Sandy earned a Master of Arts degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and currently works full-time as an exercise physiologist at Merck and Co. in West Point, PA. She is also a certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and aerobics instructor from the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA).
Sandy completed her Highland Dance teacher’s certification through the British Association of Teachers of Dance at the age of 16 and has enjoyed teaching dancers of all ages and abilities for the last eleven years. Her enthusiasm for dance is boundless, as she is rewarded by seeing her students strive for their personal best. In 2007, Sandy and her husband relocated to Chester Springs, PA, at which time she was pleased to join the Reid School of Highland Dance as Co-Director. She continues to train and compete as a Scottish highland dancer under the instruction of the Director, Linda Reid Tarpy.
Mixing it up for Friday night we will have 2 -45 min Hip Hop Dance sessions with KEO!
Hailing from The Bronx, New York, KEO has over twenty years of experience as a dancer and instructor. KEO started training at the age of 16 in different styles of dance ranging from Popping, Locking, and Break-dancing. He has trained with original generation funk and street dance masters. He is also a member of the International Urban Dance Masters Association and currently teaches at Dansarts Studio in Audubon, PA.
He’ll be bringing a few students to mix into the crowd so that every one will have someone to follow.
Nicola Grant hails from Kirriemuir Scotland, home of Peter Pan. She has danced from an early age and has had success in competitions winning a World Title in 1987, not to mention many local and regional Championships. She is a member of British Association of Teachers of Dance, the United Kingdom Alliance, the Scottish Dance Teachers Alliance as well as an Adjudicator with the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing.
As a third generation dancer, Andrea Tronnes has been involved with Highland Dancing throughout her life. She won numerous Championships throughout her dancing career, culminating with being the 1st Runner Up Canadian Adult Champion in 1989. Andrea and her mother Dawn taught the Tronnes Highland Dancers together in Calgary until her move to Houston, Texas in July 2003 where she currently resides with her husband and two sons. She is very proud of the numerous Champions produced over the years at the school in Calgary. Andrea is a Fellow of the SDTA, Member of the BATD and an adjudicator of the SOBHD.
Christine has been dancing since the age of 3 years, studying tap, ballet, modern dance and highland. At the age of 10 she won the Scottish Championship at Cowal, and continued to compete into her early twenties.
At age 16 she began teaching and her school is now more than 45 years old. At present, Christine is a pastVice-President of the BATD, Chairman of the Association’s Highland Committee and member of the Stage and Ballet Committee. She has been for many years a delegate of the BATD on both the Technical Committee, SOBHD meetings and the judges committee of the SOBHD. Christine is an Examiner with the BATD and also SOBHD Adjudicator.
Pat was born in Scotland and emigrated with her young family to Canada in 1974. She danced full-time at the Lillian McNeil School of Dance in Glasgow and received her Highland Dance training with Elsbeth Strathearn. She earned her Advanced RAD in Ballet and SDTA, BATD, ISTD in Tap and Modern Dance.
Pat runs a renowned dance studio in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ONtario. Her dancers have won numerous championships in Canada, the United States, Australia, and Scotland, including the World Junior and Juvenile Championshi Titles at Cowal. For the past 20 years, Pat has judged many prestigious championships and festivals throughout the world, foremost being the World and Commonwealth Championships. Pat recently received her qualifications as a Highland Dance Examiner. Her other professional honor include being a Lifetime Member of SDTA, a Fellow SDTA and a member of the SOBHD Judges Panel. Pat lives with her husband, Jim, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
We are offering a 5% discount to families that register two or more dancers for the workshop by November 1. That means it is in addition to the early-bird rate.
If you are a teacher and register 2 or more of your own children you will also receive a discount on your teacher registration. The code was mailed out to families that have registered multiple dancers in the recent past. If I missed you or you are new to the workshop, just send me an email. weethreedancers@fastmail.net.
We’ve got cute little pins with our new logo that we made available at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and the USIR. If you are a teacher and would like a bunch for yourself and your students, please email Kathy: weethreedancers@fastmail.net and she’ll send some your way.
Born and raised in Edmonton Alberta, Bill has been an active teacher, adjudicator and choreographer for over 29 years. His students have won many championship titles throughout North America and Scotland, including two Canadian Interprovincial titles. In addition, his students have successfully finished in the top six in the Juvenile, Junior and Adult World Championships.
Bill began dancing at the age of 6 with Pat Horlor. Over the years, his teachers have included Kathryn Horlor, Angus MacKenzie, Heather McGregor and Evelyn Jones.
He is a Member of the World Wide Judges’ Panel of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing; a Fellow member and Examiner with the Scottish Dance Teachers’ Alliance and a Member with the British Association of Teachers of Dancing.
In 1996, Bill was awarded an Honorary Life Membership with the Alberta Highland Dancing Association for his contributions to Highland Dancing in Alberta. In 1986 & 2000, he chaired the ScotDance Canada Championship Series held in Edmonton. Bill currently holds an Executive position with ScotDance Canada as National Chair for Competition Organizers. He also sits on the ScotDance Canada Advisory Committee.
Bill has traveled extensively throughout Canada, United States, Australia, South Africa and Scotland adjudicating, examining and conducting workshops. Most recently, Bill traveled to New Zealand to conduct workshops and had the honour of judging their first SOBHD Championship.
In 1995 along with his teaching partners Kelly Abrahart and Jacques Bourgouin, they opened the Strathcona School of Dancing where they continue to teach together. Bill works full-time with Sabre Inc. as a Senior Sales Manager.
Joy (Allen) Tolev started dancing at the age of 3 under the instruction of Mrs. Evelyn Murray in Toronto, Ontario. During her competitive days she successfully competed in many highland dance competitions and championships throughout Canada and the United States. She has been teaching at her own school of highland dancing in Toronto for the past 27 years and has produced many dancers of high caliber who have captured titles in various championships including the Ontario, Canadian, Scottish, Commonwealth and World Championships. There have been over 20 Canadian Championship Titles, many Scottish and Commonwealth Championship titles and runner-ups, and a World Champion who holds 10 World Titles. She is a Fellow and Examiner of the BATD, North American Co-ordinator of the BATD, and adjudicator on the SOBHD Judges panel.
Besides her busy teaching schedule, she travels across Canada, the United States, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, judging, examining and conducting workshops.
