Dancing Competition Entry Forms for the 2013 Games will available by clicking here when it is ready.
Here is the list of dance winners from March 3, 2012
Most Promising Beginner – Marguerite G McGill Land O Lakes, FL
Dancer of the Day – Laura Hester—Gainesville, FL
Best Florida Dancer – Laura Hester---Gainesville, FL
Beginners
Highland Trophy Winner –Ivy Roche Gainesville, FL
National Trophy Winner – Ivy Roche Gainesville, FL
Fling – 1st Evelyn Saunders, 2nd Ivy Roche, 3rd Isabella daCunha
Sword – 1st Marguerite G McGill 2nd Grace B McGill, 3rd Evelyn Saunders 4th Ivy Roche
Sean – 1st Ivy Roche , 2nd Marguerite G McGill, 3rd Evelyn Saunders 4th Grace B McGill 5th Joseph A McGill 6th Isabella daCunha
Reel – 1st Ivy Roche, 2nd Evelyn Saunders 3rd Marguerite G McGill 4th Isabella daCunha 5th Grace B McGill 6th Joseph A McGill
Lilt – 1st Ivy Roche, 2nd Evelyn Saunders, 3rd Isabella daCunha 4th Grace B McGill 5th Marguerite G McGill 6th Joseph A McGill
Flora – 1st Marguerite G McGill , 2nd Ivy Roche , 3rd Evelyn Saunders, 4th Isabella daCunha, 5th Grace B McGill, 6th Joseph A McGill,
Novice
Highland Trophy Winner—Courtney McHale- Ocoee, FL
National Trophy Winner—Courtney McHale-Ocoee, FL
Fling 1st Courtney McHale, 2nd Margaret Chalmers,
Sword 1st Courtney McHale,2nd Margaret Chalmers,
Sean 1st Courtney McHale 2nd Margaret Chalmers,
Reel 1st Courtney McHale, 2nd Margaret Chalmers,
Lilt 1st Courtney McHale, 2nd Margaret Chalmers,
Flora 1st Courtney McHale, 2nd Margaret Chalmers
Intermediate
Highland Trophy Winner – Elizabeth Karpov- Winter Garden, FL
National Trophy Winner – Elizabeth Karpov & Lane Griffith- Winter Garden, FL
Fling—1st Elizabeth Karpov, 2nd Lane Griffith,
Sword—1st Elizabeth Karpov, 2nd Lane Griffith,
Seann—1st Lane Griffith, 2nd Elizabeth Karpov,
Reel—1st Elizabeth Karpov, 2nd Lane Griffith,
IJ—1st Lane Griffith, 2nd Elizabeth Karpov,
SH—1st Elizabeth Karpov, 2nd Lane Griffith,
Premier 14 & Under
Highland Trophy Winner – Cheyanne Scott-Winter Garden, FL
National Trophy Winner – Kendall DeFranco Winter Garden, FLI
Fling – 1st Kendall DeFranco, 2nd Cheyanne Scott, 3rd Camie Amein, 4th Natalie Turiczek
Sword – 1st Cheyanne Scott,2nd Kendall DeFranco, 3rd Natalie Turiczek 4th Camie Amein
Seann -1st ,Cheyanne Scott 2nd Natalie Turiczek, 3rd Camie Amein, 4th Kendall DeFranco,
Reel – 1st Natalie Turiczek, 2nd Kendall DeFranco, 3rd Cheyanne Scott, 4th Camie Amein,
BJ – 1st Kendall DeFranco 2nd Camie Amein, 3rd Natalie Turiczek, 4th Cheyanne Scott,
BB – 1st Natalie Turiczek, 2nd Kendall DeFranco,3rd Cheyanne Scott, 4th Camie Amein
Premier 15 & Over
Highland Trophy Winner –Laura Hester—Gainesville, FL
National Trophy Winner – Laura Hester—Gainesville, FL
Fling - 1st Laura Hester, 2nd Summer Vanbuskirk, 3rd Christy Marshall, 4th Sarah Karentz,
Sword – 1st Christy Marshall, 2nd Summer Vanbuskirk, 3rd Sarah Karentz,
Seann – 1st Laura Hester, 2nd Christy Marshall, 3rd Summer Vanbuskirk,4th Sarah Karentz,
Reel – 1st Laura Hester, 2nd Summer Vanbuskirk 3rd Christy Marshall, 4th Sarah Karentz,
BJ – 1st Lauara Hester2nd Summer Vanbuskirk, 3rd Christy Marshall, 4th Sarah Karentz,
BB – 1st Laura Hester, 2nd Christy Marshall, 3rd Summer Vanbuskirk, 4th Sara Karentz
Jr Solo Chorography—1st Kendall DeFranco, 2nd Natalie Turiczek,
Sr Solo Chorography-1st Laura Hester
Group Chorography__ Roustabouts- Cami Amein, Chayanne Scott,Kendall DeFranco Natalie Turiczek Summer Vanbuskirk, Christy Marshall – FL
Instructor • Wanda Albritton has been our Highland Dance Coordinator at our annual festival. If you live in the Miami or Fort Lauderdale area and you are interested in learning more about Scottish Highland Dancing, Wanda is the person that you want to talk to.
Miami Springs & Plantation • 305.490.3515
email • wandas1954@comcast.net
The Highland dancing judge this year will be Joyce McIntosh she is from Anderson South Carolina
There will be a workshop held at the Host hotel Saturday Evening from 7PM till 10PM just like last year. Please download and fill out the sign-up form at http://www.sassf.org/events/festival/highland_dance/Free Highland Dance Workshop2012.pdf
Joyce
MacFarlane McIntosh-Joyce began studying Highland Dancing at age
5. Born in the US of Scottish immigrant parents, she began
dancing just to carry on some of her family's heritage. Once
'hooked', she launched into a 20-year, successful competitive
career. She traveled all along the Eastern Seaboard, as well as
to Canada, the Midwest, the Western US, and Scotland to compete.
Some notable awards were Eastern US Champion several times,
Great Lakes Champion, Dancer of the Day numerous times, and 1st
Runner Up in both the British Overseas Championship and the Jr.
World's Championship at Cowal Highland Gathering. At age 14, she
began to learn the pipes. She then competed simultaneously in
dancing, solo piping, and as a member of a competitive pipe band
for the ensuing 11 years. She began teaching Highland dance at
age 16, and has taught many pupils over the years, including
several Eastern Regional reps, and a US Champion and Cowal
winner.
In 1980, Joyce became a judge with the Scottish Official Board
of Highland Dancing. She also continued a successful solo career
in piping, where she won nearly every major Amateur I
Piobaireachd contest, including the MacCrimmon Quaich on four
occasions, and also the Nicol-Brown Chalice. In 1990, Joyce
became a member of the EUSPBA Piping Judges' Panel. She met her
husband, James, a native Scot, through piping, and together they
formed a prize-winning pipe band, The Balmoral Highlanders, of
which Joyce served as Pipe Major for nearly 10 years.
She recently retired from 32 years of teaching in a public
elementary school in Pittsburgh, PA, and moved to Anderson, SC
in late 2011.
