Competitors in the Scottish Lilt, Highland dancing competition, held during the 2024 Tomintoul Highland Games. These friendly Games were held on Saturday 20th July 2024 at Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park, Moray, Scotland. It is believed that the Scottish Lilt is a courting dance, performed by Scottish gentlewomen to show how graceful they could be. It is a combination of the Highland and Ballet forms of dance and for which the dancers wear the Aboyne outfit, the prescribed attire for f

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Video reel showing a Scottish soldier displaying his Highland dancing skills by taking part in the Highland Fling heats during the 2022 Ballater Highland Games. Sadly we don't know where he placed, but great to see this young man taking part. During the summer Balaklava Company, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) known as 5 SCOTS, are stationed in Ballater. Members of Balaklava Company form a guard each year for the Chieftain of Ballater Games and take part in c

Take your partners for the Gay Gordons, part of the New Year's Day celebrations in Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland on 1st January 2020. This is normally a great public event with mass Ceilidh dances and displays by the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band. Here is compere is Eddie Rose and music from Andrew Knight and his Ceilidh Band. The dance is named after a famous Scottish army regiment, the Gordon Highlanders, and is a very popular couples ceilidh dance, traditionally the first dance. | Scotland Online

Junior competitors in the Scottish Sword dance, Highland dancing heats, held during the 2023 Dufftown Highland Games. This is an ancient Scottish dance, known as the 'Ghillie Callum', and is said to date back to King Malcolm Canmore (Shakespear’s MacBeth). Competitors pay careful attention to their feet and placement throughout this dance. #dufftown #dufftownhighlandgames #highlanddance #scottishdance #sworddance | Scottish Highlands & Inverness

Competitors in the Scottish Lilt, Highland dancing heats, held during the 2025 Braemar Gathering Highland Games in Scotland. This was on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Scottish Lilt is believed to have originated in Perthshire after 1746 and for competitions is usually danced to a retreat march called "Battle of the Somme", by P/M Willie Lawrie. #highlanddance #braemargathering #scottishlilt | Aberdeenshire Scotland

Competitors in the Highland Fling, Scottish Highland dancing adult heats during the 2023 Drumtochty Highland Games. These were held in the grounds of Drumtochty Castle at Auchenblae in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Saturday 24th June 2023. Those taking part were (L-R) Molly Smith (222), Olivia Richardson (227) Michelle Gordon (229) and Rachael Walker (236), most of whom are Scottish Champions. #Drumtochty #highlandgames #aberdeenshire #highlanddance #highlanddancing #HighlandFling #Scottishdance #