SBJ Dance Studio

Passport? check. Dance shoes? double check!

From one stage to the next, our dancers have been busy competing and making us proud✨

📍Dunedin Highland Games, Florida
Kenzie - Runner up in the Florida Open Championship!
Adelyn - Overall intermediate as well as Most promising Intermediate

📍Spartan Tartan Competition, Michigan
Adelyn - Overall Intermediate
Ian - Most promising Intermediate

📍 Loch Norman, North Carolina
Adelyn - Overall Intermediate, Most promising Intermediate, and 1st place with the debut of her solo!!🧚

Sharing the below story of one of our SBJ Dancers. Way to go Louise!

KINDNESS KNOWS NO AGE

We are sharing an inspiring story about our youngest donor. Meet Louise, the granddaughter of our dedicated long-time Auxiliary volunteer, Kathy Smart. At just 8 years old, Louise has shown remarkable generosity and has made a significant impact on our community.

For her recent birthday, she chose to request money instead of gifts, with the intention of donating half of the total amount received. Louise chose the West Lincoln Memorial Auxiliary. She used half of her birthday gifts along with some of her own savings and donated $200 to our Auxiliary! This isn’t her first contribution, as we recall her kind gesture last year when she donated $150.

It’s inspiring to see such a young person take the initiative to support others, and it serves as a reminder that no one is ever too young to make a difference in their community.
Her selflessness and dedication to helping others at such a young age are truly commendable. Louise serves as a wonderful reminder that kindness knows no age.

From Dance exams to the bright lights of Vegas!🌟

Several of our dancers were nominated through their SDTA exams in April to take part in the SDTA North American Scholarship. This is a full-day event honouring J.L McKenzie and Elspeth Strathern, which includes a written theory paper, a master class, a tribute to J.L. McKenzie dance, and an optional choreography section.
�This year, Myelle and Sydney represented our studio, joining dancers from across North America to challenge themselves, connect, and celebrate Highland dance at its best. Their passion and professionalism on and off the floor were a joy to watch💙

We’re also so proud of our teacher Madelyn, who sat her Membership Highland exam. We wish her the best of luck as she furthers her dance knowledge and teaching journey!

I spy some SBJ dancers!

Super exciting. Canada on tour to Bute for the games this week. Here is another beautiful and dedicated Highland dancer popping in to say 👋 hi.

Kenz's first time to Scotland and to the HD studio.

Also super cool,she was sporting her new HD luggage tag on her bag. Love it!! 😊😊

Have a great trip to Scotland Kenzie and crew x

Such a cool performance! Can anyone spot SBJ Dancers Ashley Verbeek & Caitlin Verbeek?

The Royal Military Tattoo 2025 #edinburgh #militarytattoo #scotland #ForeverEdinburgh #travelblogger

Come join our dance family in September!

Registration for our 2025-2026 season is now open at sbjdancestudio.ca

Classes start Sept 9, 2025

Interested in Highland Dance?
The summer is a great time to come try!

Tuesday drop-in classes start on June 3rd and run until mid-August. No registration or commitment required.

New Beginners 6 & Under at 5pm
New Beginners 7 & Older at 5:30pm

For more info please reach out!

Merry Christmas from the SBJ Dance Studio Teaching Staff!

New Season & New Opportunities to 🩰 Looking to improve your strength, grace and technique in Highland dancing? Join us for "Ballet for Highland" on 3 November @ 4pm EST (New York) on Zoom. Everyone welcome! 🎥 Recording available 🔗 Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/288a875c-ab6f-4592-83fc-911ac4a538e0

❓Learn More:
Join us for our Ballet for Highland workshop with former champion dancer and RSOBHD judge & examiner, Kate DeGood. In addition to highland, Kate studied ballet from the ages of 7-18, as a member of the Alma College Dance Company and performed in several professional productions including the Nutcracker as a community cast member by audition with the Carolina ballet.

Designed specifically for Highland dancers, this workshop will focus on essential ballet fundamentals, helping you enhance your balance, posture and precision for competition-level performance. This zoom class will be divided in 3 main parts (barre, stretching and floor work), plus some discussion of Nationals movements that share ballet terminology.

This class is being offered to the worldwide Highland community via "pay what you can" donation starting at $10 USD. Donations directly benefit our non-profit initiatives. FTDT members receive automatic access to all live workshops. To learn more about FTDT visit: ftcdance.com/ftdt

Need help figuring out the correct time for your time zone?Try worldtimebuddy.com ⏰ 1pm PST (Vancouver); 2pm MST (Denver); 3pm CST (Winnipeg); 4pm EST (New York); 5pm AST (Halifax); 6pm GMT-3 (Sao Paulo); 9pm GMT (Edinburgh) On November 3rd, 2024. 8am AEST (Sydney); 10am NZST (Wellington) On November 4th, 2024. 💜