2024 Bitterroot Celtic Games & Gathering Highland Dance Competition Information
Saturday, August 17th, 2024
Registration opens June 1st, 2024 (form will be available online June 1)
GENERAL INFORMATION
• Competition start time: 9:30am. Check-in table opens at 8:45am at the dance stage.
• Dancer and dancer family entrance and packet pick-up is at the Participant Entrance gate and will start at approximately 8:20am.
• All dancers receive free admission to the games, and family members ages 12+ must pre-purchase discounted tickets ($5 each for day of competition) via the competition entry form (available online on June 1, 2024). Children under 12 have free entrance. Discounted family tickets will not be sold Saturday morning.
• The judge for this year's competition is Ann Johnson.
• First-to-enter, last-to-dance. Entries must be submitted by August 3rd, 2024.
• All Premier dancers will receive cash prizes instead of medals, and we ask that dancers remain in costume for awards.
• The Bitterroot Celtic Games & Gathering Highland dance competition is run under the Inland Northwest Highland Dance Association.
• For more information, please email inhighlanddance@gmail.com.
2024 DANCES & ENTRY FEES
Primary $6 per dance
· 16 Pas de Basques
· Pas de Basques & High Cuts
· Fling (4)
· Sword (2 & 1)
Beginner $28 or $7 per dance (Not including Trophy Fling $10)
· Trophy Fling* (4)
· Sword (2 & 1)
· Seann Triubhas (3 & 1)
· Lilt (4)
· Flora (4)
Novice $36
· Fling (4)
· Sword (2 & 1)
· Seann Triubhas (3 & 1)
· Lilt (4)
· Flora (4)
Intermediate $46
· Fling (4)
· Sword (2 & 1)
· Seann Triubhas (3 & 1)
· Lilt (4)
· Flora (4)
· Hornpipe (4)
Premier $64 (Cash prizes for all ages)
· Fling (4)
· Sword (2 & 1)
· Seann Triubhas (3 & 1)
· Lilt (4)
· Earl (4)
· Hornpipe (4)
Special Solo Choreography - Open to ALL LEVELS!
Group may be split based on level (Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Premier) depending on # of choreography entries.
Choreography Requirements: Dance must include Highland or National movements and have Celtic-themed music. Music limit of 2 minute. Please email choreography music to inhighlanddance@gmail.com before August 3rd, and bring a backup copy of your music on your phone.