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Our doctors and specialists study the report from the scan and guide you in ways to support the healing of the body. 32 OUR PEOPLE SKILLS: Young Highland dancers go through their routine at the Hororata Highland Games, an event that has boosted the profile of the pursuit. ‘I’m always there to be called upon if needed’ • From page 30 How much time should you spend on Highland dancing weekly in order to master it? You would have one or two lessons a week with your private teacher and go to a society class for the piped practice on a Saturday morning during the winter. You should really practice every day. What attributes do you need to impress judges like yourself? You’ve got to have good timing, good technique. Generally, there’s an overall pattern you have to achieve. This is where the history of the dance comes in. Are the children aware of the historical context of Highland dancing? Do you drum that into them? I don’t know if it always get taught. The history of the dance is very important, especially the Seann Triubhas. That was when the Scots were defeated by the English and were told they could no longer wear the kilt unless they were in the armed forces. The Seann Triubhas depicts the happiness they felt when they were once again allowed to wear the kilt. Which is the hardest dance to learn? The Highland fling. It’s the first dance they learn and there’s a lot of pressure on their little legs. To turn your knees out and understand the time count and everything. At what age can you start Highland dancing? About five. Some children start younger but you’ve got to be able to count to 16. The Highland fling puts a lot of pressure on one leg at a time. There’s four counts on one leg and then four counts on the other. That’s quite a lot of springing on one leg for a little kid. Talk up the selling points of Highland dancing? It’s good for posture, they carry themselves well. I also find they’re very respectful. I think it’s the discipline of Highland dancing. They also need a certain determination to achieve what’s required. Where and when are the major Highland Games in New Zealand? There’s Waipu on January 1, then there’s Turakina (Wellington) at the end of January. Hastings is at Easter and then there’s Hororata (November). Hororata would probably be one of the biggest in the southern hemisphere. You had an eye operation recently but were you still able to take in the Hororata Highland Games weren’t you? I helped organise the Highland dancing. We had 93 dancers out there (on November 7). At the games most of our dance pipers were involved in pipe bands they couldn’t commit to playing for the Highland dancing so we had to use iPod music. Have the now decadeold Hororata Highland Games been beneficial in terms of dancing’s profile? It’s good exposure to the general public. A lot of people bring their little kids along, they watch the dancing for quite a while and think: ‘I wonder where you have to go to learn that?’. You’ve only got to go on the website for the Piping and Dancing Association of New Zealand and you’ll get all the names of teachers in your area. Are you still focused on teaching? I’m there to relieve if any of the young ones can’t come in to teach. You’ve got to make room for young ones. I’m always there to be called upon if needed. Have you seen Highland dancing in Scotland? Yes, and I was quite surprised by the lack of promotional material for Highland dancing. Mind you, that was in 2008. When I was in the pubs they’d occasionally have a Highland dancer come out and perform and they weren’t of a very high calibre. We’ve had the Canadian dancers out here in Christchurch one year, they were absolutely beautiful. How do you see the future of Highland dancing in New Zealand? I think it’s positive but we have to keep getting it out there in the public eye. You’ve got to keep promoting it otherwise they’ll go and do something else. Your service to Highland dancing has been recognised in recent years hasn’t it? I was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2008 for services to Scottish stuff. They called it the Scottish arts. In June I was made a life member of the Highland dancing section of the Caledonian Society (www. canterburycaledonian.org. nz). It’s nice, I do appreciate the recognition. Does a love of the pipes and drums go hand in hand with Highland dancing? I do like pipe band music. I do a programme, I’ve been doing it for 15 years, on Plains FM 96.9. It’s a Scottish session. I go in there and pre-record it about once a month.
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