Welcome to the Murphy Highland Dance School

Our dancers perform and compete traditional Scottish Highland Dancing. Highland dancing is a wonderful form of dance. Scottish Highland dancing is rich in Scotlands history. Our dancers dance such dances as the Highland Fling, Sword dance and national dances such as the Irish Jig, and the Sailors Hornpipe.

Our dancers range in age from 4 to adults.
New classes will be beginning in August.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

New Classes!

This year we are adding some new classes to the Fall schedule.

For our youngest dancers we will be offering a combo class. 20 minutes of Ballet, 20 minutes of Highland, and 20 minutes of Tap. This will be a fun, fast moving class. The dancers will learn basics in all three dance forms.

We will also have Ballet and Tap classes for all ages. We are excited to be adding Tap and Ballet for those interested.

Stretch and Strengthening classes. This is a class geared to focus on Strengthening the core muscles that we use for dance. Having good strong muscles are important for dance. We will also be stretching. Stretching is so important, we will be covering when to stretch and how to stretch. Flexibility and strength is the focus of this class.

Highland dancing, we will be offering classes for all ages and levels. We will be doing performances through the year and also competitions.

If you would like more information on any of our classes please contact me at murphyhighland@gmail.com

Monday, July 18, 2011

New Dance Year!

We are gearing up for the dance year! This is such a fun time of year. The new classes that will be offered, new students, it gets exciting this time of year. We are taking registrations now, and it will determine which classes make this year and which ones don't. If there are not enough dancers to make the class than we will simply try to offer it again at a later date. Please email me if you would like a list of the classes currently being offered. The day and times are being decided on soon, will post the list of classes soon.

It looks like we are going to have a busy fall. We have several performances lined up, so we will hit the ground running! Welcome to our new students that have joined us in June and July! We are excited you have joined us and hope you have fun!