Highland Dance Competition Sponsored by Maple Lodge Farms SATURDAY, AUGUST 10TH 7:45 am 8:30 am 11:00 am 1:00 pm 1:15 pm
Registration Dancing Starts Championship Break for Opening Ceremonies Award Presentation - Pre Premier & Championships
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH 8:00 am Registration 8:30 am National Competition Commences, Awards to Follow 11:00 am Premier Highland 4:30 pm Premier Highland Awards Ceremony
Continuing the Scottish tradition of Highland Dance, the Fergus Festival Championships, Highland competitions and National Dance competitions will be presented. The Fergus Scottish Festival Championship is only offered to Premier dancers in various age categories. The four Highland Dances are danced and the competitors are judged by three adjudicators. The marks are combined to determine the winner in each dance and the overall Champion. The Highland competitions are offered to both Premier and Pre-Premier dancers (Primary/ Beginner/Novice/Intermediate). Each section is also divided based on age. One adjudicator judges the four Highland Dances. The National Dance competitions are offered to both Premier and Pre-Premier dancers (Beginner/ Novice/Intermediate). Each section is further divided based on age. Three National dances are preformed and judged by one adjudicator.
Fergus Scottish Festival Championship
Championships are special competitions for Premier dancers that are sanctioned by the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing. The Fergus Scottish Festival Championship was created in 2006 in celebration of the Festival’s 60th Anniversary. Separate Championships are awarded by age group up to a maximum of 6. Dancers perform The Highland Fling, The Sword Dance, The Seann Triubhas and the Strathspey & Reel. Overall Trophies are awarded to three places with a cash award to the Champion, First Runner-Up and Second Runner-Up.
Pre-Premier Highland Competition
This competition is for primary to intermediate dancers and includes the Highland Fling, Pas de Bas, Sword Dance, Seann Triubhas, and Strathspey & Half Tulloch. Primary dancers receive participation gifts while Beginners to Intermediates receive winner and runner-up trophies and monetary scholarships.
Premier Highland Competition
The Highland Fling, Sword Dance, Seann Triubhas, and Strasthspey & Half Tulloch are included in this competition for Premier A & B Dancers. Trophies and cash prizes are awarded.
National Competitions
Open to Beginners through Premier dancers, dances include the Strathspey & Highland Reel, The Barracks, The Village Maid, The Flora MacDonald and the Scottish Lilt. Trophies and cash prizes are awarded.
Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games
Congratulations to the 2012 Winners of the May Family Farms Highland Dance Competition Spirit Award Winners: Alexandra Nickel, Adeline Byrne, Christina Bozzelli Fergus Festival Scholarship Winners: Molly McGill, Carly Dowdall, Megan Coghill, Amy Hawkins, Chantelle Procunier, Meg Durie, Kathleen Quinn Fergus Festival Encouragement Award: Cora Turpin Liam McIain Productions Scholarship: Alessandra Bruce-Fucco Shirley Ashdown Memorial Sean Triubhaus: Daniel Carr Dancer of the Games: Marielle Lesperance Trips to Scotland: Jamie Conrick, Mackenzie Waltenburgh and Daniel Carr
Page 29