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Highland Dancing

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Children's Books


HIGHLAND DANCING


SOBHD Text Book
NEW 7th edition

The new 7th edition instructional book for the Fling, Swords, Seann Triubhas, and Reels.
Tartan cover- 2009 7th edition

$29.95


SOBHD "Old Steps Booklet"
Volume 1

Compiled by the technical committee of the SOBHD
This special 2 ring hard cover binder measures 10" x 12" and contains volume 1 of the "Old Steps" (20 pages). Future volumes can be easily added as they become available.

$24.95


BATD Highland Syllabus

2005 Edition - 32 pgs
8 1/2" x 11" spiral bound book for amateur tests, grade examinations, and professional syllabus for Highland, Scottish National, & Scottish Country Dancing

$18.95


BATD
National Dances

2001 Edition
National Dance Book: BATD method (white cover)
Dances include:
Blue Bonnets, Earl, Flora, Lilt, Highland Laddie, Barracks, Village Maid, Scotch Measure, and Dress Code.

$18.95


UKA Highland, National, & Hebridean Book
2012

*NEW!*
Book includes 3 main sections:
(1) Syllabus for Highland exams (UKA)
(2) National Dance Awards and National Dances-
Blue Bonnets, Earl, Flora, Lilt, Highland Laddie, Barracks, Village Maid, Scotch Measure.
(3) Hebridean Dances-
Flowers of Edinburgh, Tulloch Gorum, Over Water to Charlie, Hebridean Laddie, and Betty's Jig (in memory of Betty Pettigrew)
Also included is Syllabus for Hornpipe & Jig, Suggestions for Introductory Nationals & Uni-Ted, Accredited Grades and Professional Highland & National Exams.
Inside back cover has helpful notes to prepare for test and Dress Code.

$18.95


SDTA
National Dances
New Edition
2013

National Dance Book: SDTA method (2013)
57 pages. Dances include:
Blue Bonnets, Earl, Flora, Lilt, Highland Laddie, Barracks, Village Maid, Scotch Measure, Tribute to JL, Cake Walk, Dusty Miller, and Hebridean Laddie.

$23.95

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Hornpipe Book
&
Jig Book

Revised 2008
Instructional books for the Sailor's Hornpipe & Irish Jig.
Each 8 1/2" x 11" spiral bound book has 31 pages of "easy to read" large print. Each step has it's own page with an accompanying blank page for making notes and corrections.
Order early as shipments quickly sell out

$18.95/ea


"Highland Dance Theory Quiz"
Kindle Edition

*NEW!*
Roxelyn Apps & Mary Beth Klein
This book contains 140 questions on the basic positions and dances as described in the "Official Guide to Scottish Highland Dancing". There are six sections of 20 questions each beginning with the basic movements and positions. Sections that follow include the Fling, Sword Dance, Seann Truibhas, Reels and ending with Miscellaneous questions. The publication is meant to be a fun 'test your knowledge' and is in no way associated with the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing. It is not intended to be an official study guide. It's just for people like us who love Scottish Highland dancing and enjoy testing their knowledge of the subject. Answering all these questions correctly is no guarantee that you will pass an actual theory exam.

Kindle Edition on Amazon

$5.00
Click link to buy on Amazon


National Exams:

Study Manual for Professional National Exams

by Kirsty Duncan, PhD FSAScot
Contains over 650 questions regarding positions. movements, teaching, and the 8 national dances. Teaching questions are aimed to make one think and recognize errors. Theory questions cover each method (BATD, SDTA, & UKA) individually as well as questions for judges, and require knowledge of all three methods.

$22.00


Highland Exams:

Study Manual for Professional Highland Exams

by Kirsty Duncan, PhD FSAScot
Mauve Cover. Over 500 questions regarding positions, movements, Highland Dances, and teaching. Teaching questions are aimed to foster thinking about teaching and recognizing errors.

$22.00


"Dancing Out"

By: Scottish Dancing Association of Australia
Second Edition-2012 Reprint
Instructional book with over 30 lesser known and choreographed dances as well as Highland Dance history.

View Table of Contents

$28.95


"A Parents Guide to Highland Dancing"

*New 3rd Edition*
This popular book has been read by dancers, parents and teachers from around the world. With over 30 new pages added with over 180 pages of information. Topics include: Costuming, Practicing, Benefits of Highland Dancing, history of dances, Performances, Competitions: registration/levels/what to expect, Competition etiquette, Medal Testing, Organizations, Rules & regulations, Sportsmanship, ...and so much more!

