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Highland

National

Jig & Hornpipe

Theory

Professional

Preparatory

Preliminary (Highland Fling)

Alternative Preliminary

(Sword Dance)

Demonstrate without music:

Spring Points

Single High Cuts

Toe and Heel

Pas de Basques

Jumps in 1st Position

6 Pas de Basques & 4 High Cuts repeated 4 times to music

1st, 3rd (toe & Heel) and 8th (last) steps of the Fling, each step demonstrated separately without music

6 Pas de Basques & 4 High Cuts repeated 4 times to music

1st and either 2nd or 4th step of Sword, each step demonstrated separately without music

Fling

Sword

Seann Triubhas

Reel

Pre-Bronze*

4 Steps

(no backsteps)

2 & 1

Bronze

4 Steps

2 & 1

Pre-Silver

4 Steps

2 & 1

Brushes (4 left, 4 right), 8 Shuffles,

Hop Brush Beat Beat

Silver

4 Steps

2 & 1

(8th)

3 & 1

Pre-Gold

4 steps

Demonstrate Backsteps

2 & 1

Demonstrate spring point turn

3 & 1

Demonstrate shakes from 2nd step

and shake-shake-down movement

Gold

6 Steps

3 & 1

(4th & 8th)

4 & 2

Demonstrate Strathspey Movement

Scottish Award 1

6 Steps

3 & 1

(3rd & 8th)

4 & 2

Half Tulloch OR

Strathspey & Highland Reel

Scottish Award 2

6 Steps

3 & 1

(5th & 8th)

4 & 2

(2nd)

Strathspey & Half Tulloch

Scottish Award 3

4 Steps

(5th & 7th alt.)

3 & 1

(6th & 7th)

4 & 2

(6th alt & 8th)

Strathspey & Highland Reel

(Reel Steps - 6th)

Scottish Award 4

4 Steps

(5th alt.)

2 & 2

4 & 2

(6th, 7th alt, 14th & 11th)

Reel of Tulloch

(2nd, 7th & 8th)

Scottish Award 5

Candidates must be 13 & Older

4 steps 

(1st, 5th, 6th & 8th)

3 & 1 

(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th)

4 & 2

(1st alt, 3rd, 4th alt, 7th, 13th, 15th)

Strathspey & Highland Reel

(Reel Steps - 2nd, 7th, 10th, Last)

*Dancers may perform either the Fling or the Sword.