Down Under the Kilt

Down Under the Kilt(1) is a Highland Dance concert series created by Australia Highland Dancer Douglas McFarland(2), an Australasian(3) Highland Dancing Champion from the Central Coast of NSW.

First created in 2005, the concert series featured a number of Champion Highland Dancers including 4 time World Highland Dance Champion Gareth Mitchelson(4) from Monifeith, Scotland, and was the first in a series that brought Champion Highland Dancers to the stage presenting technical and improvised Highland Dancing.

The 2nd instalment of the show was played at Laycock St Theatre(5), North Gosford, featuring 4 time World Champion Jacqueline Smith (6), from Ontario, Canada, and a string of Australian Highland Dance Champions.

Titled Dreamtime Stories (7), the show presented Australia as influenced by Scottish migrants and was told in traditional and modern Highland Dance, Scottish Music and Song.

The third instalment is due in July 2009. According to www.downunderthekilt.com the third series will feature a World Champion from Canada.

(1)http://www.downunderthekilt.com (2)http://www.toeandheel.com (3)http://www.balletaustralasia.com.au/gallery/ausopen_highlandchamps.htm (4)http://www.toeandheel.com (5)http://www.laycockstreet.com (6)http://www.jsdance.ca/ (7)http://www.downunderthekilt.com/cchdi/dutk