daydream! We have decided she is an adult version of Clarice Bean!! This week, whilst dancing 'step at a time' Averil was ready to start her side travel step, and she raced in to do her shake and almost slipped onto her backside. She said later that she was imagining she was at a track and field event and the starter gun went off so she had to race in fast to catch up!! Oh Av!! You delight us with your mad mad imaginings!!! :D
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Studio Exams

Just a reminder that studio exams are coming up in November. Brodie - Primary Greer - Silver Ashley - Silver Bar Anna - Silver Bar Averil - Gold Aidan, Faith and Xavier - Pre Primary 2.
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Happy 100th Birthday Hilda!

What I particularily love about teaching Scottish Highland Dancing is the link it has with people of all ages. On Sunday 3 dancers performed at a very special gig. It was the 100th birthday of a lady named Hilda. It was a surprise party, they had a piper and dancers perform for her. Hilda loved it, and was very emotional. She particularily loved it when Ceilidh danced the Flora MacDonalds Fancy, as Hilda is a descendant of Flora MacDonald. Darcy, at just turned 6, went over very well, as a crowd always love to see little ones perform. And of course - a boy in a kilt doing a sword dance is always a great hit too - so Connor lapped up that attention! I will be receiving photos in the next few days and will post some up here then. It was a very special day and Hilda seemed to have a fantastic 100th birthday!
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Averil's Day Dream!

At our Wifey's class on Wednesday night.... We were doing a Step-at-a-time Hornpipe and Av missed her turn, which was cool (had to start the music again anyway!), but what was hillarious was the reason she missed her turn.... She said she was day dreaming that the girls really WERE on a ship and that Greer was trying to do the pumping step but rolling down the deck and I was up in the crowsnest with a telescope leaning over and watching & calling out corrections from up there!! It was hillarious!!! SOOOO COOL!!! hahahah! We all lost it and couldn't stop laughing! Our Wifey's Class is such fun! :))))
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Great Weekend Up the Coast!

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Well done to Faith, Xavier, Ashley, Cailin on their great dancing and results at the Internationals at the end of July!!!
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Battle of Banockburn Dinner

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On June 24th. Darcy, Connor and Anna danced at Scottish House in Guildford for their Bannockburn Dinner. Darcy and Connor were lucky enough to be snapped by the local paper. Here is a pic and the article.
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Kirstin's BBM Scholarship Report

On Monday night just passed Kirstin had to present her report to the NSWSCHDInc regarding her trip to Scotland last year. Kirstin has permitted me to put her speech up on our blog. Thanks K. I have always dreamed of dancing in Scotland. One of my long term goals has always been to dance in the country in which Highland Dancing originates. Until August last year, that is all it was for me, a dream and a hope that someday it would happen. Without the help of the BBM Scholarship that might still have been the case. On the 4th of September 2008 I received a much anticipated email from OzScot Australia, informing me that I had been accepted as 1 of the 45 dancers to represent Australia in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2009. The opportunity to dance in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo has been something I have always wanted to do since I was 9, always telling people that one day I was going to dance on the Castle Esplanade. Receiving an email from BBM informing me that I was the nominee
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Welcome Back!!

Welcome to Twenty Ten!! This year has seen and will see magical things happen! Firstly, Kirstin was a apart of the Ozscot Tattoo Team for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Sydney. Well done Kirky on performing in that rainy rainy weather!! Next we had our debutante ball, where Kirstin and Ashley both represented Banksies by dancing in the display dances. And Aidan was the page boy for the event!! Jacob was one of the deb partners too! All the girls and boys did a wonderful job! This year is Champion of Champions in Queensland at Easter. At this stage, Murray's Ryans, Pascoes and Banks' are attending. Goodluck dancers!! June see's me heading off to America to judge at the San Diego Highland Games! THis is VERY exciting and I cannot wait!! Anna successfully attended the NSWSCHDInc Scruitneering session and is now a qualified scruitneer. In the next few weeks I will be commencing preschool classes during the day on Mondays. 10.30am. I am excited about being able to teach highla
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