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 Highland Dancing News
This page lists Highland dance news
by subject and in date order - sections marked have recently been updated. Click on the links below to find the
Highland news you are looking for. If you have any
news you would like to have posted please contact Jen @ 686-2946 or director@highlanddanceschool.com.
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| Dance Out News |
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Dance Out 22nd March |
Weekend Dance Out - We have been invited to do a performance for the
Fraternal Order of Eagles on Saturday March 22 at 7:30pm. ALL dancers are
invited to participate even if all they can do is pas de bas. The show is at
their lodge in Acadia so it is not far away. Observer space will be limited
so we ask that only one parent accompany their child and that no extra
siblings attend. Thank you in advance for honouring
this request. Please let Jennifer know ASAP if you are able to perform and
she will pass your name on to Heather who will be in charge of the dance
credits etc. and who is our parent contact for this dance out. We hope this
will be a chance for some of the younger dancers to perform and see the
older dancers in action! |
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| Results |
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Kimberly
April Competition - 2008 |
Kimberly, BC - Congratulations to Alison
for winning the trophy in her last Novice competition this weekend in
Kimberly. She won it with 1st, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th. She has now moved to
Intermediate! Sarah L also competed Premier in Kimberly and did very well
placing 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 4th. Congratulations dancers! |
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South Carolina
April Competition - 2008 |
South Carolina, USA - Congratulations are
in order for Devon who competed all the way down in South Carolina. She is
bringing home a 4th, 5th, and 6th in the competition and a 4th for her Solo
choreography. Way to go! |
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CHDA March Competition - 2008 |
Calgary, AB - Congratulations to all the dancers who competed
in Calgary this weekend. The results are as follows: Beginner
- Meghan - 3rd, 4th and a move to Novice! Holly - 4th, 4th, 4th, 4th, and
Sarah C - 3rd, 3rd. Novice -Alison - 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 5th,
and Laura - 1st, 1st, 2nd, 4th, the class trophy and a move to Intermediate!
Premier - Naomi - 4th, 5th, and Sarah L - 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd.
Great work dancers! |
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Edmonton February Competition - 2008 |
Edmonton, AB
- Congratulations to
the following dancers Rory and
Kelsie competed in their first competition on the weekend in Edmonton.
Congratulations on their super effort! A further
congratulations goes to Laura who placed
1st, 4th and 5th and Meghan 2nd, and a 4th. |
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Arizona, USA February Competition - 2008 |
Arizona, USA
- Congratulations to Devon who competed and won
1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. She was excited about winning some money! |
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CHDA January Competition - 2008 |
Calgary, AB
- Congratulations to
the following dancers: Beginner -
Sarah C 1st, 4th, Holly 3rd, 4th, 4th,
and Meghan 1st, 3rd, 5th, Novice - Laura
2nd, 3rd, 6th, 6th, and Alison -
1st, 3rd, 5th, 5th, Premier -
Devon 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 6th. A number of new
beginners from the school will be competing in the Calgary
competition in March. Best of luck to you!
We will be cheering you on for your big
debut! |
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| Dancer News |
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9 March
2008 |
CUSGA Judy Schey & Evelyn
Leinweber Memorial Bursary -
Congratulations to Sarah L who has again been awarded this
bursary from the Calgary United Scottish Games! |
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20 January
2008 |
BATD Sadie Simpson
Scholarship Nominee - A HUGE congratulations to Devon! Devon was nominated for
the Sadie Simpson BATD Junior Scholarship competition held at the Fantasyland Hotel
during the BATD conference in Edmonton on November 2nd. She was nominated by the medal
test examiner based on her performance during this past May's exams. During the
scholarship competition she had to complete a written exam, a solo choreography and
a scholarship class during which time she is judged by a panel of examiners.
Devon performed very well at the event and came in 3rd out of 43 for her
written paper exam. |
| 27 June 2007 |
Sportsmanship
& Most Improved Trophy Winners -
Congratulations to the dancers who won the Dance School Trophies this year. The
sportsmanship trophy went to Naomi and the Most Improved Trophy went to Holly. Well done
girls! |
| 4
February 2007 |
Scholarship Win -
Sarah and Sydney won the Judy Schey & Evelyn Leinweber Memorial Bursary from the
Calgary United Scottish Games. Congratulations girls! |
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| Teacher News |
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26 April
2008 |
Hi
Everyone:
Kelsie Zebrun and Jennifer George are going out on June 7, 2008, in our
bright yellow underwear and knee high socks, to walk the streets of Calgary
in the Alberta Cancer Society's Underwear Affair. Our team's name is Booties
and the Beast (Jen's husband Les is the Beast) and we all have someone dear
to us who is currently fighting cancer. Jen's dad has spent 3 weeks since
Easter fighting cancer at the Rockyview Hospital. He is still there.
