SDCCS 2012 January Newsletter - Jones Studio of Highland Dance

Take the Journey
Volume 1, Issue 1
January 2012
Alberta Highland
Dancing Association
Inside this issue:
Choreography Entries -Feb 1, 2012
The Choreography event
will take place July 11,
2012 at the Frances Winspear Centre for Music.
On-line registration will
be available on the SDC
web site February 1,
2012. No mail in entries
will be accepted.
Dancers must register
first at the West Edmonton Mall Fantasyland
Hotel prior to traveling to
the Winspear Centre. At
registration they
will obtain their event
pass for admission to the
Winspear.
Check-in for the Choreography event will be downtown at the Winspear
Centre.
Teachers will hand in
their competition list and
receive their choreography number at Winspear
check-in.
Schedule of Dancing
Events
2
Barra MacNeils
2
Loree Martin Vellner
Choreography Event
2
SDC Qualifier Event
3
Gail Danysk Sword
Dance Challenge
3
Details of the Gail
3
Danysk Sword Dance
Challenge
Journey Back 10, 20,
30 and 40 years.
4
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Take the Journey
Schedule of Dancing Events
July 12, 2012
At the Ice Palace
Highland events for premier, restricted
premier, pre-premier and primary
Gail Danysk Sword Dance Challenge—
Preliminary Heat
At the Fantasyland Hotel
Teachers’ & Judges’ Reception
Pin Exchange
Prior to SDCCS 2012
July 10, 2012
At the Ice Palace
SDC Qualifier Event
ScotDance Canada
Championship Series
July 11, 2012
At the Fantasyland Hotel
Dancer Registration
Welcoming Events
At the Winspear Centre
Opening Ceremonies, Choreography
July 13, 2012
At the Ice Palace
Canadian Inter-Provincials
At the Fantasyland Hotel
Banquet
July 14, 2012
At the Ice Palace
National events for premier, restricted
premier, pre-premier and primary
Gail Danysk Sword Dance Challenge—
Semi-Final Heat
Jig and Hornpipe
July 15, 2012
At the Ice Palace
ScotDance Canada Open Championship, Pre-championship events
Gail Danysk Sword Dance Challenge
Barra MacNeils
SDCCS 2012 is thrilled to welcome the Barra
MacNeils to the Winspear Centre stage. The
Opening Ceremonies and the Choreography
events are being held at this world renowned
venue in the heart of downtown Edmonton.
Competitors in the Choreography event will
dance exclusively to the music of Canada’s
Barra MacNeils. Our finalists in the Choreography competition will perform to the live
band.
www.barramacneils.com
Loree Martin Vellner Choreography Competition
Loree’s resume highlights a career as
an acrobat, cast member in a child’s
touring show, member of a concert
group, professional dancer of stage and
television as well as an outstanding
Highland Dancer.
Loree has an Honorary Doctorate for
her studies in kinaesthetic awareness
not only in dancers but also in artistic
sport athletes. She has taught figure
skating, choreographed gymnastic routines,
was a diving coach and judge and named to
the Alberta Diving Coaches team for the
Commonwealth Development Program.
For her dedication to ScotDance Canada she
was awarded an honorary membership in
1998. On her retirement from active participation in 2011, she was awarded Emeritus
membership status, the highest honour in
our association.
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SDC Qualifier Event prior to the series
This event will take place on Tuesday
July 10 at the Ice Palace, West Edmonton Mall. The time will be announced
shortly. There will be three judges. Since
this is a qualifying round similar to the
Provincial Closed Selection Meets, these
judges will be different from the panel
judging the Canadian Championship.
Three dancers from each of the six age
groups will win a spot to compete in the
Canadian Inter Provincial Championships
being held July 13, 2012. Although no
awards will be given at this qualifying
event the results of each dance will be
announced. Certificates will be presented
to the 18 qualifiers.
There will be 18 sashes for the qualifiers
to wear in the Opening Ceremonies and
at the banquet.
On-line registration will be available for
this event. Watch the ScotDance Canada
website and face book page for more
details.
Canadian Champions 2011
Marielle Lesperance, Katie Lee, Lizzie
Beattie, Sarah Beth Gillis and Morgan
McDougall (not pictured Bevin Wiley)
Gail Danysk Sword Dance Challenge
The Millennium Sword Challenge was
introduced at ScotDance Canada
Championship Series 2000. The organizers of SDCCS 2012 are summoning
the participants to action 12 years later
with the “Gail Danysk Sword Dance
Challenge”.
Judges’ and Advisory Committee Chair,
was the secretary for our National Organization, organized three ScotDance
Canada Championship Series (1980,
1994 and 2006) and arranged numerous workshops and national conferences.
Gail Danysk, Emeritus ScotDance Canada, answered ScotDance Canada’s
challenge on many occasions. She is a
founding member of ScotDance Canada
for which she received Independent
Member status. She is the past SDC
She was a well respected judge,
teacher and examiner but never by her
own admission because she is ever so
humble. Those accolades are bestowed
upon her by her peers. The true measure of a remarkable person!
Details:
This special event will take place July 12,
14 and 15th. There will be 3 groups: 7 &
Under 13 Years, 13 & Under 16 Years, 16
Years and over.
The venue will be the West Edmonton Mall
Ice Palace. Participants will dance the
championship step 3 & 1 sword dance. The
competition is open to Premier Dancers.
(birth date as of July 11, 2012). Eighteen
swords have been donated by Scottish Imports. There will also be cash prizes.
July 12—24 dancers advance in each age group
July 14—6 dancers advance in each age group
July 15—final 6 in each age group
Millennium Sword Challenge
Edmonton 2000
Kimberley Cooper is pictured with her teacher
Betty Sutherland after winning the Millennium
Sword Challenge. David Wilton and Erin Rose
were the other Sword Challenge winners.
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Take the Journey
SDCCS 1992 in Winnipeg was
the first year that a 9 year and
under category was offered. The
first ever 9 and under Canadian
Champion was Erin Welk (608)
of BC.
Canadian Champions 1982
Lisa Nickle (ON), Ann Milne (ON), Natalie Gray (ON),
Jennifer Lindsay (BC) and Mary Munro (BC)
At the same event, new
SOBHD Adjudicating
Panel Member Natalie
Quick (681) won her 3rd
Canadian Championship title.
Take the Journey Back 10, 20, 30 and 40 years
The championship series did not exist in 1972. The Board had not
approved a closed national championship for Canada. ScotDance Canada was not in existence until many years later.
The high profile championship that drew dancers from across the
country was the Inter-Continental Championship held in August at
the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
Jumping for joy in this “newspaper clip” are the 1972 Manitoba qualifiers Jennifer Paterson, Cheryl Rafter (current Vice President of ScotDance Canada) and Glenda Bergner.
In 2002, city of Vancouver British Columbia, the Canadian Champions were:
Colleen Rintamaki (ON), Christine Henderson (BC),
Chantal Watt (ON), Stephanie Wilson (BC), Christina
Maas (AB), Caitlin Wilson (BC).