Breckenridge School of Highland Dance

The Wisconsin Highland Games is right down the road from us (in a NA sense😝) only an hour East of us- and with all of the Games stuff you'd expect: pipe bands, caber tossing, a beer tent and hot donuts! We had dancers on Saturday and Sunday and WOW, I am so impressed with how well everyone did❤

SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
Miriam: Novice 7 & U10 Trophy 🏆
Ollie: Novice 7& U10 first Novice stamp!
Innes: Premier 7&U 14 Trophy 🏆
Annette: Premier 14 & U16 Trophy 🏆

SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
Winnie: Premier 7 & U13 Trophy🏆 FIRST PREMIER TROPHY❤

Looking for something to do on Labor Day? Come on down to McPike Park (by the skate park!) to see some awesome Highland dancing❤ and a world premiere Highland choreography🌟 There will be three opportunities on Monday to see the dancers as well as all of the other fabulous performers!

Cowal Champs (Thursday) Last comp of our Scotland trip, a ferry mishap😫(this seems to be a pattern lol) sun, sun, sun🌞 and some really fabulous dancing out of Innes who was so happy to be on the Cowal boards❤ Many thanks to Innes' other teacher Delma Wilson for all of her hard work over zoom over the year and in person this month❤

Ten years group (31 dancers!)
Championship points in Fling, ST, Reel (two judges!)
Sixth place in the Swords and sooo close to the lineup

The (very small) Scotland trip continues😁❤Last Saturday was the Bute Championships and we were so lucky to get SUNSHINE and extra supporters for Innes in the form of his grandmother and aunt!

10 & U12 Championship 4th Runner Up🏆

and then on Sunday we were in Stirling for the Commonwealth Championship- always nice not to have to bring a tent and chat with folks inside😝 Innes did some really nice dancing in a very competitive group and just missed out on the lineup

10 years Championship:
CP Fling, Swords 5th, ST 6th, Reel 6th

Scotland School Trip 2026: Sunday 16 August: Crieff Highland Games

We ❤ Crieff Games! Shuttle bus for parking! Sun! Rides! Rides! Rides😂 Donuts! Room for tents! Oh, and being able to pack up to the sound of Skipinnish doing their live set was an added bonus😁

This was the last comp with all of the Breckenridge dancers together- and all came out with at least a fourth place with a bunch of cheeky 1st, 2nds and 3rds❤❤❤

Shoutouts:
Innes: Premier 7 & U11 Runner Up🏆
Sophie: Premier 17 & O Runner Up 🏆
Morgan: Premier 17 & O Winner🏆, 16 & O Overseas Dancer Winner🏆

Scotland School Trip 2026: Saturday 15 August or Competitions x 2😁

On Saturday we had dancers in two different locations: at the Stirling Highland Games and at the SDTA Central Scotland Championships in Paisley bright and early with a 9.15am start😳😵🥱

Was so very proud of all of the dancers- the Stirling contingent placed at least third with many coming away with a second place (or more!) dancing with Stirling castle as the backdrop and a large crowd watching.

Shoutouts to:
Ollie: Beginner 8/9: with 12 dancers in the group, Ollie had her best placings from this trip❤ with 2, 3, 4, 4. What was her secret? It's a mystery since I wasn't there to figure it out🤪
Madeline: Intermediate 11 & Over Runner Up🏆

The Paisley contingent was at the Lagoon Leisure Centre for the SDTA championships along with 208 other premier dancers😳

Innes: Premier 10's: just missed out on the lineup with a 6th and 4th
Annette: Premier 14's: one of the largest groups with 21 dancers🤯 She danced her socks off and got a call back for CP in the Reel
Morgan: Premier 18 & U21 4th Runner Up🏆

Scotland School Trip 2026: Thursday 13 August
Ballater Highland Games
Our first foray to an "Open" Games and man was it different.
Flags! Results after each dance! Six dances for 17 & over and three dances for U17 (that was contentious lol) No numbers! No numbers! No numbers🤯🤯🤯
The view was to die for- and the drive there was unbelievably beautiful❤

Our premiers really gave it their all and super proud of them!

Shoutouts:
Innes: placing in all three dances
Sophie: placing in FIVE dances❤❤

Scotland School Trip 2026: Sunday 9th August

Keith Show! So many tractors! And a convenient burger van almost on top of the competition (at least it felt like that in the morning😝) We loved the bouncy stage and the bustling Games around us, plus the friendly families! All of the dancers placed in the top six, with some cheeky 1st, 2nds, and 3rds as well❤

Shoutouts:
Miri: Novice 8 & under 1st Runner Up 🏆
Innes: Premier U12 Winner 🏆
Morgan: Premier 17 & O 1st Runner Up🏆

Scotland School Trip: Saturday 8th or Annette's Excellent Adventure😁

Annette took at trip up to the Strathpeffer Highland Games on Saturday while the rest of the school drove up to the Cairngorms from St Andrews. There was rain- and rain- and new friends made. There was also 💷won!

Premier 13 &U16
Fling🥇, ST 4th, Reel🥈, Jig🥉

Scotland School Trip 2026: Musselburgh Day 2 aka the Ollie and Miri Show😁

The girls had a great day at IDFAS, making new friends and doing ALL of the dances (for Beginners and Novices, that is!)

Ollie: 7&U Beginner: Fling 6th, Swords 7th, Special Fling 9th

Miriam: 8&U Novice: Reel 6th, Special Fling 5th, Lilt🥇