World Governing Body of Highland Dancing
Christine Lacey, Chairman of the SOBHD visited Jean Ritchie after the July Board Meeting with flowers and a card signed by the members to celebrate her 90th Birthday. In the picture with Jean is Jeanette Lacey and Nancy Haggarty-Gibbons.
32 dancers from the SOBHD performed at the celebration for Prince William’s Investitude at the Order of the Thistle of St Giles in Edinburgh on Thursday 5th July. The dancers put on a fantastic show both in a parade down the Royal Mile and outside the Scottish Parliament. The dancers are pictured here preparing for … Read more
Rooms at the Edinburgh Marriott for the SOBHD AGM and Oscar Dinner on 17th November 2012 are booking up quickly. The hotel have kindly increased our allocation of rooms for November 17th so, if you have not yet booked, we suggest you do so quickly. These rooms are available by booking using here
Irene McKechnie recently received a Civic Reception from Falkirk Council at their City Chambers plus an award to celebrate her 50 years of teaching in her Area. Irene is pictured with those in attendance and speeches were given by The Provost, Shendl Russell and Christine Lacey, who all acknowledged her accolades, her teaching and her … Read more
The Russian Dance Group are holding the very first Moscow Highland Dance competition, on 21st July 2012. A choreography competition will also be held on the same day. The competition will be held under SOBHD rules. For full details please see the Forms & Downloads section of the SOBHD website or click here to visit … Read more
The BATD City of Glasgow championship is introducing a dance off for an overall award at this year’s Championship event. This is to pay tribute to Mrs Jessie Stewart Haggarty MBE.
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the death of Julie Appleton-Seymour from Waipukurau, New Zealand on Thursday 16th February 2012. Julie was a well-known and popular Dance Teacher, Competition Organiser and member of ScotDance New Zealand. She trained several outstanding dancers, including World Championship finalists, and had an infectious passion for … Read more
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the death of Betty Jessiman from Huntly, Scotland. Betty founded the Jessiman Dance School in 1951. Betty was born in 1921, one of six children. She started dancing at the tender age of 4 with her mother and siblings. Betty then went to lessons at … Read more
There will be a number of vacancies for dancers in the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo Highland Ceilidh Dancers team for the 2012 season. For full details please see the attached application form.
Congratulations to Iain Macdonald who has been awarded the 2011 Atholl Clasp. Iain MacDonald is one of the most versatile people we have in Highland Dancing, he is also known for his good sense of humour and positive manner. I vividly remember Iain from my early days of dancing, which we all know wasn’t yesterday. … Read more