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COMMUNITY
Highland
Dancing
revival
Trisha McKay has returned to teaching
Highland dancing in Appin. t52apin01
H
AVING run the Appin School of Dance
for 13 years, Trisha McKay could have
been forgiven for putting her dancing
pumps away under lock and key when she
retired in 2003.
But following a renewed interest in Highland danc-
ing among some of the village’s young girls, Trisha
was tempted into passing on her knowledge to a
new generation.
Trisha explained that her dance school came to a
natural conclusion because of a problem that many
small villages will empathise with.
‘In 2003, a lot of my dancers moved on after
school and there weren’t many young girls in the
village at the time,’ she said.
Trisha coached her own daughter, Eilidh, for a short
time before Eilidh joined the Isla Sinclair School of
Dance.
But six years later, Trisha has resurrected the Ap-
pin dance school and she currently teaches eight
youngsters, aged three to 10.
‘There are a lot of young girls interested in learning
now and I was approached by the parents to start
the school again.
‘I thought I would give it a go and it has worked out
really well. It is a young group; most of them are
between three and five years old.
‘I think it is a way of doing something for the com-
munity and it keeps a tradition alive.
‘It’s also really good exercise for the girls – and me!’
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