OSAS-Dance

Ohio Scottish Arts School

Come Join The “Magic”! June 25—July 1, 2011 Our 33rd Year!

Highland Dance

We will emphasize the importance of proper warm-ups and stretches as well as cool downs to keep in condition. Daily classes will include basic technique in all levels. Championship steps will be reviewed thoroughly in the Intermediate and Premier classes. One Highland dance will be taught each day with general review on Friday. National dances will also be taught each day at all levels with a general review on Friday. We will also be teaching theory in all levels every day in regular classes. Every level will have at least one class of theory.

It is mandatory that each student arrive in top physical condition! Students must begin to increase their practice time in the months PRIOR to the start of School. It is imperative students be able to dance for 45-minutes four times a day. By increasing strength and stamina before arriving at the School injuries will be prevented.

Medal Tests in Highland/National Dancing

The Ohio Scottish Arts School is pleased to be able to offer BATD Highland and National Medal Tests and Grade Examinations. These tests will be given the morning of Sunday, June 27, 2010. The Medal Test Form is available to download from the Registration Page. Medal Test fees are non-refundable!

Highland and National Teacher Training

Teacher training in both Highland and National (including Jig and Sailor's Hornpipe) will be offered every afternoon for those interested in preparing for Professional exams. This class requires an additional fee. Please see the Fees & Registration page.

Elizabeth Coyle is a BATD Fellow and Examiner in Highland and National, a part President of FUSTA and is on the SOBHD Judges panel. Her students have been Regional, Western US, Rocky Mountain, Western Canada and USIR Champions. She previously taught with her mother, Jean Ritchie, in Renfrew, Scotland. She currently teaches in Spokane, Washington.

Sheila Milne trained in the RAD discipline of classical ballet, is a BATD and SDTA member and a UKA Fellow. She operates the Sheila Milne School of Dance and is the Artistic Director and Choreographer of the Owen Sound Celtic Dance Company. Her students have won Canadian, North American, Commonwealth and World Championships. Sheila, an award-winning choreographer, conducts workshops in North America and Scotland.

Mary Munro resides in Burnaby, BC, is a Fellow of the BATD and Member of the SOBHD Adjudicators Panel. As a competitive dancer, her many awards include the Adult Canadian Championship, Adult British Overseas Championship, Braemar Championship and Best Overseas dancer, Dancers Challenge Medal at Oban and First Runner-up in the Adult World Championship. As a judge and teacher, she has travelled to Australia and throughout North America. She currently teaches in the Burnaby area.

Alison Mittig Plemmons began dancing at age 3, studying under her mother, Sheila Mittig. She is a 4 time USIR Champion - 15 yrs. & under in 1986-87; 17 yrs. & under in 1988-89; 2nd runner-up 18 yrs. & over in 1990 and 1st runner-up 18 yrs. & over in 1992. She won the Australian Achievement Award in 1987 and 1989 at the USIR for competitor with the most aggregate points. She was the U.S. Representative for the Champions Challenge at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. Alison is a BATD member. Several of her students have been USIR Representatives.

Andrea Tronnes As a third generation dancer, Andrea has been involved with Highland Dancing throughout her life. She won numerous Championships throughout her dancing career, culminating with being 1st Runner Up Canadian Adult Champion. in 1989. Andrea and her mother Dawn taught the Tronnes Highland Dancers together in Calgary until her move to Houston, Texas in July 2003 where she currently resides with her husband and two sons. She is very proud of the numerous Champions produced over the years at the school in Calgary. Andrea is a Fellow of the SDTA, Member of the BATD and an adjudicator of the SOBHD.

Joy (Allen) Tolev started dancing at the age of 3 under the instruction of Mrs. Evelyn Murray in Toronto, Ontario. During her competitive days she successfully competed in many highland dance competitions and championships throughout Canada and the United States. She has been teaching at her own school of highland dancing in Toronto for the past 27 years and has produced many dancers of high caliber who have captured titles in various championships including the Ontario, Canadian, Scottish, Commonwealth and World Championships. There have been over 20 Canadian Championship Titles, many Scottish and Commonwealth Championship titles and runner-ups, and a World Champion who holds 10 World Titles. She is a Fellow and Examiner of the B.A.T.D., North American Co-ordinator of the B.A.T.D., and adjudicator on the S.O.B.H.D. Judges panel. Besides her busy teaching schedule, she travels across Canada, United States, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, judging, examining and conducting workshops.