Highland Dancing
The Glengarry Highland Games bids you a Hundred Thousand welcomes! Spectators and competitors alike can expect to enjoy the very best of what this successful event has to offer.
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Come join us and experience the athleticism and rich history of the Scottish Highlands as Highland Dancers from around the world take the stage. All competitive events are sanctioned by the Royal Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (RSOBHD) which was formed in 1950 as the world governing body of Highland dancing. The RSOBHD is responsible for certifying competitions, instructors and adjudicators, standardizing dance steps and attire for competition as well as establishing rules and protocols for all competitions.
All competitions will take place in the arena commencing Friday morning with Primary, Beginner, Novice and Intermediate events followed by Restricted and Premier National competitions. The Glengarry Highland games Open Championship will take place on Saturday where you will be charmed by the perfection and proficiency of champion dancers competing for this prestigious title.
Once again we are pleased to be presenting the John Angus Carther Trophy on Saturday to the S.D.& G. dancer with the highest combined points.
CASH AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO ALL CHAMPIONSHIP CATEGORIES
2023 Championship competitors
Registration
2024 registration is available through AssistExpo.ca . Please refer to our registration reference document for answers to any questions you may have before registering. For more information, email dancing@glengarryhighlandgames.com
Judges
2025 judges will be announced soon.
Pipers
Sean McKeown
Sean started piping in 1993, and regularly competes in solo, and pipe band competitions. Some notable solo prizes include winning the Canadian Gold Medal, and Bar to the Gold for Piobaireachd at Maxville; three-time winner of the Livingstone Invitational; 1st and 2nd in the Silver Medal for Piobaireachd at Oban and Inverness in the same year, and two 2nd placings in the following year in the Gold Medal; winning the Golden Axe for piobaireachd, and overall at the 2019 Lochaber Gathering; and winning the A-grade Hornpipe and Jig at Inverness in 2015.
In pipe bands, Sean was a member of the Milton Optimist Pipe Band, led by Gail Brown, who went on to win the 1994 Juvenile and 1997 Grade 3 World Pipe Band Championships. He was a member of the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band, and the Toronto Police Pipe Band, where he was Pipe Major. In 2016 and 2017, Sean played in the '87 Live in Ireland concerts held in Glasgow and Belfast, and in 2019 joined the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from Northern Ireland, winning the title of Grade 1 Pipe Band World Champions in 2022.
Sean first started piping for Highland Dance, when his sister Jacqueline competed in the late 1990's, and has returned to playing for dancing competitions in 2024 with his daughter Isla, and son Charlie now starting their Highland Dance and piping journeys.
Outside of competition, Sean has performed live and recorded his compositions with a ceilidh band called the Tartan Terrors, and performed live with Bryan Adams, Natalie MacMaster, and his brothers' rock band, Black Pistol Fire.
Sean has a Physical Health and Education degree from the University of Toronto, and is a Toronto Police officer.
Sean Wereley
Sean Wereley has been piping since his youth and has competed in various solo competitions. He has also competed with, and been a member of various pipe bands including the Glengarry Pipe Band.
Sean was also a competitive highland dancer for over 10 years, having competed in various championships in North America and Scotland.
Sean's family has a rich piping history, as his maternal grandfather was a piper in a militia and Shriner pipe band. Sean's father is also a piper, being a member of various pipe bands such as the RCMP Pipes & Drums.