Highland Dance 2005 / 2006 / 2007:
Over the past three years Highland Dance has had unparalleled growth throughout Northern Ireland and the Border Counties with an increase in dance schools and numbers attending:
1) A total of 19 dance groups, all members of the Ulster-Scots Dance Alliance
2)Several junior classes where children are taught Highland Dance as an after schools project
3) An increase in Highland Dance competitions from 4 in 2003 to 8 in 2005 - 11 in 2006, and a number planned for 2007
4) A massive increase in the number of registered dancers
5) A record demand for promotional dance displays across the Province, at times the demand far outweighs the ability to deliver. At these events Highland Dance provides a stirring visual dimension.

Another success!
Two dancers from 'Sollus' Highland Dancing, Bready, Strabane have auditioned successfully for the prestigious Edinburgh Military Tattoo Dance Team and have danced at the performances during August 2005 and 2006.

Teacher Training Success:
Alana Wright from 'Bright Lights' Cregagh, Belfast has passed her exams with the United Kingdom Alliance Teachers of Dance and is now a fully qualified Highland Dance Tutor, the youngest in Northern Ireland.

Teacher training within the Dance groups continues to grow across the province with most groups now being offered funding for teacher training.

A New's Toast to Bright Lights - They've done it again!
Teacher Training Success:
Three more Tutors from Bright Lights, Cregagh, Belfast have passed their Associate U.K.A. Highland Dancing Exams.

They are Laura Davidson Belfast, Kelly Forsythe Kilkeel and Linzi Hanna Belfast. Their Tutor is Elizabeth Gollan from Scotland.

Plus, another Notch for Alanna Wright also from Bright Lights, Cregagh, has passed her Associate U.K.A. National Dancing Exams.

The Bright Lights School of Dance is from Cregagh in Belfast and the group is run by Dance Co-ordinator Mrs Tilly Hay.