$25.95


Book:
Traditional Step-Dancing in Scotland


Paperback - 240 pages
By: JF & TM Flett
The popular view of Scottish solo step-dances has always been the Sword Dance and the Highland Fling seen at Highland Games. In the early 1950s, the authors of this work began to question whether there was a greater history and variety to step-dancing in Scotland. Between 1950 and 1967 they traveled all over Scotland in their quest, gathering information from the many people who could fondly remember their own early days of dancing. With dances and stories from all over Scotland, this is a comprehensive study of solo dancing in Scotland. The first half of the book gives the historical background to step-dancing in Scotland, the second half gives clear instructions for many of the dances.

VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS

$21.95


"Tune Up Your Turnout"

Paperback. 122 pages
Don't waste time wading through anatomy books that aren't focused on dance, or dance books that aren't focused on turnout. Nowhere else will you find such easy-to-use information specifically designed to help you achieve the best turnout possible while avoiding injury.
Chapters include:
Turnout Basics, Alignment, Anatomy of the Hip Joint, Structural Challenges for Turnout, Muscular Considerations for Turnout, Increasing Flexibility, and Stretching.
Again, Highly recommended!

$14.95

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COUNTRY & HEBRIDEAN DANCING


UKA Highland, National, & Hebridean Book
2012

Book includes 3 main sections:
(1) Syllabus for Highland exams (UKA)
(2) National Dance Awards and National Dances-
Blue Bonnets, Earl, Flora, Lilt, Highland Laddie, Barracks, Village Maid, Scotch Measure.
(3) Hebridean Dances-
Flowers of Edinburgh, Tulloch Gorum, Over Water to Charlie, Hebridean Laddie, and Betty's Jig (in memory of Betty Pettigrew)
Also included is Syllabus for Hornpipe & Jig, Suggestions for Introductory Nationals & Uni-Ted, Accredited Grades and Professional Highland & National Exams.
Inside back cover has helpful notes to prepare for test and Dress Code.

$18.95


Book:
Traditional Step-Dancing in Scotland


Paperback - 240 pages
By: JF & TM Flett
The popular view of Scottish solo step-dances has always been the Sword Dance and the Highland Fling seen at Highland Games. In the early 1950s, the authors of this work began to question whether there was a greater history and variety to step-dancing in Scotland. Between 1950 and 1967 they traveled all over Scotland in their quest, gathering information from the many people who could fondly remember their own early days of dancing. With dances and stories from all over Scotland, this is a comprehensive study of solo dancing in Scotland. The first half of the book gives the historical background to step-dancing in Scotland, the second half gives clear instructions for many of the dances.

VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS

$21.95

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SCOTTISH INTEREST


The Art of Kiltmaking

(*2nd edition*)
Step by Step Instructions for Making a Traditional Scottish Kilt

Step by Step Instructions for Making a Traditional Scottish Kilt
The 2nd edition contains all of the information in the first edition but has corrected minor errors and has updated the sources & supplier information.

$34.95


Tartan Hose Knitting Book
by Sandy McLeod

Not just another knitting book, this guide is the definitive resource for creating tartan hose.
Perfect for your School or Society library for members to check out.
More than 60 illustrations complete with Worksheets and charts.
10 chapters analyse the mathematics, design elements, and craft of Scottish dance socks. (whole & split diamond)

VIEW INDEX OF PAGES

$75.00


The Art of Scottish-American Cooking

By Kay Shaw Nelson
224 pp. 5½ x 8½ Hardcover

This comprehensive cookbook includes more than two hundred recipes as well as a wealth of information about Scottish holidays, traditions, and cultural achievements by Scottish-Americans. Learn about shortbread, rock buns, & Dundee cake while enjoying recipes for happit hen, wet devil, and Scotch grouse. Try your hand at innovative egg dishes, fish pies, Scottish hot dogs, oatcakes, scones, griddle breads, and crumpets.

$16.95


SCOTTISH SONGS

Edited by Chris Findlater
96 pp. Glossary
This 5¼ x 8 paperback book provides the full lyrics and music for 44 traditional compositions arranged for voice and piano. Also includes a glossary of Scottish terms that defines all unfamiliar words.

