Campbell School Highland Dancers at Scottish-Irish Festival

[GearardoCearbhaill]

im irish and i love the scottish dancen

[iamfordogs10]

i highand dance too ;]

[XxFMIONAXx]

they are out of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jesikah85]

I am interested to know why the socks are pulled up so high.  We (In Northern Australia) only wear flesh coloured stockings or white socks to just above the ankle which are folded over. Where is this clip filmed?

[irishphiladelphia]

It was filmed in late February 2007 at the Midwinter Scottish-Irish Festival and Fair in King of Prussia, PA, near Valley Forge.

[itsapen]

YES US TO (IN CANADA) i dont know why this is either..

[meandmymandola]

In England we wear socks pulled high,(Until we are old enough to realise how bad it looks) and whenever I see scotch national dress their socks are pulled high, so why not in Scottish dance?

[landersom]

In my Scottish dance class, we do both national dances and highland dances.

In the national dances, we either wear nylons, or ankle socks, or no socks at all (you don't want to do that when its super hot, though :P), no knee socks allowed.

However, in the Highland Dress style, it is required that you wear either white knee socks, or dress socks that match your tartan.

[meandmymandola]

Thats probably the convention of your school but i don't think its rule thats adherred to everywhere - please correct me if I'm wrong

[landersom]

That's how we do it in my region (according to FUSTA-the company we have to adhere to), the southwestern region. I don't really know how they do it in other regions as I don't compete in any region except the southwest and the midwest regions (they're pretty similar in the area I live).

In other words, they may do it differently other places, but its definitely not a dance school rule.

[EoE4evr]

@Jesikah85 Here (In America) younger dancers will sometimes wear knee highs with their Nationals, older girls would only wear ankle height or stockings.

[sheilamaclean]

@Jesikah85 Traditional for men and Highland dancers.

[Twigs0wot]

What's the bagpipe tune called? It sounds familiar and I feel ignorant ...

[phannagan]

Atholl Highlanders

[goomsiegomsie]

This is not considered Irish dance.

[irishphiladelphia]

Yup. We know that. We aren't suggesting that it is.

[meandmymandola]

Scottish! not Irish hence the plaid, and scottish music.

[goomsiegomsie]

yeah (I) Realize that but im an irish dancer and people always ask me that question all the time so i just thought i might state it here

[HighlandPiper1485]

plaid? TARTAN!!!

[meandmymandola]

Plaid (pronounced /ˈplad/) is a Scots language word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woollen cloth. It is unclear if the Gaelic word Plaide came first.

A plaid is a pleated cloth worn with the modern kilt, made from tartan and worn cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front. The belted plaid or great kilt is an earlier form of the kilt. A plaid rug is a large, tarten thick woolen twill cloth. "Plaid" is also American English for tartan.

[HighlandPiper1485]

Oh wow must have taken a lot of effort do the research for that as in cutting and pasting from wikipedia.

[meandmymandola]

I don't deny it - You've got to love Wikipedia! Have a good day!

[emncaity]

No kidding. Scots never say "plaid," laddie.

[marblemap]

Very good but where are the arm movements?

[trbflinginaway]

the flora has none!

[marblemap]

Ah, learn something everyday.

Then they are EXCELLENT instead of very good.

Well done!

[elmadore]

I agree, except for the aerobic comment. Aa anyone who's ever ISDed can tell you, it's plenty aerobic! Nevertheless, they both dance on the ball of the foot and have very restricted arm movements. In ISD, it's almost always at the sides or on the waist. In Highland, you do get some movement, usually arched over the head.

[trbflinginaway]

highland is more like ballet with a few stepdance bits stuck in there. you can see that the positions are completely turned out and its very aerobic, unlike traditional irish dance. also unlike irish dance, each dance in highland dance tells a story. this one is called "flora macdonalds fancy," so it tells the story of flora macdonald and bonnie prince charlie.

[saoirse3473]

are they irish dancers? it does not look like irish dance... but still very cool!

[irishphiladelphia]

Nope, they're Scottish Highland dancers. But a Celt is a Celt.

[rabioza]

@saoirse3473 celt is not a celt if your from scotland.