Down Under the Kilt
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Down Under the Kilt is a Highland Dance
concert series created by Australia Highland Dancer Douglas McFarland, an Australasian Highland Dancing Champion from the Central Coast of New South Whales
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First created in 2005, the concert series featured a number of Champion Highland Dancers including 4 time World Highland Dance Champion Gareth Mitchelson from Monifeith, Scotland, and was the first in a series that brought Champion Highland Dancers to the stage presenting technical and improvised Highland Dancing.
The 2nd installment of the show played at Laycock St Theatre, North Gosford, featuring four time World Champion Jacqueline Smith, from Ontario
, Canada, and a string of Australian Highland Dance Champions.
Titled Dreamtime Stories the show presented Australia as influenced by Scottish migrants and was told in traditional and modern Highland Dance, Scottish Music
and Song.
The third installment occurred in July 2009 and was an all-male show. The show, Reel Men do Dance, featured former World Champion Tony Cargill
, Kyle Marston, Australian Champion, Vincent and Cameron Collins, Canadian Champions, Steve MacRae, American Champion, Desmond Worfolk, Canadian Champion, Douglas MacFarland, Australian Champion and the Highland Warriors, an all Male Youth Highland Dance Group from the Central Coast
Scottish highland dance
The term Highland dance or Highland dancing is used today to refer to a style of athletic solo dancing which developed in the Gaelic Highlands of Scotland...
concert series created by Australia Highland Dancer Douglas McFarland, an Australasian Highland Dancing Champion from the Central Coast of New South Whales
Central Coast, New South Wales
The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie....
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First created in 2005, the concert series featured a number of Champion Highland Dancers including 4 time World Highland Dance Champion Gareth Mitchelson from Monifeith, Scotland, and was the first in a series that brought Champion Highland Dancers to the stage presenting technical and improvised Highland Dancing.
The 2nd installment of the show played at Laycock St Theatre, North Gosford, featuring four time World Champion Jacqueline Smith, from Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada, and a string of Australian Highland Dance Champions.
Titled Dreamtime Stories the show presented Australia as influenced by Scottish migrants and was told in traditional and modern Highland Dance, Scottish Music
Music of Scotland
Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music...
and Song.
The third installment occurred in July 2009 and was an all-male show. The show, Reel Men do Dance, featured former World Champion Tony Cargill
Tony Cargill
Tony Cargill is a former multiple time World Champion in Highland Dancing. He was also a Scottish professional football player. He grew up in Arbroath, Scotland. He currently lives in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada where he used to teach highland dancing at the College of Piping and...
, Kyle Marston, Australian Champion, Vincent and Cameron Collins, Canadian Champions, Steve MacRae, American Champion, Desmond Worfolk, Canadian Champion, Douglas MacFarland, Australian Champion and the Highland Warriors, an all Male Youth Highland Dance Group from the Central Coast