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March 2017

Board News

Next board meeting is May 7 at 6:30 pm.
AGM will be June 25 at 6:30 pm.

Have you checked our fabulous new website? rhda.ca

Congratulations to the winners of our silent auction paintings: Brittany Cameron & Chris Latimer! Thank you to everyone who bid, and to the dancers for their beautiful artwork.

Competitions

A reminder that 2017 Scotdance registrations forms can be found here.

Upcoming Competitions & Workshops:
Mar 18 - Chinook Championship (Calgary)
Mar 25-27 -Western Canada Open Championship & Competition (Kamloops)
Apr 8 - Northern Canadian Championships (Edmonton)
Apr 8 - ScotDance MB April Open Competition (Winnipeg)
Apr 29-30 - Saskatoon Spring Open Competition & Workshop (Saskatoon)
May 20 - Queen City Open Championship & Competition (Regina)
May 21 - Pairie Valley Premiership & Open Competition (Regina)
May 27 - SK Provincial Championship & Closed Competition (Regina)

Dance Outs

Remember that you need to attend 3 dance outs or Regina competitions if you want to dance at Mosaic. Please email Tara at tajesto@yahoo.ca if you can attend any of these dance outs:

St. Patrick's Day - March 17 at Bobby's Place (5:30 pm)
Spring Free From Racism - March 19 at the Italian Club (1:15 and 1:35 pm)*
Fish & Chips Mosaic Fundraiser - April 14 at Bobby's Place (6:30 and 7:30 pm)*

*These count as two dance outs if you dance at both time slots.

Fish & Chips Fundraiser
April 14 from 6-8 pm at Bobby's Place
Tickets are $25 and kids are welcome until 8 pm.
Tickets are available at Ceilidh Surprise, or contact Christine Heroux (cheroux@regina.ca or text 306-533-4087).
If you have anything for the silent auction or raffle prizes, please let Christine know.

Dancer Profiles

Name: Sarah McConnell
Nickname: none
Age: 13
Dancer Status: Novice
# of years as a highland dancer: 6
Favourite dance: Laddie
Kilt tartan: Dress Green Menzies
Why did you choose highland dancing: Because my grandparents were Scottish, it’s fun and my mum signed me up
Favourite dance memory: Fighting on stage (during a dance) with Ailish

Name: Ailish McConnell
Nickname: none
Age: 10
Dancer Status: Novice
# of years as a highland dancer: 4
Favourite dance: Laddie
Kilt tartan: Dress Aviemore??
Why did you choose highland dancing: because Sarah did it
Favourite dance memory: Canadians in Winnipeg and fighting on stage with Sarah (when we were 3 and 6).

Name: Amy McLeod
Age: 13
Dancer Status: Beginner
# of years as a highland dancer: 4 years
Favourite dance: Reel
Kilt tartan: the McLeod kilt tartan is yellow
Why did you choose highland dancing? Because it is part of my heritage
Favourite dance memory?
Winning best dancer at the 2016 Highland games