Competitor in the Seann Triubhas (Shawn Trews) Highland dancing competition at 2023 Drumtochty Highland Games. These were held in the grounds of Drumtochty Castle at Auchenblae in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Saturday 24th June 2023. Competitors have to be very light on their feet for these Scottish dance competitions. #Drumtochty #highlanddance #Scottishdance #scottishtraditions #shawntrews | Scotland Online

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Competitors in the Sailor's Hornpipe Scottish dance heats during the 2022 Kenmore Highland Games. This friendly Games is held by Loch Tay at Kenmore in beautiful Perthshire, one of the few evening Highland Games in Scotland. The Sailor's Hornpipe was originally a Celtic dance and is one of the Scottish National Dances, originally played on a hornpipe rather than bagpipes. It is also one of the few Highland Dances that has its own unique costume for competitions and the moves imitate many shipboa

A close up of this young male dancer taking part in the Highland Fling Scottish dance competition, held during the 2024 Aboyne Highland Games. These are held annually on the first Saturday in August on the Green at Aboyne in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The HIghland Fling is one of the most famous Scottish dances performed at competitions throughout the world, said to have been inspired by the sight of a stag jumping around a hillside. Dancers movements; the arms held aloft like antlers, th