Highland Fire Dance Academy

Just after the Canadian Championships these three girls came out and danced at the Fintry Fair. They danced their hearts out even with the 40 degrees out.

A few of our girls also competed at the Penticton Highland Games. Our girls danced their hearts out and came away with some prizes.

Kate M placed a 2nd and a 1st and Sierra placed a 3rd in the primary competition. Not only did they both have great results but they got to dance right next to each other on stage and not oh boy did they have a blast!

Maya also competed that day in the Premier age group and came away with a 5th. She was very happy with her results after a busy grad year.

What a week our girls had at the Canadian Championships last week in Kamloops. We had 6 girls go and compete on the biggest stage in front of a panel of 12 Judges from across the world. They performed with beauty and grace and came away with some fancy hardware.

We had a lot of firsts for our girls over the week.

Lily, Kate, Veronika and Kait L competed for the first time at Canadians.

We also had Veronika, and Maya competed in the Special Broadsword Competition for the first time as well.

Mikayla also got to compete with her dance friends from the Heather Jolley Highland Dancers in the Small Group Choreography for the first time.

While we had many first we also got to bring home some nice hardware. Overall the Highland Fire Dancers won a total of 29 medals over the 5 days of dancing.

Kait L placed a 2nd,4th,5th,6th,8th,9th over the two days she danced.

Kate M placed 6th over the two days she danced

Lily placed two 3rds,4th,8th,6th,9th over the two days she danced

Veronika placed a 5th,two 8ths,7th,10th and a 12th over the three days she danced. Veronika also won 5th with her group in the Broadsword.

Maya placed a 6th and two 7ths on the one day she danced

Mikayla placed three 4ths and a 5th over the two days she danced. Mikayla also won 5th with her group in the Broadsword event.

We couldn’t be more proud of the hard work and determination these girls put into preparing for such a big competition. The placing they received are proof of all the work they’ve done and we can’t wait to see them keep climbing to the top.

We also want to thank the organizers and volunteers for a well run, fun and organized event. This wouldn’t have been possible without you guys!

We are 2 days away from our June Show “Dancing Through the Decades”. Come watch our dancers perform to some of the greatest hit songs on Wednesday June 12th at 5:30pm At Rutland Centennial Hall.

Tickets still available at the door

With all our show prep, this little one worked really hard to advance to the real swords.

You can come watch this munchkin perform the Sword for the first time on June 12th at 5:30pm at the Rutland Centennial Hall.

Important information!

Make sure to mark down these important dates on your calendar so you don't miss out !

June 2: all entries received after 23:59 EDT will be charged a late fee ($35). This includes all dancing events as well as Choreography.

June 9: Registration officially closes. We will no longer accept entries after 23:59 EDT on June 9.

June 10: Ticket sales close for admission, the SDCCS Celebration, and Programme sales. Limited quantities of programmes will be available on site.

What an amazing weekend we had.

Veronika travelled down to Vancouver and competed in her first ever BC Closed Championships. She had a stellar performance and is the alternate to the reps for the 16 & Under 18 years class. 🏆

We are over the moon proud of what this girl accomplished this year and all the hard work she’s put in.❤️

Reminder that Monday classes will still be running at regular times on May 20th.

As of last night we have one of our wee dancers upgrading to real swords.

Bridget completed her sword after returning to dance for only 2 months! Congratulations Bridget! Your hard work is paying off.

It’s that time of year again! Time to gather round for our June show “Dancing Through the decades”

The show will be taking place on June 12 at 5:30pm at Rutland Centennial Hall (215 Shepard Rd).

Pre-Sale tickets are $20, Door price is $25. Ask Mrs. Tricia or Miss Mikayla in person or by email to purchase your tickets!

Need something to do with your kids today? Come out and try out some Highland dance moves in our North End Community Day ! There are some yummy Scottish treats to try too!

What a busy month of April our girls had.

Lily, Mikayla, Kait and Veronika all competed at the BC Highland Open at the beginning of this month. The girls all put new steps into dances and danced them beautifully.

We then had our yearly Dance exams. We are grateful for Lynne Hamilton coming all the way from Scotland to do our exams for us this year. We had a bunch of new little dancers do their first dance exams and some older dancers trying some harder steps.

While our dancers were doing their dances exams, Mikayla was down performing at the Virginia International Tattoo. The team performed in 8 shows over the week they were there.

And at the end of this month we had Maya go and compete at the Fraser Valley Open Championship. This was her first championship and we are proud of all the work she has put in.

Well Done to all the dancers on a successful April

Do you have some friends, neighbours, cousins that wanted to learn some scottish dance moves? Come out to our North End Community Day Saturday May 11! There may even be some scottish goodies up for grabs

Can’t wait to see everyone there!

Tickets on sale now! Limited number of tickets to dessert bar and dance!

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It’s that time again dancers! It’s dress up week for St Patrick’s Day next week.

Wear your best green outfits to class. Remember you still need to be able to dance in your outfit.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with.

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Reminder!

No classes tomorrow for family day

Another one advances to the real swords.

Mia completed her full sword last week and has earned her real swords.

Congrats Mia so proud of all the hard work you put it.

A great start to 2024! Congratulations to our dancer Mikayla as she was selected to perform at the Virginia Military Tattoo in April under the direction of the fabulous Aileen Robertson. We wish her and all the dancers that were selected the best of luck. Enjoy the experience.

With the lead up to Christmas party, we
told the littles there will be a special guest coming
C- says "I know who it is! It's Miss Mikayla!"
K- No we see her!
S- I Know it's santa claus. Guess they’ll have to wait and see who was right

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Reminder no classes due to the holiday

Congrats to these two lovely ladies this past weekend! They braved the stage with a last minute choreography and placed 2nd! They also danced their hearts out on that stage while trying to remember new dances as well. Way to go girls!

Okay Highland Fire Family it’s time for everyone’s favorite thing….

It’s dress up week again!

For all of next week come to class dressed up in either your halloween costume or any other costume you have. (please make sure you can still dance in your costume) There may even be special prizes awarded. Can’t wait to see what all you guys dress up as.

And that’s a wrap on the first 2 day competition of the season.

Congrats to our little primary for the weekend, Kate, on braving the stage and winning 1st in both her pas de basque and pas de basque and highcuts.

Congrats to Fiona on getting her last stamp in Novice. Intermediate here we come! As well as Lily for placing and getting a stamp in her first Novice competition. Way to go girls.

We are so very proud of Rayna for competing in 2 new dances and in a whole new category as well.

Congrats to Kait, Veronika and Mikayla for all placing in quite difficult Premier age groups.

Way to represent this weekend Highland Fire Crew.

Congratulations to our 4 girls that braved the first competition of the year! Lots of accomplishments today….
Lily trying out new fling steps and being
the overall aggregate winner! Novice here we
come!
Fiona strong dancing with great improvements and being 2nd overall
Maya overcoming fears with newer dances and finishing strong confidently
Mikayla great placing and great leadership

Thanks to Sons Of Scotland for a very well run first competition back

Congratulations to Veronika for competing in her very first SDTA North American Scholarship. She was in the senior category for her first one and did amazing. Both Mrs. Trish and Miss Mikayla are very proud of you