The Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing, based in Edinburgh, has created a truly international appreciation of the finer points of Highland Dancing and a world-wide community of Scottish dancers working for and with one another towards even higher standards of excellence.  It is estimated that at least 50,000 young people are actively involved in Highland Dancing throughout the world with at least half of them based in the large Scottish communities of Canada, USA, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

The picture one conjures up when the words Highland Dancing are mentioned is possibly of a bearded “Braveheart”-style warrior, arms held aloft, leaping over crossed swords and delivering guttural yells every so often.