Working on a new website

We are currently working on a new web site check it out at

https://sites.google.com/site/murphyhighlanddanceacademy/

and tell us what you think. We are still working out a few the problems such as a few buttons I can't seem to delete.:)

North Texas Highland Games

We are getting ready for the North Texas Highland Games which are coming up soon, June 4 & 5. Our dancers will be competing on both days. They will be dancing the Highland dances on Saturday. Pre-premier will be dancing in the morning. And Premiers will be dancing in the early afternoon......hopefully before it gets too hot. :)

On Sunday they will be dancing the National dances. Please remember to bring sunscreen, a hat, lawn chairs, and you can bring ice chest I believe.

Our dancers have been working very hard and I hope you each have a good time dancing!

Performing at a school in Frisco

We will be performing at Rogers Elementary School in Frisco this Friday.

They are teaching the Kindergarten and First grade about Scotland. A piper

will be there to pipe for them and the we will dance for them. And then there

will be a parade around the school lead by the piper. It sounds like a fun day for our dancers.

I will try to post photos as soon as I can.

Southweat Regionals are now over!

The Southwestern regionals were a big success. Our dancers danced in the pre-premier group in the afternoon. Congratulations to Luke ,Alex and Meagan. Your dancing was good and your placings were good. Hope you enjoyed the competition. I am very proud of all of you!

The North Texas Highland Games will becoming up soon. We have about a month, so we need to keep our energies up and keep practicing hard so we will be ready.

current events

We will be going down to Houston this weekend. There will be Regionals held for the South West region of the United States this weekend for Highland dancers. Good luck to all our dancers!

We will also be performing May 6th at Rogers Elementary School. The first graders there are learning about Scotland that day. There will be Highland dancing and they will have a piper. Sounds like a fun day.

Entry forms are available on line for the North Texas Highland Games held in Arlington in June. So don't forget to get those downloaded and sent off.

Best of Luck dancers! Dance with all your heart this weekend. Safe travels and see you there!

Saint Patricks day performance

We were very lucky on St. Patricks day! We danced at a nursing home in the area and we're blessed to have a wonderful audience. We also had the good fortune to have the MaGuire Academy of Irish dance come and join us for the performance! The Irish dancers did some traditional Irish dances. The Highland dancers did some traditional Highland dances and a few non Traditional. And we threw in a country dance or two from each country. We all had fun dancing and the lovely people welcomed us and were such a delight to dance for the dancers look forward to when they can go back and dance for them!

New Classes

Adding a few new classes!

If there is enough interest we will be offering some new classes!

A new Tartan Tots class for ages 4-6 to be held in the evenings.

Stretch and Strengthening class ~ this class will help improve flexibility
and help to strengthen muscles.

Basic Ballet for highland dance ~ this class is a basic ballet class geared for
improving highland dance. Available for highland dancers that are ages 7 and up.

Beginner Tap ~ this is a fun class for learning the basics of tap dancing.

If you are interested in any of the new classes being offered please contact
Karen Murphy at murphyhighland@gmail.com

March 2011

Well the year has been very busy so far. Our dancers have been doing very well in classes. We are pleased to announce that we will be performing at the Colonial Lodge in McKinney on March 17th at 1:00. We are also very happy that we will be joined by the Maguire Academy of Irish Dance. We will be performing traditional and non-traditional Highland and Irish dancing. Photos to come!