$8.95


Scottish Roots
A Step-by-Step Guide for Ancestor Hunters

by Alwyn James
192 pp. 5½ x 8½
Book explains how to use various resources and information available to trace your Scottish forebears. Describes resources such as the New Registrar House, Scottish Record Office, local libraries, and Scottish folk museums in detail and explains how to make the best use of them. There is also a special chapter on "Doing it from a Distance"

$12.00


Scottish Highland Games In America

By Emily Ann Donaldson
266 pp. 6 x 9

Discover the history of the Scottish Highland Games in the United States. Chapters include: History of the Games, Games in Scotland, Games in the United States, Heavy Events, Piping and Drumming, Highland dancing, Fiddling, and other competitive and non-competitive events.
Although this book was published in 1986, it's quite interesting to read how each event evolved through the years, how organizations were formed (FUSTA, PCPBA, EUSPBA, MWPBA, etc), who the top US competitors were of that time, and pictures of competitors from the past. Some "blasts from the past" include:
(Athletics): Dave Bryson, Bill Bangert, Fred Vaughan, Keith Tice, Rick Porter, Arnold Pope, Ron Short
(Piping): Chip Reardon, Duncan McCaskill, John Bosworth, Burt Mitchell, Donald MacPhee, James Bell, Bobby Mitchell, Leslie Jones James Stack
(Highland): Vera Miller Patterson, Stewart Smith, Lynn Erbrick, Hugh Bigney, Sandra Scafate, Anne & Elaine Burgin, Sheila Mittig, Fiona Nash, Tracy Fairlie, Sandra Weyman, Christie Freestone, Laura Carruthers, Susan McKee, Karen & Cheryl Fisher, Kathleen Drummond, Kristina Gilbertson, Penny Bruce, Valerie Ann Langston, Kathleen Rayburn
(Fiddle): John Turner, Jonathan Fricke

$16.95


Scottish Ghosts

By Lily Seafield
192 pp. 5 1/16 x 7 ¾

Scottish history is rich with folklore and stories of the paranormal. This book includes over 150 of Scotland’s most colorful and convincing ghost stories. Is a particular story a myth or a real occurrence? It’s up to you to decide.

$12.95

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DRUM BOOKS


Doug Stronach's Pipe Band Snare Drum Tutor- Vol 1

By Doug Stronach
For beginner and intermediate drummers. Includes CD with 78 recorded audio tracks, 14 digital videos, scores played with or without a piper, and all exercises with or without a metronome.

$34.95

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PIPING BOOKS



Apps Chanter Reed Adjustment Booklet and Mandrel

By Chris Apps
Complete instruction booklet on choosing and adjusting bagpipe chanter reeds as well as the essential tool required to get the best results from your chanter reeds.

$26.00


Complete Guide to Highland Bagpipe Reeds

By Chris Apps
This 57 page book is an updated and improved version of the "Bagpipe Reed Adjustment booklet".
Book focuses on molded as well as ridge-cut chanter reeds, drone reeds and practice chanter reeds. Book is filled with photographs and diagrams to illustrate the techniques! There is also a chapter explaining the different chanter reeds and the necessary tools to adjust/maintain them. Information also provided on setting up and maintaining the pipes for optimum reed function.

$30.00


Book:
"Bagpipe Music for Highland Dancing"

Compiled by: Captain John A. MacLellan
Contains over 40 different dance tunes, both Highland and Country Dancing.
Contains all the Highland Dances as well as Hornpipe, Jig, Broadswords, and Reels.
Country Dances include Circassian Circle, Dashing White Sergeant, Duke of Atholl, Eightsome Reel, Duke of Perth, Gay Gordons, Highland Scottische, Flowers of Edinburgh, Petronella, Strip the Willow, Speed the Plough, White Cockade, Reel of the 51st, Jenny's Bawbee, Scottish Ramble, Old Time Waltz, and more...

