Scottish Highland dancing is one of the oldest forms of folk dance, dating back to the 11th or 12th century. The Highland dances of Scotland were highly athletic male celebratory dances of triumph, or ...
You don't have to be Scottish to be familiar with bagpipes, harps, kilts the caber toss or the hammer throw. But there is one ancient Scottish tradition which is only just recently gaining some notice ...
Ashlyn Rubach bounces and spins along to bagpipe music in the basement of her grandmother’s house in Lake Linganore. She kicks and points her feet and holds a hand toward the ceiling in the ...
When Meghan Palmer, 16, and junior at Ferris High School, began Scottish Highland dancing 12 years ago it wasn’t because she has Scottish ancestors or because she particularly liked dance. “I did it ...
In Vernon, Highland dancing likely arrived with Scottish immigrants and their descendants, much as it did across Canada and ...
LAGUNA NIGUEL (CBSLA.com) — A Southern California teenager has accomplished a feat that hasn't been done in 14 years. Finnegan, who picked up Scottish highland dancing at the age of three, explains ...
LAGUNA NIGUEL – Kaylee Finnegan’s face glistens with sweat as she works through a dance routine inside her family’s garage. Thud, thud, thud, thud. Finnegan’s feet land with deliberate force and ...
MADISON, Wis.- After bringing Scottish Highland Dancing to Madison back in 2018, the Breckenridge School of Highland Dance is headed back to the birthplace of the sport, for the Madison students to ...
ITASCA, Ill. (WLS) -- At The Scottish Festival & Highland Games, guests will feel like they've been transported to Scotland without having to travel far. Scottish Heavy Athletics- Nine contests of ...
Just how much Scottish blood is coursing through their veins, they can”t say, but Sarah and Debbie Means, sisters from Salinas, are clear on one thing: Bagpipes put a spring in their step. “I have ...