The Samantha Keating Festival Of Dance

⭐️ SKFD 2026 BURSARY FINALISTS ⭐️

A huge well done to all 12 performers who have been chosen to re-dance this evening in the SKFD 2026 bursary!! We are really excited to watch you all shine brightly!! Well done to all the dancers and teachers!

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🩰 DAY 4 SKFD 2026 🩰

We have kick started the weekend with our lovely senior dancers … who have us very entertained in the holding room!! Never change girls! It’s so lovely seeing the friendships formed across different dance schools! We hope all the dancers have a fantastic weekend! We have a fully stocked tuck shop and .stefuk is here again with homemade Pies and Sides!! 🖤🤍

🩰 DAY 3 SKFD 2026 🩰
Another lovely start to day 3 of SKFD 2026!! As we had into the end of our 2nd weekend we’d like to take the time to thank our wonderful adjudicator Ms Alison Seddon for being fantastic. The feedback and enthusiasm you have given to all the dancers has been Amazing. We are very grateful that the performers at SKFD can learn and grow from your wide knowledge and expertise.
Our tuck shop is fully stocked again today with snacks and drinks and we have the incredible .stefuk again bringing loaded Mac & Cheese to you all!! I can confirm it’s yummy!! Have a great day everyone and good luck dancers!

🩰 DAY 2 SKFD 2026 🩰

Welcome back to all our dancers, teachers and spectators this weekend!! We’ve had a great morning so far!! Our fantastic food van .stefuk is back with us this weekend!! Today’s yummy food is stone baked pizza!! Our tuck shop is fully stocked with snacks and drinks!! Have a great day everyone!!

📸 PHOTOGRAPHY 📸

Please see details below on the photography and how to purchase! A fantastic deal for parents to purchase as core memories! 🩰

🩰 DAY OF SKFD 2026 🩰
We have had a wonderful morning watching all the performers dance their hearts out. A wonderful start to SKFD 2026! Thank you to our wonderful adjudicator Ms Alison Seddon for creating such a lovely atmosphere and for giving the dancers really great feedback.

⭕️⭕️ EXCITING NEWS 2027 ⭕️⭕️
We have some very exciting news!! As All England have changed their qualifying cut off date for 2028, this now means we are an ALL ENGLAND QUALIFIER IN 2027!! We were at capacity this year so any schools wishing to enter as a whole school please do email us now so we can add the required amount of days! 2026 schools will be given priority entry for 2027, please can we ask that teachers let us know if they are wishing to take their place!! How exciting!! 2 qualifying years in a row!!

💤 5 MORE SLEEPS 💤

Only 5 more sleeps until SKFD 2026!

We can’t wait for you all to join us for our 2026 All England Qualifier!! How exciting!!

Please see below the address for this weekend!

As always we have a fully stocked ruck shop with hot / cold drinks, snacks and cake. We also have a hot food van coming each day providing lots of different hot food options to keep every one fed and happy!!

🩰 See you Sunday!! 🩰

🎵 MUSIC 🎵

we are still outstanding some music uploads on the Festival portal. Please can we ask that this is uploaded ASAP ready for this weekend.

Thank you!! 🤩

🗒️ TITLES 🗒️

Please can we ask all teachers to input titles for character/narrative, Greek, national/global into the festival connect system by Thursday this week so they are available for the adjudicator and also so they are printed in our programme!

Thank you 🩰

All timetable amendments have now been made and are viewable on the teachers portal via the AED festival connect portal!!

2 weeks until its festival time!! We are excited to welcome all our competitors teachers and families to SKFD 2026!!

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