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Be advised that class size is limited and some classes fill BEFORE the stated deadline for registration.
2007 Dance Students
Highland Dancing Course Information
We will emphasize the importance of proper warm-ups and stretches as well as cool downs to
keep in condition.
Daily classes will include basic technique in all levels. Championship steps will be reviewed thoroughly in the Intermediate and Premier classes. One Highland dance will be taught each day with general review on Thursday.  National dances will also be taught each day at all levels with a general review on Thursday.
We will also be teaching theory in all levels every day in regular classes. Every level will have at least one class of theory.
It is mandatory that each student arrive in top physical condition! Students must begin to increase
their practice time in the months PRIOR to the start of School. It is imperative students be able to dance for 45-minutes four times a day. By increasing strength and stamina before arriving at the
School injuries will be prevented.
 Medal Tests in Highland/National Dancing
The Ohio Scottish Arts School is pleased to be able to offer BATD Highland and National Medal Tests and Grade Examinations. These tests will be given the morning of Sunday, June 29, 2008. The Medal Test Forms are available to download from the Registration Page.
Medal Test fees are non-refundable!
Highland and National Teacher Training
Teacher training in both Highland and National (including Jig and Sailor's Hornpipe) will be offered every afternoon for those interested
in preparing for Professional exams. This class requires an additional fee. Please see the Fees page.
2008 Instructors
Lynne Erbrick was born in Philadelphia and began dancing at age 5 studying under Marguerite Reid. Lynne won the Gaelic College Scholarship and spent two summers studying with J.L. MacKenzie in Nova Scotia. She was the first American dancer to win the Junior World Championship at Cowal. While in Scotland she studied with Elspeth Strathern. She also won the Atlantic International and North American Championships. She is a fellow and Life Member in the BATD and an adjudicator for the SOBHD. She is the director of the Pocono Highland Dancers.
Jo Moore Kalat studied under Sally Sutherland and Betty Lawrence. She is a BATD Fellow and an SOBHD adjudicator. She operates the School of Scottish Dance in Cary, N.C. Her students have won numerous choreographic competitions and North American Championships.
Betty Lawrence teaches dance in Oklahoma City where her students have been winners of the Southwest
Scottish, Texas-Oklahoma Championship, Bonnie Lass Trophy in Strathpeffer, City of Dundee Shield, the CNEChampionship Sword, and the Sword of the Rockies. She is an SDTA Member, a Fellow and Examiner
Emeritus of the BATD and is on the SOBHD Adjudicators Panel. She conducts workshops throughout the U.S.
and Canada.
 Alison Mittig Plemmons began dancing at age 3, studying under her mother, Sheila Mittig. She is a 4 time USIR Champion - 15 yrs. & under in 1986-87; 17 yrs. & under in 1988-89; 2nd runner-up 18 yrs. & over in 1990 and 1st runner-up 18 yrs. & over in 1992. She won the Australian Achievement Award in 1987 and 1989 at the USIR for competitor with the most aggregate points. She was the U.S. Representative for the Champions Challenge at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. Alison is a BATD member. Several of her students have been USIR Representatives.
 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 highcaliber 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 B.A.T.D., North American Co-ordinator of the B.A.T.D., and adjudicator on the S.O.B.H.D. Judges panel.
Besides her busy teaching schedule, she travels across Canada, United States, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, judging, examining and conducting workshops.
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.
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