$19.95

Bagpipe Solutions:
Vol. 4, 5, 6

by John Cairns
Total of 18 volumes to come! This new bagpipe curriculum has been prepared in lesson format. Each lesson identifies specific performance indicators that must be achieved before moving on to the next lesson. The "Progress Checklist" located at the back of every tutor is designed to help monitor student's progress as they work through each tutor. Each volume comes complete with instructions, photos, diagrams and music, as well as information on: Theory, maintenance, tone, tuning, band and instrument drill, technical playing, reading music, music instructional training, bagpipe history and ear training.
Tutors include all of the requirements for both the Institute of Piping and Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Structured Learning Certification Programs.
Vol. 4: "Instructional Tutor for Light Music -Learner Level"
Vol. 5: "Instructional Tutor for Light Music -Advanced Learner Level"
Vol. 6: "First Player Level" - Subjects include Bagpipe maintenance and tuning that will appeal and apply to pipers of all levels of proficiency, Coordination, Instruction on how to play the tunes covered in volumes one through five, along with a Progress checklist

Book & CD Set:
$40.00


"Beginning the Bagpipe"

By PM Sandy Jones
Book: Book of exercises for the beginning student.
Tunes include: Amazing Grace, The Ash Grove, The Barren Rocks of Aden, Bonnie Charlie, By Cool Siloam’s Shady Rill, Going Home, Jenny’s Bawbee, Johnnie Scobie, Mairi’s Wedding, Skye Boat Song, These are My Mountains, Top of Ben Lomand, and more...



CD or Cassette: To go with "Beginning the Bagpipe" Book
Records every lesson, exercise, and tune in "Beginning the Bagpipe."



Set: The "Beginning the Bagpipe" book and corresponding CD.

Book: $14.95


CD:$15.00

CD/Book Set: $26.95


College of Piping
Tutor 1 (book)
and
CD Set

College of Piping Tutor is a very popular and widely known book for anyone interested in playing the pipes. This volume was recently updated from the original by Seumas MacNeil & Thomas Pearston is excellent for beginners with little musical background. Comes with CDROM that includes worksheets to help you with your music theory and PDQB syllabi for Levels One and Two.

$32.00

CD ONLY
for:
College of Piping
Tutor 1

CD Only
CD to use with College of Piping Tutor 1 by Seumas MacNeil & Thomas Pearston

$10.00


College of Piping Tutor 3
Book and CD Set


This tutor is appropriate for pipers who have progressed beyond Volume 1. Provides an introduction and exercises to learn and play 18 competition marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes and jigs. Has all the tunes and theory necessary to pass the light music sections of the Pipe and Drumming Qualifications Board Levels 1 - 4 examinations. There are also tunes for dancing and lessons on standard pieces such as Scotland the Brave and Flowers of the Forest.
Comes with companion instructional CD.

$32.00


College of Piping Tutor 4
Book and CD Set


College of Piping Tutor for Piobaireachd & CD
Easy-to-follow book for the beginning Piobaireachd student. Book was recently re-edited for content and includes CD which provides an audio counterpart to the book.
The text contains guidance on movements, reading and expression. Tunes include: The Company's Lament, MacIntosh's Banner, Glengarry's Lament and Lament for Alasdair Dearg MacDonnell of Glengarry

$32.00


Care & Maintenance of the Great Highland Bagpipe

By: Ron Bowen
Very informative book explaining in detail how to care and maintain your pipes.

$16.00


"The Full Monty"

Music for the Bagpipes by Ryan Canning
Contains over 50 compositions of Ryan Canning as well as works from other composers such as: Willie McCallum (7-time Glenfiddich winner) , Fred Morrison (Double Gold medallist) ,and Don Bradford.
His tunes are making their way onto the competition arenas and piping recordings. Many of the featured tunes have been played and recorded by Field Marshal Montgomery and can be heard on various World Pipe Band Championship CD's.

$22.00


HighCut Above

By Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
Music for Highland and National Dances.
Conatins detailed information about highland dances and the appropriate music to accompany them. A detailed chart of includes information on Introductions, number of steps, and tempo.