But we are making a difference! Our team is currently in 3rd place
out of over 120 Calgary teams!!!
The money goes directly to help Alberta Cancer Foundation uncover a cure for
cancers below the waist. Please help me go the distance by sending this note
to all of your friends, family and co-workers. We're all in this together.
When we kick cancers 'down there' to the curb, everyone wins the race.
As an added incentive Jen's mom Marg of Marg's Highland Dance Wear Inc. has
offered up 3.5 meters of in-stock tartan of your choice to the winner of a
Highland Dance community draw. For every $20 donated to a member of our team
you will receive a ticket into the draw for the tartan!
To make a donation simply go to www.uncoverthecure.org or
http://www.uncoverthecure.org/site/TR/Events/Calgary2008?team_id=11371&pg=te
and search the team "Booties and the Beast".
It will even allow you to split your donation between members of the team if
you want. We will do the draw on June 7th at the Calgary competition right
before we head downtown to strut our 5K in our underwear.
Love,
Jennifer George and Kelsie Zebrun
(FORMER HIGHLAND DANCERS AND CURRENT HIGHLAND
TEACHERS IN CALGARY) |
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26 April
2008 |
New CBE Teacher -
We would like to congratulate Kelsie on the completion of her Bachelor of
Education Degree. She has been hired by the Calgary Board of
Education and is looking forward to having her own class in the Fall along
with teaching Highland at the Johnson School. |
| 13
February 2008 |
CBE Fellowship -
Jennifer received approval from the Calgary Board
of Education for a full year Professional
Improvement Fellowship Sabbatical to begin September 2008.
During her year of leave she will be writing
and defending the thesis that will complete
her Master of Arts in Interpretive Studies in Educational Research. |
| 5 July 2007 |
It's a Girl - Jennifer
gave birth on to Scotia Jeanness George a 6lbs, 7oz, and 18.5" long baby girl on July
5th at 10:22am at the Rockyview General Hospital. Mom and baby are at home and both
doing well. If you want to pop by and visit Jen and Scotia give her a call or send
her an email, I am sure she would love to have some visitors.  
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| 11 July 2007 |
Canadian
Highland Dance Championship Results - Congratulations to the news addition to the
Johnson School of Highland Dance's teaching staff, Kelsey Zebrun, who came in 2nd
Runner-Up in the Adult Class at the ScotDance Canada Championship Series in New
Brunswick. Kelise is now the current North American Champion in the 20 & Under
22 age group held as part of the ScotDance Canada Championship Series in New Brunswick. |
| 8 July 2007 |
Master of Arts -
Jennifer will be commencing her studies towards a Master of Arts with a specialisation in
Interpretive Studies in Education at the University of Calgary's Graduate Division of
Educational Research in September 2007. |
| 8 July 2007 |
Bermuda Conference -
Erik who manages the website and helps Jen with administration work will be presenting at
the Bermuda Captive Insurance Conference in Hamilton Bermuda from the 16th to the 19th of
September 2007. He will be presenting on the topic of "Measuring Captive Value
& Performance" based on his article that appeared in February 2007's issue of
Risk Management Magazine (Link
to article). |
| 19 May 2007 |
Jen's Article - Jen
had an article published in Legacy Magazine's summer issue - click on this link to read
the article - http://www.legacymagazine.ab.ca/current_issue.html?IK=199&Step=2&Story=4. |
| 13 May 2007 |
Whitney Moves to Quebec -
We have been very fortunate to have had Whitney teaching the Primary and Beginner classes
for the past two years. We will miss Whitney as she moves far from home to attend
University on scholarship at McGill. She plans on continuing to teach dance while away at
school as she works towards her full teaching certificate. We wish her all the best in her
studies and hope that she stops in for visits when she returns to Calgary from time to
time. |
| 28 January 2007 |
Jen's
On-Line Baby Pool - Click on this link to enter Jen's FREE on-line baby pool and
see if you win- http://www.expectnet.com/games/dancebabygame. |
| 7 January 2007 |
Whitney
Goes to Greece - Whitney is going on a school trip in March to Athens, Greece.
