2024 Alma Highland Festival Highland Dance Competitions and Championships
Saturday, May 25 & Sunday, May 26, 2024
ScotDance USA MW-0202
Judges
Trisha Bacon - Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Jacqueline Smith - Milton, Ontario
Deborah Stevenson - Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Schedule
Saturday, May 25
8:00am - Registration - Pre-Premier Competition
9:00am - Pre-Premier Competition
10:30am - Registration - Solo Choreography Competition
11:00am - Solo Choreography Competition (time approximate; event will start at the end of Pre-Premier dancing)
12:00pm - Registration - Great Lakes Open Championship
1:00pm - Great Lakes Open Championship
Sunday, May 26
9:00am - Registration - Great Lakes Closed Championship/Midwest Regional USIR Qualifier
10:00am - Great Lakes Closed Championship/Midwest Regional USIR Qualifier
Rules
1. Competitions will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the Royal Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (RSOBHD).
2. The judge’s decision is final.
3. Age groups will be determined according to the number of entries and competitors’ ages as of the day of the competitions, with the exception of the Great Lakes Closed Championship. A dancer's age for the regional championship will be as of July 15, 2024. Age groups are set by ScotDance USA and cannot be altered.
4. Dancers must present their 2024 registration card to register and receive awards. No paper or electronic copy of the card will be accepted. Pre-Premier cards will be collected at time of registration and returned after awards are handed out.
5. Dancers first to enter shall be last to dance. Dancers last to enter shall be first dance and serve as fill-ins for reels in Premier.
6. Dancers must be ready and appear when called or forfeit the chance to dance.
7. Dancers must be in full costume to receive awards.
8. Awards are given at the judge’s discretion.
9. Alma Highland Festival reserves the right to make changes to the event or schedule so long as the change falls within the scope of RSOBHD Rules.
10. 2024 RSOBHD Championship Steps required for all Premier dances: Highland Fling, Sword, Sean Truibhas, Reel of Tulloch.
Entries for the Great Lakes Closed Championship/Midwest Regional will be accepted through April 28.
Entries for all other events will be accepted through May 15.
No late entries will be accepted.
Questions:
Megan Brown, Organizer
[email protected]
(989) 763-6456
