Bell Studio of Highland Dance

🎉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 GET READY TO CEILIDH! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎉

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Dust off your dancing shoes and join us for a night of laughter, music, great food, and Scottish fun at the Bell Studio Ceilidh!

Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or have never stepped foot on a dance floor before, everyone is welcome! Our world-renowned caller, The Scotsman, will have you spinning, twirling, and laughing your way through the evening in no time.

✨ Scottish-themed 2-course meal
✨ Live ceilidh dancing & entertainment
✨ Local makers & produce raffle
✨ Lucky Seat Prize
✨ Fun for the whole family

Gather your friends, bring your family, and experience one of Scotland’s most loved traditions right here in the Limestone Coast. This is a night you won’t want to miss!

Bell Studio of Highland Dance

🌟 Mount Gambier Eisteddfod 🌟

Entries are now open via the HD Comps app!!

We had a small but enthusiastic team travel to Melbourne on the weekend for the Forest Hills Competition, with all four dancers returning home with some lovely prizes. Congratulations Matilda, Amalia, Bridie and Chloe 👏🖤💛💙

F A N T A S Y M E D I E V A L F A I R

Sunshine set the scene for last weekend's Fantasy Medieval Fair - our fifth year performing, and somehow it just keeps getting bigger and better each time. A huge congratulations to the dedicated FMF committee for delivering another fantastic event.

A heartfelt thank you to our dancers and their families for their time and commitment across both days. We're especially grateful to the parents who jumped in with set-up, pack-down, and quick costume changes - true teamwork at its best!

We were lucky to perform alongside the R.S.L Blue Lake Highland Pipe Band, and our adult dancers had the crowd clapping along during their performance at the Medieval Feast on the Saturday night.

It's always a big weekend, but one our dancers genuinely love and look forward to each year!

Photos courtesy of Mary Irwin-Davies

It’s always a pleasure to perform with the RSL Blue Lake Highland Pipe Band!! There’s nothing like dancing to the pipes & drums 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

G O L D C O A S T 2 0 2 6

Nine of our dancers travelled to the Gold Coast for the Australian Championships and Champion of Champions event this weekend—and what an incredible weekend it was!

We had seven dancers competing in the Australian Championships, four of those who had qualified for Champion of Champions (Bree, Laura, Agnes and Lucy).

I was so impressed with the way everyone handled such a demanding event, with large sections and an exceptionally high standard of dancing. Congratulations to Elsie, Amalia, Bree, Laura, Hannah, Agnes, Elise, Lucy, and Tilly—not only on your results, but on the dedication and hard work you showed in the lead-up to the competition. You all performed beautifully and should be extremely proud of yourselves.

🌟 Lucy
The Australian Championship:
🏆 3rd overall 18-20 yrs

Champion of Champions 16 yrs & over:
6th Highland Fling
Dance points in Sword Dance and Reel

🏆 Winner Gold Coast Challenge 19-21 yrs

🏆 Runner up Premier Trophy Dance 18-19 yrs

🌟 Agnes
The Australian Championship:
🏆 6th place 14-15 yrs

Champion of Champions 12-15 yrs:
Dance points in Reel

🌟 Bree
The Australian Championship 10-11 yrs:
5th Sword Dance
Dance points in Fling, Seann Triubhas and Reel

Champion of Champions 7-11 yrs:
4th Reel
Dance points in Seann Triubhas

🌟 Elise
The Australian Championship 16-17 yrs:
Dance points in Sword Dance

🏆 Winner Trophy Dance Restricted Premier 16-17 yrs

1 🥇, 1 🥈, 1 x 5th

🌟 Tilly
The Australian Championship:
Dance points in the 18-20 yrs Reel

1 🥇, 2 x 4th, 1 x 5th

🌟 Elsie - Primary 6 yrs
2 🥇, 2 🥈, 4 🥉

🌟 Amalia - Intermediate 9 yrs & under
1 🥉, 2 x 4th

🌟 Hannah
2 x 4th

🌟 Laura
Lovely dancing & much improvement

We now have four teachers in our studio!!
Congratulations Tilly on passing your final VSDA exam to become a fully qualified teacher 👏👏

Thank you to VSDA examiner, Elizabeth Battersby and to Lucy for operating the music for the exam.

And the winners are…..
Mel Abbot, Elise Benny and Adrian Hurst. Congratulations!!

Thank you to everyone who supported our Easter raffle, thank you to the businesses who donated prizes, thank you to Jocelyn for donating the Easter eggs, and lastly, a special thanks also to our wonderful dance mum Natasha for organising the donations and putting everything together!!

Happy Easter to everyone from Bell Studio 🐣🐣🐣

A huge thankyou is in order for dance dad extraordinaire Adam Baker, who whipped up 10 sets of these beautiful practice swords for the studio!! 🖤💛💙

2 0 2 5 X M A S P A R T Y 🎄🎅

What a way to finish off the year - sausage sizzle, games and a movie! ❤️

*Thanks to Kerri & Adam for the delicious farm sausages!!