Past Events Highlights

Hong Kong Highlanders perform at the Cultural Centre

On 3 July 2010, the Hong Kong Highlanders and others gave a display of Scottish performing arts on an open stage in the foyer of the HK Cultural Centre, accompanied by the Red Tartan Pipe Band.

The event was part of a regular series for local arts performers. The Highlanders' Demonstration Team comprised

Lucette Black
Gianluca Croce
Janet Draper
Stephen Li and
Richard & Jean McKeown
Arthur McNeill
Anne Lee

They danced the Garry Strathspey, Bonnie Anne and Summer Assembly.

Other dance demonstrations were by:
The Caper Folk Dance Group of the Oi Kwan Community Services Centre
The Sacred Heart Canossian College Dance Club, who danced a blend of Highland dances showing the progression of Scottish tradition into modern performance, and
The Scottish Dancing Group, who danced New Virginia Reel.

The performance was organised by Joe Schembri, convenor of the Reel Club, a dance-focussed group within the Hong Kong Highlanders, Arthur McNeill and Stephen Li and lasted an hour, with commentary on country and Highland dancing, the dances themselves, the bagpipes and Scottish dress by Anne Lee and the Fear an Taigh, David McKellar.

The demonstration was well received and we hope to repeat it in the future.

A big thank you to Joe, all of the participants and the Cultural Centre for affording us the opportunity of further demonstrating these aspects of Scottish culture. Click on the images below to see further photographs.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/hkhighlanders

http://picasaweb.google.com/kieranwan/Highlanders?authkey=Gv1sRgCM-btduWmZPzQw&feat=directlink

http://www.youtube.com/user/scdgrouphk

http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/cindychow01/20100703