BATD WESTERN ONTARIO HIGHLAND FESTIVAL 2019
B.A.T.D. WESTERN ON 32ND HIGHLAND DANCING FESTIVALST. BENEDICT CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE ON
October 26, 2019
Thank you to the B.A.T.D. Western ON Region Festival Committee
Festival Organizer Leslie MacDougall, Administration Ruth Barrett
Thank you to our amazing adjudicators
Bill Troock Alberta and Sue McCarrol Ontario
BATD WESTERN ONTARIO HIGHLAND FESTIVAL 2019 WINNERS
Primary Section Pas de Basques – 1st – Emma Todd-King, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
Pas de Basques & H.C.’s – 1st – Emma Todd-King, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
Highland Fling – 1st – Emma Todd-King, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
Sword Dance – 1st – Emma Todd-King, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
Beginner Section
Overall Highland (Tie) – Arwyn Walker, Sutherland Studio of Dance
Overall Highland (Tie) – Ava Deganis, Aspects of Dance
Most Promising – Arwyn Walker, Sutherland Studio of Dance
Trophy Fling – Arwyn Walker, Sutherland Studio of Dance
R-Up Trophy Fling – Sienna Reilly, Aspects of Dance
Novice Section
Overall Highland – Alina Roselli, Aspects of Dance
Most Promising – Peyton Dickson, JS School
Trophy Fling – Riley Campbell, Tara’s School
R-Up Trophy Fling – Alina Roselli, Aspects of Dance
Intermediate Section
Overall Highland – Piper White, JS School
Overall National – Juliette Eady, Carol MacCrimmon School
Overall Irish Jig – Abbey Brown, Attitudes in Dance
Most Promising – Piper White, JS School
Pre-Premier Solo Choreography – Juliette Eady, Carol MacCrimmon School
Pre-Premier Group Choreography
A.Barclay, E. Belliveau, A. Deganis, S. Reilly, A. Roselli, C. Sparham – Aspects of Dance
Premier Under 13
Overall Highland – Ava Granger, JS School
Overall National – Ava Granger, JS School
Overall Irish Jig – Ava Granger, JS School
Most Promising – Katharine Carnegie, Nadiene Gibney School
Premier 13, 14 & 15
Overall Highland – Hannah Bellingham, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
Overall National – Hannah Bellingham, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
Overall Irish Jig – Hannah Bellingham, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
Most Promising – Hannah Bellingham, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
Premier 16 & Over
Overall Highland – Samantha Barrow, JS School
Overall National – Samantha Barrow, JS School
Overall Irish Jig – Jessica Bolton, Aspects of Dance
Most Promising – Samantha Barrow, JS School
Premier Solo Choreography
Under 15 – Hannah Bellingham, Cambridge Highland Dance & Co.
15 & Over – Samm Sekulin, Allen School
Premier Group Choreography
I.Biliski, G. Gosnell, F. Scott – Sutherland Studio of Dance
Overall Awards
Irmish-Brown Award – Ava Granger, JS School
Sadie Simpson Memorial Award – Jessica Bolton, Aspects of Dance
2019 PARTICIPATING STUDIOS AND TEACHERS
Aspects of Dance, Eleanor Belton & Caroline Clarke, Burlington, ON
Attitudes in Dance, Leslie Moy, Kitchener, ON
Blue Bonnet Lassies School of Highland Dance, Shevonne & Nicole VandenBorre, Fergus, ON
Brennan Sutter School of Dance, Dawn Brennan Sutter, Chatsworth, ON
Cambridge Highland Dance & Company, Leslie MacDougall, Cambridge, ON
Carol MacCrimmon School of Highland Dance, Carol MacCrimmon, Hamilton, ON
Craig Highland Dancers, Jennifer Lopez, Chelsea, MI
Dixon Dance & Fitness, Heather Dixon, Owen Sound, ON
Joy Allen School of Highland Dance, Joy Tolev, Toronto, ON
JS School of Dance, Jacqueline Smith, Milton, ON
Kate DeGood School of Dance, Kate DeGood, Troy, MI
K-W Highland Dance Company, Naomi Scott, Waterloo, ON
MacLeod of Lewis, Marjorie-Anne MacLeod Dent, Burlington, ON
Nadiene Gibney School of Dance, Nadiene Gibney, Ancaster, ON
Niagara Highland Dance Academy, Audrey Watkins, Niagara Fall, ON
Osborne Celtic Arts, Katy Osborne Howie, Paris, ON
Pat McMaster School, Pat McMaster, St. Catharines, ON
Sandra Bald Jones Dance Studio, Sandra Bald Jones, Dana Gamache & Carina Cino, Hamilton, ON
Sutherland Studio of Dance, Anne Sutherland & Ruth Barrett, London, ON
Tara’s School of Highland Dance, Tara Olah, St. Catharines, ON
Thank you to the following Sponsors:
Cambridge Highland Dance & Company, Leslie MacDougall
Celtic Dance Company of Western Ontario
Kathleen Shaw MacDonald Memorial
Sutherland Studio of Dance, Anne Sutherland
Tara’s School of Highland Dance, Tara Olah
W.O.H.D.A.
Special thanks to the numerous volunteers, we could not do this without your help!
Leslie MacDougall
Festival Chair