It is for a Harvard Model Congress and it's through a course called comparative
government. Congratulations Whitney and have a great time! |
| 7 January 2007 |
Prime
Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence - Click on this link for a copy of the picture of Jen with
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada who presented Jen with her
award at a ceremony in Calgary on 21 December 2006. |
| 21 September 2006 |
Governor
General's Award in Excellence in Teaching Canadian History - Jennifer is the 2006
winner of this award. The prize is $2,500, a gold medal and a trip for two to the awards
ceremony in Ottawa on September 28, she will also have a private lunch with Governor
General Michaelle Jean, tour Rideau Hall and enjoy a gala dinner. Each winning teacher's
school will also receive $1,000. Click the following - Press
Release and More Details to see more
details. |
| 29 April 2006 |
Director
Wins Education Award - She was also the winner of the 2006 Online Learning Award
from the International Society for Technology in Education which recognizes creative
teachers worldwide for their pioneering use of telecommunication networks to provide
innovative learning opportunities for school-age students K–16. Awards will be
presented at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in San Diego, July
5–7, 2006. |
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| School News |
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2
March 2008 |
BATD Medal Tests & Workshop -
We wanted to tell you how proud we are of how you did today in your
exams! You all looked so lovely and you tried very hard. You all did great!
You will get your papers and marks on
Monday. A big thank you to my mom for picking up
the examiner on Thursday night and to Colin (Devon's dad) for driving her to
and from her hotel on Friday. Thank you also to Devon and Sarah for their
help setting up the studio in the morning. The
workshop tonight was a hit. Mrs. Krugh was funny and really got the girls
working on their technique. Thank you to Heather
for her work leading up to the workshop and to Karen and Marg for their work
at the event. Kelsie and I are very fortunate to
have such supportive and hard working parents and dancers. You guys are
SUPER! |
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5 February
2008 |
2007 Tax Receipts - I
am working on your tax receipts for 2007 and your child will bring them home
from dance class either this week or next. Please watch for them.
For more info on this click on this
LINK. |
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20 January
2008 |
BATD 2007
North American Workshop, Edmonton, AB - Sarah and Devon each did some
medal test exams on Thursday prior to the weekend's activities. Devon did
very well in the scholarship on Friday. It started at 9am and ended at 6pm!
She came in 3 out of 43 in the written paper exam. She performed her
choreography for the crowd, she did a beautiful job and I was very pleased
with her effort in this very stressful day! Sarah, Devon and Naomi all
danced in the mock judging competition Friday night for the SOBHD judges
exam candidates. They then scarped down some pizza and hit the hay pretty
early after a busy day! Sarah L, Naomi and Devon participated in
championship classes, Nationals classes, perfecting technique classes, Jazz,
Step Dance, Hip Hop and Social Dance
classes. Jen tried her hand at Step Dancing and Kelsie participated in the
Social Dance. The Dinner and Dance Party on Saturday night was loads of fun.
Scotia was a hit in her Silk tartan dress. It was Jen's mom's birthday so we
embarrassed her by lighting a candle on her cheesecake and the whole crowd
sang Happy B-day....upwards of 250 people! A Champagne Brunch kicked off
Sunday morning...YUM! Pictures from this very fun event are posted on the
pictures page. |
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20 January
2008 |
JSHD Parent's Association
- The parent's of the Johnson School of
Highland Dance Inc. have formed a registered Alberta
Non-Profit Society to promote Highland dancing and facilitate providing
valuable Highland dancing opportunities for dancers and members. For more
information on the Parent's Association please visit the new dedicated
pass-word protected section of the website dedicated to their news. |
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| General News |
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26 April 2008 |
June CHDA Entry
Correction - As a point of clarification, please note that for the June
7, 2008 CHDA competition:
- Intermediate dancers' events will take place in the Morning. The entry
form that has been circulated is contradictory in this regard.
- Premier dancers may choose to dance the Premier OR the Challenge events,
but not both.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact
your competition co-chairs, Dan McPhee (Dan.McPhee@shell.com) or Laurie
Robertson (mlrob1@telus.net). |
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26 April 2008 |
Boston Marathon - Kelsie and Rory's mom Morag ran in the
112th Boston Marathon today. Her results are in. He ran 40K in 3 hours
and 26 minutes placing 451st in her division. WELL DONE MORAG!!! |
| 13
May 2007 |
Dress Code Reminder- Please
remember the dress code for class. We are starting to get sloppy in our dance class
clothing. Some items commonly missing are knee high socks or tights, hair pulled off the
face in a pony tail, bun or braid and practice swords or sticks. REMEMBER THAT STREET
CLOTHES ARE NOT DANCE CLOTHES! |
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