2011 Entry Form Now Available

The entry form for the 2011 Charity Highland Festival is now available for download - see under 'competition details' for link

Competition raised £2,065

We have now completed tallying the money and can advise that an astonishing £2,065 was raised from the competition, canteen, raffles and guess the bear's birthday.

A cheque for the full amount has been sent to Action Duchenne.

Thank you

Gareth and I wish to thank the highland dancing community for the overwhelming support for the first of this annual event - dancers came as far a field as Rothesay, Belfast and Peterhead.  The list of thanks is endless from our four judges (Lezley Anderson, Mary Neill, Susan Clark and Ian MacLean) who kindly donated their fee to charity, to the volunteers who also gave their time to support our competition, all those who donated trophies & medals, raffle prizes, primary prizes and canteen donations and of course not forgetting all the competitors who made the day possible. 

We extend our gratitude to the following helpers :

Canteen - Anji McAvoy, Anne Low and Janice Hanvidge
Stewards - Claire Hammell, Jean Stirton, Jenny Strachan, Matthew Low, Allison Gentles, Lisa Linton
Top Table - Richard McClumpha, Wilma Tolmie
Raffle - Ann Donlon and Pat Linton
Front Door -  Mr& Mrs Hammell
Convenor - George Mitchelson


Donna & Gareth Mitchelson

Dancing has now finished

Dancing has now finished - awards are being presented and the presentation of trophies by Dean Widd from Action Duchenne will take place in a few moments.

Giant Teddy Bear

The draw for the Giant Teddy bear has taken place

The draw was made by Dean Widd of Action Duchenne - the winning date was 20 February 2010

The winner was - Kathleen Meldrum

Morning dancing completed

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Results now available

Primary results are now available - all others will be published as soon as they have been announced.

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Primary dancers all finished

Primary dancers are finished - results will be issued soon

Getting organised

The hall is full and we are just about ready to start.

All the trophies are laid out on the stage and look fantastic - hopefully we will manage to get some photos posted later.

En route to the comp

We are all packed up and on our way - I am squashed in the back beside the giant teddy (a bit squashy nut she is keeping me warm!)

5 days to go

Only 5 days to the comp.

If you want to guess the bear's birthday then you had better do it now!

Change of timings

Due to the split of entries between pre-premier & premier we have had to move the intermediate sections to the morning.

Time table is now:

Pre-premier sections commence 10 am
Premimer sections commence 1 pm

Change of Age Groups

Just a small change in the groups since there were quite a few entries in the Premier 16 and over group. We have split the group so there will now be a Premier 16-17 years and a 18 and over group.

Dates and Venues Booked for Future Years

It is with much pleasure that we are able to announce that dates and venues have been provisionally booked for the next two years :

2011 5th March 2011 in the Johnstone Town Hall - in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust

2012 11th March 2012 in the Cochrane Hall, Alva - in aid of the National Autistic Society

Confirmation, times and entry forms will be available nearer the time.

Guess the bear's birthday - now live

Guess the bear's birthday is now live - all proceeds going to the Action Duchenne charity

£5 per guess - buy online here

Not sure how big the bear is - look for Logan in the picture!!!

Guess the Birthday - Giant National Bear

A guess the birthday giant bear will be soon running via the toeandheel.com website raising funds for the charity Action Duchenne. Entries will be taken online and it will be drawn at the charity competition on 13/3/10. This Hamley's Bear is beautifully dressed in it's own national costume (dress wine Sutherland) and measures a massive 34"/87cm sitting (approx.) and nearly 50" (1 m 25 cm) from head to toe and weighs in at 10 kg.

A big thank you to Pat Clarke (for donating the bear), Pat Linton (for making it's outfit) and Tartantown Canada (for supplying the tartan).

Due to the size and weight it is impracticable to post the teddy overseas. The winner can arrange collection either at the competition in Grangemouth or from us directly (Monifieth, Dundee), or we could arrange UK shipping via parcelforce at the winner's expense.