Welcome to Our Website!
Founded in 1947 and incorporated in 1978, the Manitoba Highland Dancers' Association (MHDA) is a non-profit organization run by volunteers.
This organization provides our dancers with high caliber competitions, honoraria, scholarships and workshops. We rely on membership fees, donations, grants and fundraising events. The association functions on a year round basis, coordinating 6 competitions each year (two of which are championships). The MHDA runs these competitions starting in the Fall and ending in the early summer. Each year the association runs the Manitoba Closed Championships, where dancers are selected to represent Manitoba at the Inter-Provincial Championships held each year in the month of July.
Our dancers, ranging in age from four year to adulthood, are taught by a body of certified highland dance teachers. All teachers are members of ScotDance Manitoba, a provincial affiliate of ScotDance Canada, and governed by the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing.
Change of Venue
The Competition and Championship on Sunday, May 4th will now be held at:
St.James Civic Centre
2055 Ness Ave.
Winnipeg
***New Note***
Professional Photographer Chris Shay will be present all day on MAy 4th to take pictures. His website is www.shayphoto.ca
Check out the Wanted and For Sale pages for outfits
Sarah Brown Memorial Fund
The Sarah Brown Memorial Fund will be used to support highland dance in Manitoba which was Sarah's passion. Sarah, a student of the McGregor Studio of Highland Dance and also friend of many MHDA highland dancers was recently involved in a fatal car accident. Sarah was also sister to Shawn Brown, a Lord Selkirk Boy Scout Pipe Band Alumnus. Cheque donations can be made to School of Scottish Arts, Inc. or Sarah Brown Memorial Fund and sent to c/o 3375 Vialoux Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3R 0A5.
For more information, please contact School of Scottish Arts, Inc. c/o ballater@mts.net.
Fitness Tax Credit
Starting for the year 2007, Folk Dancing is included on the list of eligible activities for the 2007 Children's Fitness Tax Credit. For further information see the Department of Finance website and the Canada Revenue Agency website, and ensure you obtain your registration receipts from the dance schools.
Stories from the front line...
There is a definite air of sporty , fun yet fierce competition in the 
literally hundreds of games that take place all over Scotland on an annual basis. The jig and the hornpipe are 'big". Scots love these dances ..and the Sean Tribhaus.These pictures are from Markinch. The games took place in the main town "green"....
If you have an interesting story of competitions "on the road", danceouts, or doing something outside the norm (for us Manitobans freezing is classified as the norm), please submit stories with or without pictures, to info@mbhighlanddance.com