$19.95


"How to" Piobaireachd"
Manual and CD

by Major Archie Cairns
The aim of this book is to assist anyone who already plays the Great Highland Bagpipe to become familiar with and/or have a better understanding of the form, terms, signs and abbreviations used in the reading/writing/playing of piobaireachd. Also there are explanations of the required finger techniques and movements together with audio demonstrations on the accompanying CD
The "How To" manual is a simple, easy-to-follow, unique method for learning to play the Great Highland Bagpipe that provides a progressive program for Beginners, Learners, Basic/Intermediate/Advanced players

$32.00


"Music for Everybody"

by: Michael Grey
68 pages of over 70 March, Strathspey, Air, Jig, Reel, & Hornpipe tunes for pipers of all levels. Also includes photographs from the collections of both Michael and his many contributors including...
Bruce Gandy, Allan MacDonald, Rob Menzies, Donald McBride, John-Angus Smith, Sean Somers, Major Gavin Stoddartand and his father Pipe Major George Stoddartand , , and more

$19.95


"Piping for Highland Dancing" Music Book

By: Bruce Campbell ~ 60 pg
Pipe notation sheet music for 51 dances including introductions and tempos. Companion book to "Highland Dance Archive" CD. A must for any aspiring Highland Dance piper.

See list of Dances and Tunes

$26.50


"Rhythmic Fingerwork"

Exercise Book & CD by J. McGillivray
This book has a collection of 141 exercises for the practice chanter appropriate for pipers of all levels. The exercises can be heard on the CD, so that the student can gauge their performance as they practice.

$38.00


Wedding and Funeral Music

By John Recknagel.
Traditional and non-traditional tunes for weddings and funerals.

$12.95


Keith MacDonald's
"Wedding Music"

By Keith MacDonald
Music book of hymns for the wedding ceremony and reception. All tunes compiled, edited and arrange by MacDonald for the Highland Bagpipe. Includes tunes such as 'Ave Maria', 'Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee' and 'Mairi's Wedding' Over 50 tunes including lyrics.

$38.00

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS


ANDREW MCGROUNDHOG AND HIS SHADY SHADOW

Written and illustrated by Peter J. Wellin
32 pp. 31 color illustrations
This 10x10 hardback book is recommended for grades 1-3 or for young children who are just beginning to read. This intriguing story set in old Scotland explains the origins of Groundhog Day in a creative and fun way with the help of a little Scottish groundhog and his shady shadow. This entertaining book also teaches children a few Gaelic words in the process. and includes a glossary of Scottish words.

$15.95


IRISH LEGENDS FOR CHILDREN

Retold by Yvonne Carroll. Illustrated by Lucy Su
64 pp. 35 color illus.
Once upon a time, kings, knights, and dragons roamed the verdant hills of Ireland. Druids used their sorcery for both good and evil. It was a time of magic and legends. This 8½ x 11 hardcover book includes 6 legends that have been passed down from generation to generation. Children of Lir, Deidre of the Sorrows, Setanta, The Salmon of Knowledge, Fionn and th Dragon, Oisin in Tir na n-Og.

$14.95


SCOTTISH ALPHABET

By Rickey E. Pittman. Illustrated by Connie McLennan
32 pp. 31 color illus. Glossary
This 8½ x 11 hardcover book is a perfect addition for any child's library. This book captures the rich heritage of Scotland and teaches children about important aspects of Scottish tradition and geography through the alphabet. Each letter of the alphabet is associated with a person, place, or thing connected to Scotland such as B for bagpipes, K for Kilt, W for William Wallace. Also includes a glossary of important Scottish figures, historical places, and events.

$14.95


IRISH ALPHABET

By Rickey E. Pittman. Illustrated by Connie McLennan
32 pp. 31 color illus. Glossary
This 8½ x 11 hardcover book allows young readers can explore culture, history, and legends of Ireland from A to Z. Information about symbols such as the "four-leaf clover" and "Celtic Cross", the country’s rich history, and legends of St. Patrick and Finn MacCool are covered. Glossary provides additional information and pronunciations.

$14.95


Greyfriars Bobby
by Ruth Brown

8 1/2 x 10 1/2 soft cover book about "Greyfriars Bobby" 24 pages with colorful pictures for easy reading.

$11.95


The Wee Scots Book:
Scottish Poems and Stories

Written and illustrated by Aileen Campbell
64 pp. 8 1/2 x 11 Age Range: 4 to 8
Illustrations (29 color and 45 b/w) - Glossary

Filled with lullabies, folk tales, and playful rhymes. Gather around children for the stories of the Highlands and stone castles, and the blow of the bagpipes usher in the sheep from the hills and sailors on the coast. Illustrations highlight the landscapes of the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland. Recommended for parents and grandparents who want to pass along their favorite stories of their childhood.

$12.00

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