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Highland Dancing Schedule of Events 2006
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Co-Directors:
Jo Kalat, Pat Johnston, Mary Recknagel, David Coulter
Judges: Shelia Mittig, Novi, MI; Betty Lawrence, Oklahoma City,
OK; Cathie Gibbs, Oakdale, CT
Pipers: Matt Turnbull, Seattle, WA; John Recknagel, Tucker, GA
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Grandfather
Mountain Highland Games is honored to be sanctioned by the Scottish
Official Board of Highland Dancing to hold the Atlantic International
Championships. The winners are scored under three judges marking
independently. The Championship is held over four dances. Competitors
must dance the same sequence of championship steps laid down by
the Board for the calendar year.
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Friday, July 7, 2006
Pre-Championship
Starts promptly at 1:00 p.m.
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| Premier Dancers who have never won a championship or pre-championship
are eligible to compete in a pre-championship. The dancers compete
in the four highland dances, Fling, Sword, Seann Triubhas and Reel
and cut steps may be danced. |
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Saturday, July 8, 2006
Atlantic International Championships
Starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. (will break for opening ceremonies)
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| A championship, limited to dancers of the highest or Premier level,
consists of the four highland dances, Fling, Sword, Seann Triubhas,
and Reel and is adjudicated by three judges evaluating each dancer
individually. 2006 Championship Steps Must Be Danced. |
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Saturday, July 8, 2006
Pre-Premier Competition
Starts after Championship, approximately 1:30 p.m.
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| Pre-Premier dancers are those who have not yet reached the Premier
or Championship level. They compete in age and ability appropriate
groups. Beginners and Novices advance by winning a third place or
higher in any dance in six separate competition. Intermediates stay
in this category for one full year before advancing to Premier.
These dancers receive medals as awards. They will be dancing: |
Primary
- Pas de Bas, Pas de Bas/Highcut, Fling, Sword
Beginners and Novice -Fling, Sword, Seann Triubhas
Intermediate - Fling, Sword, Seann Triubhas, Hornpipe
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Sunday, July 9, 2006
Special 50th Anniversary Hornpipe
Starts promptly at 11 a.m.
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| This special Hornpipe competition for Premier Dancers is being
held in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Grandfather Mountain
Highland Games. It is in addition to the regular Hornpipe to be
danced later and involves additional steps. The Hornpipe is common
to many parts of the British Isles. It derived its name from the
fact that usually the musical accompaniment was played on a hornpipe
rather than on bagpipes. Hornpipes were common instruments in those
days; they were comparable to our present day tin whistle. In time
the dance became popular among seafaring men and is now associated
with sailors. The modern Hornpipe imitates many shipyard activities
common in the days of wooden ships and iron men. |
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Premier Nationals and Pre Premier Competition
Sunday, July 9, 2006
Starts after Special Hornpipe, approximately 12:00 p.m.
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| Nationals refer to dances collected from old dance masters and
are more modern in origin. Although similar to Highland, the style
may be more flowing and balletic. Pre Premier dancers will also
be dancing the Half Tulloch, a Highland Reel. For this competition,
the dances are: |
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Beginners and Novice -Lilt, Flora, Half Tulloch
Intermediate - Lilt, Highland Laddie, Half Tulloch, Jig
Premier -Blue Bonnets, Highland Laddie, Hornpipe, Jig
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About our Judges
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| Sheila
Mittig - Sheila
McMillan Mittig was born and raised in Jamestown, Scotland where
she studied all forms of dance from a very young age at the famous
Stewart School of Dance in Alexandria. Miss Agnes Stewart taught
her ballet, tap and Ballroom and Mrs. Jessie Stewart Haggarty MBE
taught her highland. A member of the B.A.T.D. Sheila began her own
Dance Studio and then prior to emigrating to the United States in
1964 Sheila took and passed the S.O.B.H.D. Judges Exam. In the United
States she continued to teach however Highland only. Along with
many other successful students Sheila has taught two World Champions,
Noreen Keros who won the Junior World Championship and Mary Beth
Miller Klein who won Juvenile and Junior World Championships in
consecutive years. Sheila's daughter Alison whom she also taught
is a 4 time winner of the USIR among many other championships and
Sheila is proud to say that Alison is now a teacher in her own right.
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| Betty Lawrence - Betty Lawrence, originally from Ayr, Scotland,
now lives in Oklahoma City with her husband Matthew and Scottish
terrier MacDougal. She is a Member of The Scottish Dance Teachers
Alliance, a Fellow and Examiner Emeritus of the British Association
of Teachers of Dancing and a Member of the Scottish Official Board
of Highland Dancing judges' panel. Betty teaches Workshops through
out the United States and Canada and particularly enjoys coaching
for Professional Exams. |
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Cathie Gibbs - Cathie Peitzsch-Gibbs is a Fellow with the
Highland Branch of the BATD and UKA, and a member of the adjudicators'
panel of the SOBHD. Cathie has taught dancing for over 30 years
in TN, KY and New England. She currently lives in Connecticut where
she has a successful dancing school. Cathie also organizes dance
workshops, dance competitions, and travels with her students to
competitions.
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